What’s Wrong With Your Image?
You may not realize you have an image. And the image that exists for you may not be ideal. The goal of reputation management and personal branding is to intentionally and authentically put together an image that is coherent, consistent and compelling.
What distinguishes your image from your personal brand or reputation? Your image is …
Workplace Meetings: A Magical Strategy for Greater Attendee Participation
The biggest complaint organizational leaders and managers have regarding workplace meetings is that attendees do not participate verbally and sit in silence even after asked for feedback or input.
This would be accepted by the meeting’s leader if the meeting wasn’t followed by individuals commenting between each other, or complaining directly to the meeting’s leader …
Handshake to Set Yourself Apart
When Richard Maracinko, author of several books on the NAVY SEALs, shakes hands, he uses two. The left is to check your pulse to see if you’re nervous meeting him and then he acts accordingly.
A famous restaurant owner in New York lets people know what their status is with her based on her choice …
How Workplace Happiness Affects Your Paycheck
Studies have shown that when we are happy at work, we are smarter, more motivated, more competitive and, thus more successful. While it’s widely known that overall fulfillment allows us to enjoy more meaningful relationships and better health, few understand that it impacts a paycheck… significantly.
The Correlation Between Success and HappinessThere is a …
Lessons From LeBron On How to Become More Likable
LeBron James surprised and thrilled his hometown fans in his choice to move back to his humble roots in Akron, Ohio to play for the Cavs. His bold decision generated unprecedented positive media coverage and gave an immediate booster shot to his personal brand. As the best basketball player on the NBA league and the …
Keep Me Honest
When I make a commitment to you I will do everything in my power to make it happen.
However, Please, Please, Please … feel free to remind me.
Send me a note with a reminder of the things I committed to do.
Does this mean I’m lazy?
I hope that’s not what you take from …
What Connections Help Build Community Around Your Brand
It’s no secret that in the workplace, communication plays a major role in the productivity of the workforce. Where people are able to communicate and share thoughts and ideas freely, the quality of results increases significantly. You need to foster that sort of communication with people outside the workplace. The magic lies in diversifying the …
What Would You Attempt to Do?
I have several quotations on the wall in my office. In my last post I discussed the first one, which is:
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. (George Bernard Shaw)
The gist of that post was that people tend to search for pay and sustenance in the earlier part of their …
Vitality Drives Healthy Business
A common topic among experienced entrepreneurs is that of “burnout”. The question becomes, have you truly burned out or do you simply need to rest and regroup?
Frequently, when big projects are completed and the frenzy dies down, this is when the idea of burnout hits. It’s the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship hitting the …
How Social Media Has Transformed Talent Acquisition
A SHRM Discussion With Will Staney
Recruiting has evolved.
What used to be a world consumed by job boards, applications, automation and job hunters is now a place of social recruiting – one where referrals, analytics and integrated recruiting rule. Candidate expectations have shifted drastically, too. Today, 47% of workers were born after 1980. And …