Sandra J. Bishop In the News

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• Conference Presentations
• Publications Quoting Sandra's Coaching & Career Strategy Experience
• Coaching Articles of Interest for Clients from National Publications

Conference Presentations

• The Women's Leadership Conference in New York for Standard and Poor's
  
  Sandra presented:
  • "How to Assess and Manage Your Own Career" in New York City, August 3, 2004.
    
    Attendees included women in middle-management

• Association of Investment Bankers Management Sales Executives 27th Annual Conference
  
  Sandra presented two sessions:
  • "Personal Branding" and
  • "How to Develop Your Professional Tool Kit"
    
    in Orlando, FL May 2-4, 2004. Attendees include Marketing and Sales Executives representing over 400 international investment firms and institutional banks.

Publications Quoting Sandra's Coaching and Career Strategy Expertise

1. Get a Mentor
   
   "The pairing should depend on mutual interest, an ability to trust, be honest, remain confidential and provide feedback."
   
   Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill.; Working Section Jan 9, 2002; Barbara B. Bucholtz Special to the Tribune
   
   
2. Wedded to the Job: When your workplace feels more homey than home, it's time to get a life
   Abstract:
   "Too often a job isn't just a job. The culture of work is frequently one of overwork, which has left people with little time or energy to invest in their friends, family or community.  Instead they build their identities - and their world - around their jobs."
   
   Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill.; Working Section page 1, Oct. 8 2003; Catharine Bell Special to the Tribune.
   
   
3. Don't get trapped by upward mobility
   
   "How do you deal with the unfairness and frustration of losing your job? Is it really ok to kick, scream and yell? Career Coach Sandra J. Bishop, President of Executive Solutions based in Chicago says "Yes, it is. For a while..."
   
   Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill.; Section 3 page 2, January 29, 2004; Carol Kleiman.

Coaching Articles of Interest for Clients from National Publications

1. Male Execs Like Female Coaches
   Abstract:
   "Men hold 94% of the highest corporate jobs, but they usually turn to women when they want the advice of an executive coach."
   
   Del Jones, "Male Execs Like Female Coaches," USA Today.
   
   
2. CEO Coaches
   Abstract:
   "As an organizational agnostic with no agenda, a coach can move up and down the ranks, sleuthing out the shadow culture - all the subtextural undercurrents driving the company that are never talked about."
   
   Michelle Conlin, "CEO Coaches," BusinessWeek, 11 November 2002, 98-104.
   
   
3. Preshrunk: Executive coaches are getting to be such a fad that one wealthy company cofounder wound up with two of them.
   Abstract:
   "Coaches have long worked with chief executives to massage problems and devise strategies. Now they are glomming on to managers and entrepreneurs."
   
   Mary Beth Grover, "Preshrunk: Executive coaches are getting to be such a fad that one wealthy company cofounder wound up with two of them," Forbes, 6 March 2000, 82, 84.
   
   
4. So You're a Player.  Do You Need a Coach?: The hottest thing in management is the executive coach - part boss, part consultant, part therapist.  Who are these people? And what are they doing in your company?
   Abstract
   
   
   Betsy Morris, "So You're a Player. Do you Need a Coach?: The hottest thing in management is the executive coach - part boss, part consultant, part therapist. Who are these people? And what are they doing in your company?," Fortune, February 2000, 144-154