Personal Brands : 3 Ways to Avoid the Drama
Popular expressions, proverbs or sayings said in Spanish are known as dichos. A popular dicho is “guardar el drama para su mama”. Translated that means “save the drama for your mama.” For personal brands, that drama can be a reputation breaker – so save it for something or somewhere you’re not involved with coworkers, employers …
Focus is Everything
There’s a myth in innovation that creativity means letting go and throwing out the box. Everyone needs to open their mind completely and let possibilities flow in from everywhere. There’s no structure – just openness. That’s how you get the good ideas.
It’s a myth because it’s not true – innovation sessions without structure rarely …
What Successful People Know About Anger
Anger evolved from the eruption of terror that early man experienced when he encountered a saber tooth tiger, at least that’s the current neuroscience on it. Actually, the latest thinking on all emotions is that they stem from our most primitive response mechanism. That is: every emotion has the potential to stimulate approach behaviors (fight) …
Applying Newton’s “3rd Law of Motion” to the Workplace
Do you realize the laws of physics are in force in the workplace?
Be aware they may not manifest exactly the same in the workplace as they do in the universe.
Let me explain.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion states “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
In physics this always holds …
Personal Branding Weekly – Don’t Post My Pic
Often this is an afterthought after a great weekend, great night out or out of town conference. We know and have more than enough material available to us about the impact this has on your personal brand and some great practices to implement to prevent embarrassing or professional devastating occurrences in the future.
This time …
Perfect Your Recruiting in 5 “Little” Steps
After running a headhunting firm for more than a decade, I have learned two very important things: 1) recruiting quality talent is often more complex than most assume and 2) the words “too small” should never be in a recruiter’s vocabulary because it’s the little things that separate a headhunter’s ability to recruit the right …
Succeeding in a Results Only Work Environment
Could you survive and thrive in a ROWE? Where ROWE means Results Only Work Environment.
In the future you may not have a choice. It seems logical that everyone should be measured on their output, their commitments, their accomplishments… in a nutshell… on their work. However, in the real world companies have sprouted elements of …
Personal Brands Fail When They Don’t Know Their Company
I’ll say it again: Recognition is not the same as appreciation. It really isn’t.
The focus in past years with employee recognition is on rewarding good performance. This could be in the form of verbal praise or tangible reward, and its purpose is to spur the employee’s actions to continue working at that high level. …
5 Steps to Improve Your Time Management Skills
Do you feel like your work never ends? Are you leaving the office late every day and/or working on weekends? Then, it seems that you need to improve your time management skills. If you want to be more efficient at work, implement the below steps to your workday.
1. Make a to-do list: When you …
Workplace Drama Structure Similar to Hollywood Drama Screenplay
A good friend of mine and former college roommate studied film and screen writing. He’s had a number of his screen plays picked up on option by hollywood producers over the years.
So, when I began investigating drama in the workplace I reached out to him to learn about how dramatic movies are structured. He …