Elements of a Great Company Culture
A great company culture can help a company recruit the best candidates as well as improve productivity. Therefore, entrepreneurs and small business owners should start building their company culture from day one. However, what do you understand when you think about company culture? Office game rooms, free snacks or casual Fridays? There are much more …
Strategic Vulnerability and Your Personal Brand
Coming across as “human” is valuable, especially since people do people with people. While this may seem like a weakness to the individual, to the audience, being human makes it easier to connect with you.
Turning Weaknesses to Strengths
Identify
The first step toward overcoming any weakness is recognizing that you have any to begin …
New Content Marketing Strategies for Personal Brands
In order to establish your brand as a trusted lead in your industry you need a well thought out content marketing strategy. Having the right target market dialed in with stand out blog posts is critical to gaining more subscribers and followers on social media.
Content that converts into sales is original and appeals to …
Mastering the LinkedIn Private View
Who’s been looking at your LinkedIn Profile?
What LinkedIn Profiles have you been looking at?
There are three options for LinkedIn profile privacy.
This LinkedIn option is part of the Privacy Settings that allows you to determine how much information you share when you are viewing someone else’s LinkedIn Profile.
I’ll explore all three of …
R3H1: Could This Be the Answer to ALL Your Problems?
What is your problem? It may not matter. R3H1 may be the one answer that directly solves about 98% of what is bugging you, getting in your way, and keeping you stressed.
R3H1 is my code for Rules, Routines, Rituals and Habits.
Arising from the science of project management, R3H1 gets you focused on working …
Top Hard Skills That Will Get You Hired Fast
LinkedIn recently announced the hottest skills of 2015 which got people hired. LinkedIn found this data by analyzing all of the hiring and recruiting activity that occurred on its website in 2015.
Cloud and Distributed Computing: 2015 was the year of cloud and it is no surprise to see that cloud and distributed computing is…
4-Step Secret to Success from Top CEOs
In my executive coaching of 30+ years I’ve worked with over a thousand chief executives from eighteen different countries and in every industry. Once a week someone is asks my take on the secret to success in business. I can answer with four points.
1.Smile
2.Ask questions
3.Make decisions
4.Take blame
Smile because you …
12 Personal Branding Trends That Will Dominate 2016
The following answers are provided by members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.
1. Publishing Online…
Low Cost Website Traffic Strategies for Your Personal Brand
A solid website is just the beginning step to attracting leads that can be converted into sales. The goal is to bring visitors back with referrals, and you don’t need to have a big budget to accomplish this.
What type of website attracts brand ambassadors? It is through a fresh, informative format that is promoted …
Mastering the LinkedIn Connection
We’ve all done it.
That lazy LinkedIn connection request.
We collectively need to stop.
Take 2 and Personalize It
Before sending that next LinkedIn Connection request take 2 minutes and make it personal. Here is a video that shows you how in less than 2 minutes. Let the person know how you met, where you …