Why Setting Expectations is Critical at Work
It’s often said that your employees don’t have to like you as long as they respect you. This is true, however, there are many pitfalls that will not only make your employees not like you, but lose respect for you as well. No one wants to be a bad boss, even if we don’t expect …
Personal Brands: 3 Mistakes You Silently Make in Conversations
There’s only one common factor that’s shown up in every single conversation you’ve ever had. You are the variable that shows up over and over. You have been talking for decades by now – and that’s landed you exactly where you are.
You’ve been talking in job interviews. Negotiating in salary discussions. Debating your colleagues …
Podcast #5: Mobile Workplace, Transparency and Hulk Hogan
Welcome to the fifth episode of the Promote Yourself Podcast (Subscribe on iTunes). It is a weekly show airing every Monday, giving you the best career advice, the latest workplace trends and access to today’s brightest stars in business. You can download the podcast here.
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Decisions! Decisions! How to Pick Out Your Tie
Men face few choices when it comes to dressing for a job interview. Suits and shoes are always dark colors – black, gray, or brown. Shirts are typically white or blue. The real difficult choice is which tie to wear.
When I was interviewing for jobs, I always tried to match my tie to the …
Three Branding Tips from Strong Communicators
Credibility in content is becoming an increasing demand from the public. It is no longer just respected media outlets that are expected to provide accurate, timely and researched materials; every company must release communication that speaks to the consumer demand for more than just fluff. People are more aware of the material they consume, especially …
How 30 Superachievers Built Their Personal Brands
The Art of Doing, by Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield, is for you if you’re looking for examples and tips for building your personal brand by becoming a superachiever in your field.
The Art of Doing also offers you an excellent template for writing a book to build your personal brand, if your goal is …
5 Conversation Habits that Ruin Your Personal Brand
There’s one type of communication you engage in more often than any other. It’s conversation. You are in conversation – online or on-ground – more frequently than you get opportunities to deliver presentations, webinars or otherwise engage with people in a more formal or structured setting.
While there are many presentation skills courses (including the …
8 Ways to Improve Your Company Brand in 2013
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that …
How to Avoid the “Back-to-Work” Holiday Hangover
For most of a month, many of you have been more interested in travel plans, party plans, and gift ideas than the drudgery of career obligations and bottom lines.
The time has come to wake up. The party is definitely over!
While this may be easier said than done, it must be done, nonetheless.
It …
Common Sense Keys For Creating Your Career Success Story
The story of our careers, work and jobs continues to be written and told by all of us living it.
2008-2010 were tumultuous, paradigm shift years that most of us had never known, seen or experienced in our lifetime. We were all forced to deal with change on just about every level of our personal …