Your Leadership Stinks: 10 Tips for Leadership Branding
Nothing is worse than seeing a personal brand with great potential ruined by poor leadership qualities. This is often a person who exhibits traits of blind authoritarianism, forgets their own accountability, and lacks listening skills. Do you know a person like this?
Whether or not you’re currently in a leadership role, an intelligent grasp of …
Raises: When is the Right Time to Ask?
Students and clients of mine often ask about how to ask for a raise. They want to know the words to use, when to ask and how much to ask for. Perhaps you are mystified, too.
The answer to all this is much simpler than you imagine.
Raises are no longer about longevity. There are …
5 Things You Control In How Google Brands You
Amazingly, all of what Google publishes and how it brands is about how WE choose to serve, act and react. Transparency today gives us no-where to hide.
If you do it, say it or post it, you will be found and outed. Just Google people or companies and you will see many examples of this. …
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 …
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 …
Don’t Look Desperate During The Job Search
When you’re desperately looking for work, that desperation screams to hiring managers during your interview. You’re eager in your answers. You stress that no problem is too big for you to handle, no request too crazy. You even try the occasional Jedi mind trick, just in case.
It can be a little off-putting. So do …
Is Your Brand Sinking? 7 Ways To Tell
When you really think about it, your personal brand is kind of like a ship you’ve built for yourself. Similar to a sailing vessel, you laid the blueprints and executed its building. When it’s finally set to sea, you’re left captaining it. But maintaining and managing your personal brand requires more energy than most want …
How to Handle Rejection
Rejection is a natural part of life. Whether by someone we found attractive, our top college pick, or the sports team we didn’t make, we have all, at some point, felt the pain and disappointment of being rejected.
Nowhere is rejection more common than in job search. And just like every other aspect of the …
Preserving Your Personal Brand During A Power Outage
When it comes to managing your personal brand, preparation is key. Preparation in terms of your personal brand can take all forms, but considering worst-case scenarios should take precedence. While no one enjoys thinking about the “what if’s” of potential negativity and brand failure–bumps in the road are often inevitable.
During this year’s Super Bowl, …
How to Ruin Your Brand as a Sales Professional
Nothing is worse than sales people who fit the stereotype of a sleazy, greedy “used-car salesman”. Whether you’re just starting out in sales or you’ve been doing it for years, chances are you’ve encountered either training, guidance, or been witness to the usage of undesirable tactics to develop business. A good sales person stays away …