Sandy Chernoff
SANDY'S 30 years of didactic and clinical teaching in study clubs and continuing dental education, coupled with her almost 40 years of Dental Hygiene practice bring a wealth of experience to her interactive soft skills workshops. With her education background she easily customizes interactive sessions to suit the specific needs of her clients. Her energetic and humorous presentation style has entertained and informed audiences from Victoria to New York City. Sandy’s client list includes law firms, teaching institutions, volunteer and professional organizations and conferences, businesses, and individuals. Her newest project is turning her live workshops into e-learning programs using an LMS platform. Her teaching and education background have helped her to produce meaningful and somewhat interactive courses for the learners wanting the convenience of e-learning options. As the author of 5 Secrets to Effective Communication, Sandy has demonstrated her ability to demystify the complexities of communication so that the reader can learn better strategies and approaches which will greatly improve their communication skills and ultimately reduce conflict, resentment, disappointment, complaining, and confusion. As a result, the reader will be able to increase productivity, efficiency and creativity, improve all the relationships in their lives and ultimately enjoy a happier, healthier existence! Sandy blogs regularly on her two websites on the various soft skills topics that are featured in her workshops and e-learning programs.
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An organization that creates an aligned culture and offers broad opportunities for growth and advancement will have more motivated and engaged employees.
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This new movement seems to have many businesses very worried and upset as they are concerned that they could be sued for harassment. As a result, I have been doing lots of workshops on how to create a harassment-free...
Successful businesses need to establish and maintain a culture that encourages and supports autonomy, innovation, respect, and motivation. In order for that to be created and implemented, the leadership needs to be committed to it and model it.
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Many leaders hesitate to ask questions because they fear it might make them appear weak. Leaders are expected to have all the answers. Unfortunately, the world we live in has become so complex that it is simply not possible...
Usually, more business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no business school courses are given on this subject. So, if you want to improve your selling power, it would behoove you to improve...
You can learn a lot from Lego and how kids play with it. Last week I watched a roomful of youngsters pair up to build a motorized Lego creation. After about 20 minutes, all but two of them were...
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