"Workforce Professionalism" offers Young Professionals Bootcamp course beginning April 8 in Braintree

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“Workforce Professionalism™” offers Young Professionals Bootcamp course beginning April 8 in Braintree

BRAINTREE, MA, ISSUED MARCH 29, 2014…Jacqueline Collins and Clare Cox, two seasoned business professionals, have teamed up under the name “Workface Professionalism™” to offer a Young Professionals Bootcamp for “Business Rookies” with five years or less experience.

The YP Bootcamp begins Tuesday, April 8, and runs for eight consecutive Tuesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Hyatt Place, Forbes Road, Braintree. Classes are supplemented with personalized assessments and small group coaching sessions. Drawing upon case studies, participants' work/life experiences and guest speakers, the program emphasizes the traits, attitudes and behaviors of successful people and why character, competence and conduct matter. 

At the core of the program is the role that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) plays in achieving goals and high performance, and how participants can learn to develop their own EQ to build personal competence (self-awareness, self-management, self-expression) and social competence (social awareness, relationship management, social responsibility). Discussions cover the essential skills and best practices associated with building a positive personal brand and professional image. They include pursuit of excellence, trust and respect, commitment and accountability, communication, handling differences, creative thinking and problem-solving, teaming and leading.

Jacquie Collins said, “Our clients and employers everywhere look for people with competencies and abilities beyond technical knowledge. Unfortunately, the very qualities needed are often the qualities lacking in many new graduates and young professionals. Our Young Professionals Bootcamp addresses this need by helping business rookies learn what it takes to be ready for prime time, including the importance of Emotional Intelligence, building a positive personal brand and having professional presence, which are all predictors for success!”  

Workforce Professionalism™ is the joint creation of Jacqueline Collins, principal at Partnering for Performance, and Clare Cox, principal of Tidemark Corporation.

Jacqueline Collins founded Partnering for Performance in 1999. PFP is a consulting firm that specializes in providing tools and techniques to help organizations create strategies for growth and organizational effectiveness.  Specialties include Business/Personal Coaching, Organizational Design, Strategic Planning, Leadership/Team Development, Change Management, Process Improvement, Customer Service, Personal Branding, Mentoring, and Communication.  Prior to starting Partnering for Performance, she worked in Fleet Financial Group as Director of Quality Management for Fleet Retirement Plan Services.

Before her tenure at Fleet, Jacqueline worked at Putnam In-vestment for 10 years. As an officer, she consulted with management in all areas of business units to design, develop, and communicate best practices in areas of performance and process measurement, process improvement and root cause problem solving, and facilitated strategic planning processes with upper management. She has owned small businesses including retail, service, and consulting. She holds a B.A from University of Iowa, majoring in Psychology and Sociology, and has completed course work at Northeastern University, The Sloan School of Management.

Clare Cox is Principal and co-founder of Tidemark Corporation, a consulting firm that offers talent management solutions for employee engagement and retention, featuring best-in-class assessments for talent selection, development and performance management. As a consultant, trainer and executive coach, Clare develops leaders, teams and high potential individuals using her expertise in performance psychology and Emotional Intelligence in the workplace. She helped create an industry-leading professional development program for The Ad Club of Boston, where young advertising and marketing professionals throughout New England launch and grow their careers. Before Tidemark, Clare was a partner in a management consulting firm specializing in business process improvement and organizational development. Prior to her consulting career, she held a number of senior management positions in corporations that included Polaroid Corporation, Automatix, Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation, and Raytheon. Clare holds a M.Ed from Boston University and a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts.

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