 Welcome back to Geeks are Sexy. I'm Jason Laduke and you've joined us for our panel discussion This is my favorite part of the show because we get to get different perspectives from all of our guests this week on a number of different topics and so we've got back Thomas Kenny from Northwest Career College Amy who just joined us from the Payroll company and Linnae Forbes from Forbes Realty Group, correct? Yeah, I want to make sure I get that right so I do my homework and do my research I'm just really forgetful sometimes so So what I want to talk about today because we have Thomas coming from Northwest Career College and in our segment before we talked About four-year college isn't always the right thing for everyone Yes, and one of the things that our K through 12 education system not just here in Las Vegas But kind of in the United States focuses on is getting everybody ready for four-year college Yeah, so they choose to do certain things that may or may not be great for kids when they're coming out of high school So if you keep up with the paper here in Las Vegas the news education is always a topic here There's a lot of opinions and politics around it here as I'm sure there are in the rest of the country But let's start with you Thomas. What do you think the skills and the education that kids need coming out of K through 12 to be Successful, especially if they're not really interested or they don't think their career path lies along going to a four-year college Honestly one of the biggest things that I've seen working with our students coming straight out of high school is a lack of writing skills that is one of the the primary focuses is that They're not prepared to correspond in a professional setting basic email skills basic preparing of written memos submitting You know projects and stuff like that and you know I've seen that be something that we've really placed a huge emphasis on is Increasing training on how to write emails professionally how to communicate in a professional manner because whatever profession you go into That's going to be something that you can take with you and and make use of that So how many emojis are okay? You know and that's something that I've slipped on a little bit every once in a while I'll throw one in typically zero Maybe one maybe a smiley at the end like you really want them to family business. You can put in a couple Yeah, we'll throw in a couple here and that's not real strict No, you know if you actually see an email from dr. John, he'll throw in a few more than we do He'll just throw a couple so so keep the emojis to a minimum. Yes, okay? Actually interesting to say about that, you know I homeschooled my son for a number of years and one of the things that I benefited from was teaching him how to write Yeah, and my writing skills actually improved for doing that So I think being involved in your kids education is huge now as for the emojis I think they're great because a lot of things are lost in Translation an emoji can actually fix some of that. So there's my yeah, I agree things You get things you get very clinical and very sterile and a professional email And I learned I learned very much some of the thing when I was an instructor in the Air Force I was reading a lot of papers and grading a lot of papers and I I learned a lot about how you Make the case for something and how you really build an argument for something having to read a lot of those papers that I had to Then go grade and say we didn't do this so great. So so but yeah, I think I think be Instructing someone teaching someone how to do something is really the best way to learn it yourself So what do you think Amy? You know, I think that students will really embrace things on an educational side If they're interested in it one of the things that I see that's kind of lacking in our youth today is their level Politeness and manners and things like that and that's something that's not taught in schools it's something that starts at home and Something that they're using around their peers So when they're ready to join the workforce or maybe they're right out of high school looking for a new job or a new career It's very interesting to see, you know, their mannerisms and how they interact with other people So because all they've had is interactions with students that are their own age or friends that are their own age So I think that you know kind of emphasizing a little bit more of that professional Communication to be more ideal. Yeah, we you and I talked about networking in our segment before and You know, we didn't really get into the nuts and bolts and the keys to doing it successfully But we've been to plenty of events where people aren't really communicating in a either professional or a friendly and open manner And that's sure and I'd love to see a little more of that whether it is In our K through 12 education or somewhere like northwest career college or you you could probably start a school Are you are you open to do it? Are you are you open to starting another business? Yes So what here's my idea then if we were going to go start a school today What I would do is go back to the old days of schooling when you had the classroom All the grades in the same classroom And that bolder to children were teaching the younger children while the teacher was teaching the older children And guess what when we go into the workforce Are we going to to the workforce in the same age groups? No older younger? So that's where when you said that little statement that people don't have respect or etc It's because they don't know how to interact with other generations. Yeah, so a little little cross generational Uh communication and collaboration before they actually make it to the workplace I actually do a whole whole workshop on that But you just said today teaching someone to do something helps you learn it Why not we've taken that power away from our children? Sure Now flip it on its head a little bit and not just talking about what all these these young kids today don't have that they need to have What's up Amy? What's a skill you wish you had gotten before you went into the workforce