About Terry Schmitz

Terry Schmitz is the founder and owner of The Conover Company. Terry has been involved in the development of assessments for both education and corporations for over 30 years. He has developed hundreds of job-specific assessment systems that link to skill building systems.

Being Flexible

As long as you have a flexible attitude, you will have no problem accepting the different changes that each new day brings. To be flexible means to be willing to adapt to change. Being flexible in your work requires that you keep an open mind. There are many situations in [...]

By |2019-10-01T08:51:36-05:00April 29th, 2016|Corporate, Education, Soft Skills|

Doing Your Best

Excellence is not a skill, it is an attitude A key component of attitude is learning to do your best no matter what the task requires, if it is worth doing, it is worth doing well. Doing your best is an attitude. Excellence is a learned habit that is [...]

By |2021-04-20T11:26:58-05:00April 8th, 2016|Emotional Intelligence, Soft Skills|

Keeping Your Focus

Instead of worrying about what you cannot change, focus on what you can change - YOUR ATTITUDE Attitude is the most basic success skill of them all. If you don’t like your current set of circumstances if you focus on maintaining a positive attitude your circumstances will change. You become [...]

By |2017-04-30T16:18:21-05:00April 4th, 2016|Soft Skills|

The Three Types of Soft Skills

For years the discussion on soft skills has focused on such skills as attitude, communication, planning and organizing, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, professionalism, teamwork and the appropriate use of media. While these soft skills are critical success skills, they are not all encompassing. In reality, these skills represent only part [...]

By |2019-09-30T12:29:49-05:00March 15th, 2016|Corporate, Education, Soft Skills|

Self-Improvement & Multi-Tiered System of Supports

The focus of this blog is on self-improvement, the eleventh scale of twelve in our Personal Responsibility Map®, which is a core assessment in our Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals™ program. Self-Improvement and MTSS Multi-Tiered System of Supports, or MTSS, is a term used to describe an evidence-based model [...]

By |2017-04-30T16:18:25-05:00April 18th, 2014|Education|
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