Personal Brands: Don’t Pack More Than You Can Carry
According to Sunday’s New York Times, the new CEO at Xerox does her own grocery shopping and most of her own household chores. Ursula Burns flies on the corporate jet, but she parks her car in the parking lot and carries her own bags.
This is an extraordinary person. Reared by a single mother, along …
4 Step Personal Branding With Google Buzz
Google Buzz has been talked about nonstop since it came out, from Fox News to NPR and back again. Stories typically range from security flaws to tips on how to best use the new social network. Buzz is Google’s current attempt to have a social network and compete against the likes of Facebook. What’s different …
How to Save Time Choosing the Right Topic for Your Book
Once you’ve made a commitment to writing a nonfiction to build your brand and advance your career, whether you’re working for someone else or own your own business, the next step is to choose the right topic, perspective, or approach, for your book.
Your choice of topic is critical. We’ve all graduated from high school …
Personal Branding Interview: Michael Bungay Stanier
Today, I spoke to Michael Bungay Stanier, who is the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons and author of Do More Great Work. In this interview, Michael talks about what “great work” is, how great work effects the workplace, and more ideas in his new book.
How do you define “great work”? What…Personal Branding Interview: Janine Driver
Today, I spoke to Janine Driver, aka the “Lyin’ Tamer,” body language contributor to NBC’s Today show and CEO of the Body Language Institute. Here new book is called You Say More Than You Think: The 7-Day Plan on Using the New Body Language to get What You Want! (Crown). In this interview, Janine talks …
Personal Branding Interview: Lynn Taylor
Today, I spoke to Lynn Taylor, who is the author of Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant™ , a workplace expert, speaker and consultant. In this interview, Lynn talks about how to get a promotion right now, how to get ahead despite the economy, the important of staying relevant, connecting with coworkers on social networks and …
Personal Brands: I Heart You
In case no one else had time to tell you on Sunday, I love you. That’s it. That’s the whole message. Can you imagine if you felt loved everyday when you go to work? Think of what it would be like to know that pretty much EVERYONE loved you? That your clients loved you? That …
Personal Branding Interview: Simon Sinek
Today, I spoke to Simon Sinek, who is the author of Start With WHY, the creator of The Golden Circle, and a popular speaker. In this interview, Simon talks about what the WHY is, why companies need to have a sense of purpose, examples of companies and individuals that have a WHY, advice on finding …
Managing Your Personal Brand Without Going Insane
Managing your online identity is becoming very challenging because multiple social networks are launched each week and we all suffer from information overload. How do you keep up with everything, without losing your sanity? You don’t want to join every new social network, create a profile and start communicating on it because that’s not a …
5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Organize Information
Does this sound familiar?
You read an AWESOME article online and you promised you’d save it somewhere… but you didn’t. So you go to find it… but you can’t… and eventually you just forgot about it altogether.
You’re not alone.
Regardless of where you are on your personal branding journey, true success requires a systematic …