that you didn't get from your education? Maybe it's persistence. You know, it's so easy to kind of give up If you got a bad grade. Okay. Well, I got this bad grade on to the next one Now what i'm learning in sales and in conversions and all the things i'm doing is to be persistent and you know No, doesn't mean no it means not now and just that idea just just in sales Put your twitter down Put your twitter down Yeah, um, no some some some people need seven or eight interactions Minimum before they're willing to buy it. I'm sure you see that in your business all the time Think about children. We're our best salespeople. What do they do? They consistently go like this mom can I have this can I have this can I have this How many times did they you said no and eventually you go how many knows to a yes If we lose that as as when we get into the workforce ourselves, we're not like children For sure. So what is what is something that they didn't teach you in dental school that you wish you knew? Oh my goodness Yeah, no, it's uh, I mean, there were a lot of business Business skills that I feel that I've learned from being out in business rather than in dental school But one of the most important things that I learned in business that I never learned there is goal setting And how to do professional goal setting and use that as a way to um Create your own reality because genuinely that is something where you can go and go as far as you want to if you Really have clear steps on how to proceed and oftentimes nobody teaches you that, you know as basic as writing it down Specific measurable goals and that's something that I feel is incredibly important that I wish I'd you know connected with sooner It's so it's so funny how how that uh can just change everything I was working with a client the other day And she was she was really worried about this meeting. She was going and I said, what's your goal for like? What are your goals going to this meeting? She's like, what are you talking about? I don't do that So Okay, okay, I'm I'm I'm gonna make your life really easy this afternoon. Yeah, so so um All of you have teams around you. What is something you do? To build the team around you to help you be successful. What is uh, what are some successful team building skills you found? I don't no one works for me. Everybody works with me But if that's an empowerment for people and then delegate and let them go let it go Delegation very important that that comes with building a team around you that you can have a good bit of trust in and that's a whole Separate skill all on itself. Yes. Yeah, so how about you anything? Um, you know, I really just Work on raising my life condition every day I work on just having the biggest life condition where if a problem arises and my team gives up Because sometimes they're my first line of defense and if they give up I just kind of Make my life so big that I look over and see the problem is something small and and present it to them with the most solutions I try to be or I am the most positive person on my team Because without that I see that you know in my industry It's so easy to get bogged down over laws or over this or that or the way things are said No, not to me. There's always a solution and and that's what I bring to my team She's a good team. I think that's I think that's so important You hit on something really important there that When people are working on a team, they're not looking to their leader just to tell them what to do They're looking to be inspired and by having that positive attitude. That's one of the ways you you kind of Boost yourself up so you can be inspiring to your team. I think that's I think that's a that's a really valuable piece of advice is if you're If you're having trouble getting your team to stay positive be the most positive person on your team Absolutely. How about you? You know one of the biggest things that's helped me is just looking for ways in which I can help my team grow in the ways that they're looking to grow professionally and having them again Kind of tie in a back to goal setting. Let me know where they want to be in three years five years Are they looking to become a director of a department? Are they looking to build their own team and figuring out ways to empower them to do that Either through my own experience or through other people that I've worked with and I look at myself as a facilitator And somebody who passes information I work with An incredible team of people I supervise 10 different program directors all of these very high level quality people And they have so many pearls of wisdom that I could never provide and really I'm just trying to connect them with each other And find ways for these leaders to work with one another Um, you know, and and that's how I see myself really building a strong team around me That's what I learned after 20 years in the air forces when it comes to leadership It can't be about you as the leader It's got to be about the members of your team and not just what they do for you today But where they're going in the future where they want to go in the future and how you're going to help them grow to that point to get there So we're out of time. That's a great place to stop it But thomas tell everyone again how they can get a hold of you in northwest career college Feel free to go to our website at northwest career college dot edu or give us a call at 702-254-7577 Amy You can visit us at tpc payroll hr.com or call us directly 702-861-0164 And uh forbzulity group at forbzulitygroup.com or two one three club out And and I think we've decided that we're all going to have you going to have all of you back at some point Because you have your show coming up and when that comes along and you have some new programs you're going to release And we just love having you here. Oh, thank you So, uh, so thank you everybody for watching. Uh, who joined us? I can't even I can't even read that greg forbz. Is that You know, yes, so thank you for watching greg great to have you here. I'm jason le duke We will be back fourth week of august for the business version of geeks are sexy. Thank you for watching