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SUMMARY:Turning No's into Yes's to Help Along Our Career Journey
DESCRIPTION:Greg will bring stories about bringing people to work together\, certification journeys\, saying Yes to Yourself\, assembling the F/A-18E/F Low Rate Initial Production Specification one engineer at a time\, which can be used throughout your career journey. Greg’s solution is about Breaking “No’s” into Smaller “Yes’s” with three self-applied concepts: Turning No’s into smaller easy Yes’s\, Saying Yes to Our Own Growth\, and Transforming Our Own Mindset with small Yes’s to achieve bigger goals. Turning No’s into small Yes’s will open doors for years to come. \nSPEAKER BIO\nGreg Mester is a Transformational Leader with a personal and business Mission of Getting People Home to Family & Friends\, Growing Business Value\, while Balancing Work & Life with Less Stress & More Fun. \nThe latest good news for Greg is listed: New! 2026 Top 100 Innovators* Entrepreneur’s Magazine and previously Top 10 Leading Speakers to Follow in 2025\, and as #4 for Top 15 Agile Coaching podcasts by Feedspot.  Recently\, he was on Live TV with PAlive! on WBRE 28 in Wilkes-Barre / Scranton\, PA\, promoting his Change book. \nOver the years\, Greg saved Millions of dollars for corporate programs and doubled his own salary.  He has over 17K+ connections on LinkedIn.  His show #5amMesterScrum was born to offer help to those trying to grow their careers in IT and has reached over 12\,000 subscribers and 14 million views on YouTube. \nHis company\, Idea Communication Networks\, Inc.\, is designed to help those looking to get to the Next Level in Personal Growth\, Team Excellence\, or Small & Medium Business Profitability.  He does this through one-on-one coaching\, masterminds\, and speaking engagements. He also mentors new startups in Philadelphia and provides coaching on Business Growth Strategies to Small and Medium Businesses around the country. \nHe is a co-author in “The Change\, Insights into Self-Empowerment” volume 20\, with forewords by Les Brown\, Jim Lutes\, and Jim Britt.   This year\, he published “Agile Profit Pathways\,” based on his business growth strategies combined with Agile Mindset concepts.  His new book\, entitled “Get to the Next Level\,” is to be released in 2025/2026. \nA side story from his Change Book: Greg has Survived and Thrived in Change with over 80 job changes. Shortly after leaving his cushy government job and starting his business in 1999\, 9/11/2001 occurred and changed everything. Fear around the world destroyed his growing business. Almost bankrupt\, on the verge of losing his house and walking through movie theater parking lots to find cash for lunch\, Greg survived with “Yes’s”. Now he is a successful coach\, speaker\, published author\, and video/podcast host\, and loves to share how he did it in the hope of helping others. \nGreg Mester is on most social media platforms as @gemphilly\, @5amMesterScrum\, or @67dayChallenge5am. Podcasts can be found under the 5amMesterScrum title\, and just launching PhillyBusinessForum and is interviewing business people and sharing their stories with his audience. His company\, Idea Communication Networks\, Inc.\, can be found here https://www.IdeaCommNets.com \nCONTACT LINKS\nContact Email: connect@ideacommnets.com\nCompany Website URL: https://www.ideacommnets.com/\nLinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregmester/\nFacebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/5ammesterscrum/\nInstagram URL: https://www.instagram.com/gemphilly/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/agilecorporatecoaching/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/agilepersonalcoaching/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/agileprofitcoaching/
URL:https://greatcareers.org/events-calendar/turning-nos-into-yess-to-help-along-our-career-journey/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lynne Williams":MAILTO:director@greatcareersphl.org
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