Stand Out With Authentic Appreciation
Are you genuinely appreciating and encouraging the people around you?
It’s a simple question, and one that is quite important in the world we live in today. Organizational researchers have found that appreciation plays a major role in the morale and mood of an organization, and any negative perceptions about appreciation can be harmful to …
On Social Media, You Are the Company You Keep
Are you wondering how to best balance personal and professional business connections on social media? If your personal connections are in stark contrast to your personal brand for business, the answer may be that you cannot.
According to Careerbuilder.com, over 65 percent of employers check social media profiles as part of the job screening process. …
Why People Don’t Buy: No Need
If you have been around the sales and business owner block for a while, you understand the mental strength necessary to cope with rejection. Sometimes becoming numb to the rejection can be both a blessing and a curse. How many times have you submitted a proposal, giving free consults and went through presentations where the …
Redefine Same Old ~ Polish Habits to Radiate Success
We often hear “the same old doesn’t work”, but the fact is, it depends upon what you are referring. Qualifying the situation will make an enormous difference. It’s true that if something doesn’t work well, then inevitably that something needs to be changed. In this case the “same old” doesn’t work. But what if what …
For Those in a Job Transition, Not Knowing Hurts the Most
As a career coach who sees people in transition every day, I’ve concluded that the single biggest obstacle for people in transition is not knowing what they don’t know regarding what it takes to win that fierce competition for getting a decent job.
I don’t intend to blame anyone; I’m merely pointing out the fact. …
4 Tips For Worry-Free Webcam Interviewing
If a company said 15 years ago that they conducted interviews remotely through a camera in your computer, you would have thought you were applying to Hogwarts.
Now, webcam interviewing is becoming a mainstream method of recruiting — saving employers both time and money while still giving them (almost) all the information they need to …
Want to Work from Home?
Are you tired of waking up and driving to the office every day? Do you want to have a better work-life balance? Do you want to spend more time with your family? Then, working from home might be a good career choice for you. Holding a job where you can work from home is still …
Bullying in the Workplace: Fear, Loathing and Lawsuits
In sociology, you learn that all small groups function similarly and that includes the opportunistic behavior of bullying. This learning is one of many reasons I encourage students to get something more than a vocational education, since simply studying finance, engineering or another skill-based major leaves you without the requisite knowledge for understanding behavior at …
The Right Questions to Ensure “Training” Gets An ROI
Last summer I received this email inquiry:
Hi Skip –
My boss would like to train our entire IT department (36 people) on Communication.
We are trying to improve the way we manage projects and we are finding that communication is our biggest weakness.
We would like to have training that would focus on the …
Personal Branding Weekly – Stop Ranting, Mobile Phones and Meetings
I know. I know. It’s rude to talk on your phone in a meeting or a workshop. That’s just common sense and we all know how uncommon that is. But how much must the ranting go on?
Ever thought that there’s a different way to look at it?
This week a well-known networking guru who’s …