Why Saying ‘Thank You’ is Good for Your Brand
While there are many good traits to strive to align with your personal brand, one of the best qualities you can be known for is being gracious. Saying “thank you” to everyone who impacts your life, personally and professionally can do wonders for your reputation. It’s such an easy thing to do, but hiring managers, …
Giving Back for Your Legacy and Personal Brand
Have you thought about giving back lately?
I have attended more than my share of funerals and memorial services in the last few years as my friends and colleagues have died before their time. It makes you feel pretty mortal when someone younger than you dies.
I have a client who recently attended the funeral …
The Value Of Profit & Making Money
For the last few weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, people have been posting each day on why they are thankful. I saw one post that said that the individual was thankful for being able to make money. It got me thinking, why are you making money? If you define your reasons for working hard it …
Telecommuters: Keep Your Value in Your Employer’s Mind
Citing a goal to improve collaboration between employees, HP followed Yahoo!’s lead by ordering telecommuters back to the office. Studies report that telecommuters are more productive and lower overhead expenses, but telecommuting does create challenges in collaboration and communication. Telecommuters are out of sight and therefore out of mind. As a result, they’re often viewed …
Richie Incognito, the NFL, Workplace Bullying to Surface
My originally intended article for this week is interrupted to discuss the National Football League’s workplace bullying problem brought to light by the Miami Dolphins’ Jonathan Martin.
Bullying is most associated with school kids picking on peers to varying degrees of severity. Yet, workplace bullying is probably just as prevalent.
The Workplace Bullying Institute’s 2010 …
Protecting Your Brand With Benefits
While building your personal brand, you need to also keep in mind how to protect it. One way you can do this is through the benefits that you receive at work.
You might ask: What do benefits have to do with my brand? The answer is that it’s all about protecting your potential. Benefits, such …
Dolphins or Sharks – The Need for Both in Business
Most people think of sharks as solitary, lone wolf hunters. And they are.
Most people think of dolphins as always smiling, social creatures. And they are.
Both are extremely efficient at what they do … and that is … SURVIVE.
One does it by using a winner takes all strategy. The other by a more …
Maintain Your Brand to Land a Promotion
When you first land a job, your manager knows you have the skills to do it. That’s why they picked you. You were the most qualified person for the role, and those qualifications were evident in your personal brand during the hiring process.
Once you’re in the job, however, you need to step up your …
Personal Branding Weekly – Ownership is the Key
This applies to your personal brand. Take ownership of it, manage it, nurture it, focus it and defend it. Your personal brand sets the cadence of your first impression and even now first impressions (even online) are lasting.
Budding entrepreneurs, it’s easy to overlook this. When you’ve waited and planned to finally start your own …
When Should Personal and Corporate Social Media Accounts Collide?
Do you ask employees to represent your brand on their personal social media and if so, do you give them any guidance?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free …