Personal Brands Create Value
Effective communication is one of the keys to success, especially for a business looking to enhance its brand image in a society that values information. Relationship experts maintain that only through communication do relationships last. A business looking to stay competitive will maintain beneficial relationships with its potential and prospective clients, and partners. As one …
6 Steps to Find Happiness in Your Career
In order to have future success, you should be happy in your job and enjoy what you are doing. If you only work to receive a paycheck at the end of the month, then no matter what you do, you won’t be able to achieve the success you dream of.
Studies show that almost 70% …
No MBA? No Problem
Once upon a time, a high school diploma was enough to get a good executive job. Today, the quality of the MBA degree itself has become determinative. Current expectation is that a high-level manager demonstrate strong technical skills, mastery of soft skills, and extensive abilities to manage, influence, interface with, and negotiate with a wide …
5 Branding Mistakes You Didn’t Know You Were Making
As more professionals begin to accept the importance of maintaining a personal brand, the definition of personal brand becomes more muddled. As a result, many pros think they’re helping their brand, when they are actually hurting it. Some are too focused on social media. Others neglect their brand once they land a job.
Who knows? …
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 …
Passed Over for the Top Job
You have spent years building your application – solid experience, top skills, and a solid reputation. You are ready to take the leap to the next level within your organization only to see the opportunity go to someone from the outside. What are you to do? Two years ago, the Chronicle of Higher Education posted …
Personal Branding Weekly – Persistent and Consistent Action
Losing weight has always been challenging for me and I know why. I consistently eat yet I work out in spurts. Inspiration hits and I’m off and running (literally) and I will sustain that level for a short time and then I’ll get “too busy” and it will be days before I do any substantial …
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 …
Improve Your Best Skills, Not Your Worst Ones
Several years ago, I was the sales and marketing director for a small software company. One day, my boss said he wanted me to work on my tech support, since that wasn’t a very strong skill for me.
“But I do marketing,” I said. “Why do I need to get better at tech support?”
“Because …
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 …