Creativity - The Next New Skill

Date: Thursday, September 19, 2013
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: ArrowCreek Country Club
Speaker: JoAnn R. Corley
People have said about JoAnn that she is "an emerging voice to be heard in the business 
marketplace"...a catalyst for innovative thinking...passionate for bringing theory into reality in the 
laboratory of real life!
 
She brings fresh thinking that matches the realistic management needs of the 21st century 
workplace....named to The Next Generation of Masters™ by NoNiche™ magazine, Nov. 2007.
JoAnn Corley is a dynamic, inspiring speaker, trainer, career and management coach. She has a 
contagious passion and energy for the topics she teaches and has shared that passion with 
thousands across North America specializing in seminars on Personal Empowerment, Creative and 
Innovative Thinking, Effective Management and Leadership, Powerful Communication and Dynamic 
Team Synergy. 
 
She is also co-author of the book, Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Success, a collaborative effort 
with some of the top female motivational speakers in North American and hailed by Jack Canfield of 
Chicken Soup for the Soul fame as a must read and the newly released books, Wisdom@Work and 
The 1% Edge.
 
Ms. Corley utilizes her 20+ years of business experience, expertise in the knowledge of work 
functions and thousands of hours of human behavior coaching to consult in areas such as 
organizational design, creative and innovative thinking, management development, and adaptive 
leadership strategies.
 
Ms. Corley founded Convergence Consulting Group in 1998, a human resource-organizational 
development firm, which has provided services to a variety of industries such as; accounting & 
finance, engineering, government, staffing, risk management and sales to name a few.
She took her consulting and coaching experience on the road conducting seminars and workshops 
all over North America and Puerto Rico. She has spoken to thousands of people and in every major 
city in the U.S.
 
Companies whose employees have experienced JoAnn’s dynamic workshops include: The City of 
Chicago, U.S. Marshals Service, Microsoft, 3M Corporation, Trump Enterprises, NASA, University of 
Texas, and the U.S. Army, Fort Hood, TX, The Chicago White Soxs, and HBO to name a few.
Ms. Corley attended Concordia College, Moorhead, MN and Eastern Illinois University. Prior to 
launching her consulting practice, she spent several years as the International Benefits Manager for a 
not-for-profit and a Senior Recruiter for the Richard Michael Group, a boutique Chicago recruiting 
firm.

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