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.
