5 Ways to Turn Around a Bad First Impression
We’ve all heard it before — first impressions mean everything. But, what about that moment when you blow your first impression? What now? Is your relationship with the hiring manager, your boss, or the client doomed?
Don’t worry — there are ways to turn around most situations in life, and turning around a bad first …
The #1 Thing Hiring Managers Are Looking For
We’ve all been there before: You interview for the seemingly perfect job opportunity, and you make all the right moves, but somehow you’re passed up in the final round. Worse, the feedback you get is unsatisfying, too—you’re told there are just too many qualified applicants.
But what’s the real reason? And what really makes the …
Make Sense Out of Change and Join The Dance
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. ~Alan Watts
I’m going to riff a little today.
I found this quote by British philosopher Alan Watts, which grabbed me and really perked me up because of how simple, and sound and playful …
How NOT To Introduce Yourself
Throughout the course of EVERY day, people you know will ask you, “How have you been?” and “What’s new?” Your answers to these “small-talk” questions will have a profound impact on the way people respond to you.
While there is value in being humble and being vulnerable, that does not mean that you should completely …
Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #17
Responses to recent tweets by people about personal branding and SEO, rebranding, Facebook and more.
Joe Hunter, @joesoldout, twittered: Any SEO experts out there know how I can grow and expand my whack-ass personal brand?
Jacob Share, @jacobshare: If your personal brand relies on an active web presence, especially if you’re using a personal website …
One Sentence You Should Never Say at Work
Our jobs can be a challenge amidst all the change that invariably is happening at our companies. Whether we are at a fast growing start-up, a huge corporation adapting to new market conditions and competitors or somewhere in between, odds are this is a reality of work.
No matter what your job, company or industry, …
Personal Branding Blog Weekly and Social Calls to Action
No matter the job or the tragedy you can build or rebuild your personal brand. That seemed to be our theme this last week as many still recovering from Hurricane Sandy are still dealing with the destruction and getting their bearing on their life, home and career.
The Young Entrepreneurs Council also …
The Power Of Being Vulnerable
Several years ago, I went to an all-day Get Motivated Seminar at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
While I always enjoy some inspiration, I did not attend that day to “get motivated.” I went to study the speakers. As a relatively new professional speaker at that point of my career, I wanted to observe …
Career Takeaways From Lance Armstrong
Last month, Lance Armstrong took the beat down of the year after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency published a 1,000-page report alleging Armstrong organized an elaborate doping scheme.
From a branding and career perspective, many are saying that this is it for Armstrong. He was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, lost many of …
Personal Branding Weekly and Social Proof
EDITOR’S NOTE: First things first – Happy Veteran’s Day! A veteran is someone who, at one point in their life, made a blank check payable to ‘The United States’ for an amount of ‘up to and including my life’… I’m proud to be an American and to have known some of the …