It's Work! How Will You Show Up?

If you are a person who works, you are considered a “human resource.” This means you are a valued asset to your company and organization. With that value comes a level of expectation that’s placed on you to “show up, be productive, and be excellent!” Unfortunately, everyone does not know how to be excellent. In her book It’s Work! How Will You Show Up?, Kelley Cornish, along with co-author Myron Rolle, explain the principles and protocols of professional excellence and excellence in one’s personal life. After working with and leading others for nearly twenty years, mainly in the field of human resources, Kelley has learned a few tried and true principles that will help keep you grounded and offer instruction as you assist others in moving to the next level. In this book you will find simple, yet result oriented tips, that have helped others step into new levels of success. If you are looking to move forward in your life and career, these principles will help you as well. Are you ready for your NEXT?

If you are a person who works, you are considered a “human resource.” This means you are a valued asset to your company and organization. With that value comes a level of expectation that’s placed on you to “show up, be productive, and be excellent!” Unfortunately, everyone does not know how to be excellent. After working with and leading others for almost twenty years, mainly in the field of human resources, Kelley Cornish has learned a few tried and true principles that have kept her grounded and helped to assist others in moving to the next level. These observations and recommendations have been asked time and time again. Whether it be during one-on-one manager's meetings or through social media, these simple, yet results-oriented tips, have helped move countless lives and careers into new levels of success. If you are looking to move forward in your life and career, these principles will help you as well. In her book It’s Work! How Will You Show Up?, Kelley Cornish, along with co-author Myron Rolle, explain the principles and protocols of professional excellence and excellence in one’s personal life. After working with and leading others for nearly twenty years, mainly in the field of human resources, Kelley has learned a few tried and true principles that will help keep you grounded and offer instruction as you assist others in moving to the next level. In this book you will find simple, yet result oriented tips, that have helped others step into new levels of success. If you are looking to move forward in your life and career, these principles will help you as well. Are you ready for your NEXT?

Kelley F. Cornish is busy every day helping people move forward and into their NEXT! Her career has been dedicated to leading platforms of work focused on pipelining and developing diverse populations into the workforce, onto boards of directors and through supply chains of organizations. Creating sustainable change within diverse and emerging talent pools is her passion! Leading, coaching, and helping others drives Kelley’s work as well as her downtime. Prior to her current role as a national diversity and inclusion leader for a leading healthcare solutions company, Kelley served as the president of one of the largest HR trade associations in the country, the Philadelphia chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and also as an HR leader with one of the leading children’s hospitals in the country for five years. Her professional career also included tenure as an assistant vice president in corporate relations in the banking industry, a human resources professional in education, and vice president of marketing and development in the nonprofit arena. To her credit, she was the first woman and youngest person to serve as an executive director of a U.S. Department of Commerce-funded minority business development center in Augusta, GA early in her career. Certified as a diversity professional (CCDP) by Cornell University, Kelley holds a Masters in HR Management from Webster University and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina. She’s trained and developed leaders and staff at AmeriCorps, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Education Works, SOS International Assistance Inc., Airgas, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Sunoco, and international visiting scholars and students from China attending the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University and Temple University, to name a few. Kelley is also a certified facilitator on 360° Leadership by The John Maxwell Company. Committed to serving in her community, Kelley enjoys spending time with family and friends and serving within the women’s and children’s ministry of her church. She has donated her time and expertise throughout her career to such organizations as Girls, Inc., the Philadelphia Metropolitan Career Center, Chinese Outreach Ministries, the NAACP and the Chamber of Commerce. She frequently speaks on event topics related to emerging diverse talent, women in the workplace and beyond, human resource management, diversity and inclusion, and leadership, and is the author of Experiencing NEXT, a blog dedicated to empowering others through the sharing of Conversation Pieces™ on persistence and perspective.