One of the similarities of a new job to a new family is learning the culture by spending time, building new relationships, asking questions, understanding the dynamics of the company. The basic professional skills of listening and learning are equally important in a family as in a company. These and other skills are discussed by Jacquelyn B. Fletcher in her book A Career Girl's Guide to Becoming a Stepmom. Fletcher focuses on organization, goal setting, negotiation, dealing with difficult co workers, delaying gratification for long term success, networking, problem solving, creative brainstorming and team building.
Blended-Families.com “Ask the Expert” series has invited Jacquelyn Fletcher for an interview on Thursday, January 15, 2009, 9 pm EST. Jacquelyn will present new concepts by comparing a job to the new family and why the key competencies of listening and learning are comparably essential in a family as in a company
Jacquelyn Fletcher is a stepmother of three children and mother of one. She is a full-time freelance writer who sits on the Board of Directors of the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis-
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Blended-Families.com, sponsor of the “Ask The Experts” series for step parents, was founded by marriage and family therapist Emily Bouchard in 2003. Emily, whose first experience as a step parent was learning to deal with two teenage stepdaughters, has a Masters in Social Work and enjoys helping step parents overcome the same hurdles she experienced. Her step parenting tips newsletter, StepHeroes, has attracted nearly 6,500 subscribers worldwide. Bouchard is the author of several ebooks including her most popular, “Conquering Conflict”. She is joined in her work at Blended-Families.com by two other experienced parenting and relationship coaches, Sheena Berg and Yvonne Kelly.
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