Coaching & Leadership

In a rainy afternoon press conference on the grounds of New Bedford's Vocation Technical school, District Attorney Sam Sutter announced plans for four free baseball clinics for Bristol County young people.

Upwards of two hundred young people in Bristol County are participating in the free summer tennis clinics this summer. Today, approximately 70 New Bedford children attended the tennis clinic at Buttonwood Park.

NEW BEDFORD, MA (6.12.08) - - Operation Clean Sweep, the City of New Bedford’s volunteer anti-litter campaign, is inviting everyone who wants to prevent litter and beautify their neighborhoods  to a Community Meeting on Thursday, June 19, 2008, from 2-4 pm on the 3rd floor of the newly refurbished and reopened Corson Maritime Learning Center, 33 William Street, New Bedford.

New Bedford, Massachusetts- Superintendent of Public Works for the City of New Bedford Department of Public Facilities, Kenneth Blanchard, was honored by the U.S. Department of Defense today, for his outstanding support of reservist employees of the Department of Public Facilities.  

The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women is proud to announce its 287 Community Unsung Heroines of 2008.  These Unsung Heroines come from cities and towns across the Commonwealth and each were recognized for their outstanding contributions to their organizations and communities in a ceremony on Wednesday, May 14 at the State House in Boston.

New Bedford, MA — Is stress impeding your productivity at work? Is work interfering with your personal relationships? If so, don’t despair! There are solutions, and they can be found at the Sixth Annual SouthCoast Women’s Forum to be held at Rachel’s Lakeside, 950 State Road (Rte. 6), N. Dartmouth, on Tuesday, April 29th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

William Walsh, Vice President & General Manager of Lockheed Martin Sippican, Inc., is slated to receive the prestigious William J. Cabral Memorial Award at United Way of Greater New Bedford’s Annual Awards Banquet, to be held on April 10th at White’s of Westport.

The average person is likely to change jobs 10-14 times over the course of his or her working life, according to the Department of Labor. It’s not an option but essential, therefore, that we all develop the tools and techniques to manage our careers so we can recognize and seize opportunities, carve out our place and know when to change course, and keep ourselves engaged and productive for what may be a 50 year working life. We must, in fact, become the CEO of our own careers.

“Work doesn’t have to be grim. We can do better. We all want the chance to express the very best of ourselves and to be challenged to keep reaching for more. Our time at work affords us this chance – not the only chance but given we’re there 40-50 hours per week, it’s one of the best.” – Marcus Buckingham, co-author of “Now Discover Your Strengths."

"It's not what you know but who you know." When it comes to growing your business, advancing in your career, or finding your dream job, there's a lot of truth to that old saying. The connections you make with others will be invaluable in helping you to achieve business and career success. With the holiday season and all those social events rapidly approaching, it's a great time to sharpen your networking skills. Here are some tips to help you make the most of those networking opportunities:

Discovering and leveraging your strengths and the strengths of others is a critical pathway for fulfilling potential and achieving extraordinary performance outcomes and career success. Seems obvious? It's actually revolutionary.

Coaching in business!?  Now we've all heard of a coach in terms of football teams and professional athletes, but for a business owner, that's a new one!