Easy, Universal Blogging Idea for Personal Branding Success
Are you looking for an easy blog post idea that you can use over and over again to build your personal brand–regardless of your field?
Serendipity and a willingness to look for inspiration everywhere can play big dividends. Often, the best ideas for building your personal brand come from reading books outside of your field.…
Speaking Techniques That Sell
How attentive are others to what you have to say?
As I observed the speaker deliver his message, it appeared he had taken lessons. Compared to previous talks, the latest delivery flowed better and included specific points for the audience to remember. However, the entire speech was over-acted; the arm motions appeared exaggerated, and the …
5 Branding Moves To Turn Your Co-Workers Against You
With employees spending more time in the workplace than ever before, functioning with co-workers has become essential. It’s easy to find some annoyances when spending so much time with a group of people, but what if you’re doing something that’s secretly turning your teammates against you?
Self-assessment is a crucial part of maintaining your personal …
Cancer not Lying: The Best Thing That Could Happen
Stacy Kramer’s TED Talk on the gift of surviving cancer is an extraordinary story about living and not dying. In a HuffPo editorial, she describes her brain tumor as an unexpected gift. She compares it to the uncertain, rocky road of disadvantaged students.
Kramer’s personal brand encompasses wisdom, compassion and gratitude. Her embrace of the …
How Can You Deal with Clashing Brands?
Your brand is who you are. It includes your strengths, your goals for future, your experiences from the past, your assumptions about the world around you, your reactions you have to what’s going on, as well as your values and your beliefs.
No wonder that once in a while you get to work with someone …
How To Be Incredibly Productive Every Day (Part 1)
Have you ever looked at the clock at 5pm and felt like the whole day just got away from you? Have you ever felt like an entire day was wasted on minutiae instead of truly important tasks? Have you ever worked 8-10 hours (or more) only to realize that your most important task for the …
Congratulations! You’ve Been Promoted to Management. Now What?
Congratulations! That promotion you have been working so hard for has finally come to fruition. You’re a manager! So now what?
Depending on the type of company you work for, you may be whisked off into a management training program or, and all too commonly, you may be left to fend for yourself with the …
Push The Bottom Line With Employee Input
Some people are labor. They want to come in and do certain set things. Whether it be fixing toilets or submitting annual reports, this employee is not looking to innovate, think critically or in general, create positive change. Businesses NEED people like this. Not everyone wants the added responsibility of creating the path, some just …
The Most Dangerous Person in Business
Do you know this person? He has one idea. It might have been a good idea awhile back. It might be a reasonable place to begin thinking about solving a problem. But, when you boil it down, one idea makes for lousy problem-solving. It makes for a lousy workplace. That one idea person might be …
The Fastest Way To Become An Expert On Anything
After failing my first major exam as a college student (note: it’s not wise to begin studying for an 8 am exam at midnight the night before), I decided to create a “studying process.” By using this process during the rest of my collegiate career, I survived college and was able to graduate from Johns …