Humility: The Personality Trait That Creates Champions
Watching the World Series last week took me back to my days managing professional baseball franchises.
Over 20-years in the game I studied what it took to get minor league athletes to the major leagues and what it took to transform Major Leaguers into World Series Champions.
And now I apply those learnings to my …
How to Win Friends in Corporate America
Corporate America, especially in a down economy is a very difficult place to get ahead. In some corporate cultures, people are out to get each other as much as they are out to win business from prospective clients.
Politically speaking, you have to be highly savvy to get ahead. By savvy, I am referring to …
To Effect Change… You Need to be Heard
How many times have you said to yourself … They just aren’t getting what I’m trying to say? Or otherwise felt you weren’t being heard?
Perhaps they weren’t and you weren’t!
There are numerous factors that could be affecting whether or not you are being heard. Some are within your control and others are completely …
Where Are You Focusing On: Vision or Damage Control?
A participant in my workshop was telling me that he wanted to get one more promotion before he retires. His desire sounded quite fair! Curious me dug deeper and asked what would that give him. He candidly said, “I want it because otherwise it will be embarrassing if my son knows that I worked in …
7 Content Ideas for Personal Branding Success
Save time creating the content you need for personal branding success using the following 7 content themes, or timeless content categories.
The best way to build your personal brand is to consistently provide helpful, relevant content to others in your field. This approach attracts search engine traffic as well as both the experts and newcomers …
How Unemployment Affects Your Personal Brand
Being labeled “unemployed” is a unsettling, but unfortunately, it’s still a harsh reality for many people as we approach 2014. More than seven percent of people in the United States fall into this category.
When you’re unemployed, you need to do everything you can to keep yourself motivated in your job search. You need to …
How Do You React to Pressure?
If you are interviewing for a job, you are probably going to get the “stress” question at some point. The simple truth is this. If you can’t work under pressure, you won’t get the job. If it comes up in a job or promotion interview, there’s a reason you’re asked this question.
Consider that the …
Personal Branding Weekly – Who’s in Second Place?
Much of my day is spent working with small business owners, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs, and helping them market themselves and their business. It’s interesting that small business owners and small businesses work so hard to make themselves look larger and to blend in with large companies and yet large companies are working hard to look …
Communicate in the Way That Works For You
What are the best stories you have ever heard? How long did you remember them? Do you still remember them? What made them memorable?
My guess is … they were personal stories and/or they were personalized and enhanced by the story teller.
The storyteller likely included passion, drama, humor and perhaps a bit of self-deprecation. …
Audio Branding and Its Importance to Your Personal Brand
Audio branding, also known as sonic branding, is a verbal identity that gives a personal brand its own distinct personality using tone of voice. It makes use of sound to reinforce a company’s identity and brand. Sound has always been a great tool to convey memorable messages to consumers as it is something that we’ve …