Cyreous Quotes
An Opportunity to Critically Reflect on the Best Words Ever Written
Bio
John
Cyr was born in 1954 and spent his life in two major industries,
sales and training. He started training in 1991for a book company in
Connecticut. In 1999 he began work as a workforce development
trainer for Career T.E.A.M. He worked there from from1999 through
2005. During that time he has helped thousands of individuals move
from unemployment to work. During 1999 through 2001 he targeted the
"Hardest to Serve" population through the JFES and Welfare-to-Work
programs. He was voted most likely to advance in the company in1999,
and was voted the most motivated person by his peers in 2000. He was
keenly involved in the creation of the corporate training division
of Career T.E.A.M. helping it to realize its first $400,000 in
training revenue. He co-wrote several publications such as "Career
Empowerment" which is now being used for training purposes by the
State of Louisiana Department of Labor and several Job Corps centers
nationally. As National Training Director for CTL, he led the
training of corporate staff, facilitated train-the-trainer courses
for government agency personnel at Job Corps through motivational
workshops in Connecticut, New York, Ohio, and Washington D.C.,
California, and Puerto Rico. Former Recruiter and Sales pro of
seventeen years, Mr. Cyr spent the better part of his pre-CTL years
as a corporate sales trainer. He has trained real estate agents,
mortgage brokers, and advertising, marketing, and automobile sales
people.
He is a proponent of Professor Jack Mezirow's Transitional
Learning methodology and has created a training model after it
called TL Facilitation which produces substantial change in people's
motivations. In 2002-2004 John Cyr led the adult pre-employment
workshop program throughout the North Central Region of the
Connecticut Works One-Stop System and trained over 8,000 unemployed
individuals. He is a member of the National Association for Training
and Development and is this year's Past President of the local Chapter, CTASTD.
John has retired from his business due to health issues but still
consults on training topics for free. John is a personal coach and
is always willing to lend a hand to improve the human condition.
John is married to Jill Cyr, and has 3 adult sons named Michael,
Matthew, and Marc.
Point of Interest
One of the original founders of the band "MoTown Review", Cyreous was a nick-name bestowed upon him by his fellow musicians due to his serious nature and philosophical character. John played the bass guitar for this band and enjoyed picking out the 35 original cover tunes the band played. To this day The band still performs many of the original tunes picked out by John.
One of the unique skills that he possessed was the ability to hear the parts as they were originally performed and insisting on each player in the band holding to the original presentation without going off on some musical tangent. This quality made the band sound exactly like the original recordings which contributed to their immense popularity in the 80's.
The band enjoyed a following of 600 to 800 people a night and was often referred to as the best dance band in Connecticut for years.