Five Reasons Your Profession Is Hurting Your Career
When I graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering, that was the only credential I could use to market myself to prospective employers. In an ideal world, employers would have gotten to know me and determined that I had potential to do many things, tested me to define my talents and motivations, and …
Focus is Everything
There’s a myth in innovation that creativity means letting go and throwing out the box. Everyone needs to open their mind completely and let possibilities flow in from everywhere. There’s no structure – just openness. That’s how you get the good ideas.
It’s a myth because it’s not true – innovation sessions without structure rarely …
Reach Your Goal by Helping the Team
Salespeople tend to operate in their own personal zone. Much of this stems from the competitive nature of being in an office where everyone wants to achieve recognition by selling more than anyone else on the team.
But, just suppose as a salesperson or entrepreneur, your service has little recognition or acceptance, due to the …
4 Ways Social Media Can Blend Personal Brand and Job Search
In your job search, having a great personal brand is a wildly understated way to stand out and better your chances of getting hired.
Social media can be used as a catalyst that bridges the gap between personal brand and job search. According to Jobvite, 94 percent of recruiters use (or plan to use) social …
Do You Use Glassdoor for Your Job Search?
Have you ever heard of Glassdoor.com before? Well, if you haven’t, let me explain. Glassdoor is a very useful website which helps job seekers to receive inside information about their target companies. If you are a potential job seeker or have an interview, looking at the comments of companies on Glassdoor will help you get …
What Successful People Know About Anger
Anger evolved from the eruption of terror that early man experienced when he encountered a saber tooth tiger, at least that’s the current neuroscience on it. Actually, the latest thinking on all emotions is that they stem from our most primitive response mechanism. That is: every emotion has the potential to stimulate approach behaviors (fight) …
“Priceless” Leadership: An Interview with Kevin Allen
Recently, I had the chance to connect with Kevin Allen, the pitchman behind MasterCard’s now iconic “Priceless” campaign and author of the Wall Street Journal best-seller, The Hidden Agenda. In Allen’s newest book, The Case of the Missing Cutlery, he discusses his journey to becoming a leader. Specifically, he recalls his time as a young …
Applying Newton’s “3rd Law of Motion” to the Workplace
Do you realize the laws of physics are in force in the workplace?
Be aware they may not manifest exactly the same in the workplace as they do in the universe.
Let me explain.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion states “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
In physics this always holds …
Personal Branding Weekly – Don’t Post My Pic
Often this is an afterthought after a great weekend, great night out or out of town conference. We know and have more than enough material available to us about the impact this has on your personal brand and some great practices to implement to prevent embarrassing or professional devastating occurrences in the future.
This time …
Staying In Touch
Last week I wrote about the importance of physical touch. To follow that you should figuratively stay in touch as well.
Whatever your connections are with people, it’s important to periodically touch base with them. It takes less than five minutes to reach out in the following ways:
• Phone and comment on research, an …