Ed Sykes

About Ed Sykes

Ed Sykes is a professional speaker, author, and success coach in the areas of leadership, motivation, stress management, customer service, and team building. You can e-mail him at mailto:esykes@thesykesgrp.com, or call him at (757) 427-7032. Goto his web site, http://www.thesykesgrp.com, and signup for the newsletter, OnPoint, and receive the free ebook, "Empowerment and Stress Secrets for the Busy Professional."

Romance Your Goals: Seven Secrets for SMARTER Goal Setting

It’s that time of the year when you are motivated and readyto take on the whole world. You know you need to set goals,but in the past you have set goals with mixed results.However, this year will be different.
Date Posted: March 05, 2006

Connect the Dots! Your Roadmap for Success

Recently, Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios, gave a commencement address to the graduating class at Stanford University. He talked about creating passion, life and death, and “connecting the dots.” The dots...
Date Posted: September 10, 2005

Have You Appreciated Someone Today?

I invested some time with Mother recently and drove her to the hospital to visit with her sick sister-in-law, my aunt. While I was standing in the doorway, a nurse came by and introduced herself as Ruth and said “hello” to us and said...
Date Posted: April 23, 2005

Five Secrets to Becoming the Perfect Employee That Everyone Wants - Part One

With ever increasing deadlines, decreasing resources, and changing workplaces, sometimes it can be challenging to be a good employee, much less a perfect employee.
Date Posted: April 23, 2005

Five Steps to Creating a "Goal" Medal Life

The 2004 Olympics just ended in August. As always, it was an exciting event with its dramatic twists and turns, exhilarations, surprises, and disappointments as these great athletes performed at their peak in front of millions, if not billions, of...
Date Posted: February 18, 2005

Five Instant Ways to Reduce Environmental Stress - Part 2

It’s time for part two of the series to reduce environmental stress in your life. In Five Ways to Reduce Environmental Stress - Part One, I shared with you five ways you can immediately reduce stress by controlling your environment.
Date Posted: February 18, 2005

How Appetizing is Your Feedback?

Recently, I was watching a rerun of the successful television show, The Cosby Show. The patriarch of this professional family (He is a doctor and his wife is a lawyer.) played by Bill Cosby, was just told by his college-bound daughter that the...
Date Posted: December 26, 2004

The Cat in the Hat Will Help You Get Your Point

Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" Will Help You Get Your Point Across! (Yes you can, here is the Plan) Copyright © 2004 Ed Sykes. All rights reserved I was recently coaching an engineer who wanted to improve his speaking skills.
Date Posted: December 26, 2004

Delegate to Accelerate Success!

Recently on the television reality show, The Apprentice, Donald Trump would give the ultimate winner the dream job of working for him, running one of his divisions and earning $250,000 per year.
Date Posted: December 26, 2004

Ten Customer Service Secrets to Win Back Customers

Recently I was facilitating an Outstanding Customer Service program and broke for lunch. Knowing that the restaurants in the area had much to desire as far as service I gave the students an extra fifteen minutes for lunch.
Date Posted: December 26, 2004