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Chess-Now
Ltd. is a human capital development company that improves
our clients' strategic thinking and critical decision
making in business, sports and education. We use chess
as a professional training and development tool to improve
the lives of our clients.
It's All in the Presentation.
Chess-Now
has developed an effective use of a very popular activity
to train employees on planning and critical analysis.
The value adding proposition of our training is based
on the premise of It's All in the Presentation.
Our skilled and dynamic trainers are able to condense
and arrange the course content to the appropriate level.
The participants feels good about getting meaningful
business or life enrichment lessons while improving
their strategic thinking and critical decision making
skills. We have been receiving positive comments about
our instruction from our clients for years.
Jim Egerton, Founder and President |
Mr.
Egerton has been actively involved with organized
chess since 1971, is a Life Member of the United
States Chess Federation (USCF) and a delegate
from Illinois for annual USCF business meetings.
Having conducted chess instruction since 1992,
Mr. Egerton combines:
Business
experience:
- Holds an MBA
degree (Finance & HR)
- More than 20
years in Business Information Technology
- HR training
and development Manager and Trainer
- Employed by
2 Fortune 500 firms in the Energy and Global
Banking industries
Corporate
training experience:
- Provided 20 years
of corporate training with Blue Cross/Blue
Shield, MidCon Corp/Occidental Petroleum,
LaSalle Bank/ABN Amro
- Certified teaching
degree with classroom experience in Middle
and High School Mathematics
Chess
experience:
- Extensive playing
ability with in depth knowledge of chess
- USCF Postal Master
rating of 2210
- FIDE rated 2045
- Active OTB (rated
1977 in 1996) Class A rating
- Participant in major
national tournaments for more than 30 years
Tennis
experience:
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Mental
Toughness Certified Trainer from the Human
Performance Institute (HPI).
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40+ years of active club level tournament
tennis
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Professional
Tennis Registry (PTR) certified tennis
instructor in adult and junior development.
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Extensive knowledge of tennis and history
of the game
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United States Tennis Association (USTA)
member.
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Contact
information:
Jim
Egerton
President
& Founder
Chess-Now
Ltd.
551
Roosevelt Road
Glen
Ellyn, IL 60137
(630)-209-5072
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“I
was so impressed with the seminar you conducted for our Strategic
Planning and Initiatives Department on chess that when I returned
to work, I recommended to our General Counsel that all of
our attorneys get trained on the game at our next offsite
meeting.”
Tom
P.
RRDonnelley and Sons
Chicago, IL
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“Chess-Now
has been presenting "How to Get Better at Chess"
lectures for our club for several years. The presentations
are always up-to-date, interesting and at a level that our
members understand and enjoy. Thanks for keeping the interest
in the club growing.“
Don A.
President Indian Prairie Chess Club
Darien, IL
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