Workplace Meetings: Hate ‘Em, But Can’t Live Without ‘Em
If you had been at a recent keynote I delivered last week you probably would have agreed with audience members who identified meetings with no assigned accountabilities as a serious workplace communication problem.
It’s one of the biggest complaints I get from audiences when asked for their biggest frustrations with communication in their workplaces.
Millions …
Photographs to Enhance Your Personal Brand
A photo is around a long time, plus, in seconds, it can be transmitted around the world via social media. Good spontaneous photos don’t just happen. You need to think it through in advance so you have the photo readiness – not the photophobia – that delivers the message you want.
I saw comedian George …
The Purple Cow Job Description – Should I Apply?
Purple Cow Job Description?
I guarantee you have read a purple cow job description. It’s one of those that, when you finished reading it, you said to yourself:
I am not qualified for this job but… is anyone?
They are looking for the purple cow. The ideal candidate does not exist!
I am going out …
How Millennials Can Become Millionaires
Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the amount of student debt, choice of college major or even past interview failures that prevent many recent graduates from achieving wealth.
Rather, it’s the habits one forms, the beliefs they hold to be true, as well as their ability to keep an open mind and strict focus.
Pulling …
Achieve Success: Cut Toxic People Out!
“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.” – Shirley MacLaine
Successful, happy, likeable people tend to be able to set boundaries better than others and are good at speaking up for themselves in a respectful yet firm fashion. For others, especially some who are highly sensitive, it can be a real struggle to …
Branding Mistakes to Avoid
Branding is an important component to business success. But too often, business owners leave branding to chance or don’t direct their branding efforts. Here are some common branding mistakes and what to do about them.
No Defined Brand MessageBranding often gets confused with taglines and logos, but these aren’t brands, they’re representations of a …
Understanding the Hiring Manager Prior to the Interview
Who is the hiring manager? Who are they really?
You are scheduled for an interview with the hiring manager. Who is this person? What do you have in common?
The more you know about the hiring manager before the interview, the more you can do to work on building a relationship during the interview.
Remember …
Using Hindsight to Build Foresight
Of course, hindsight is 20-20.
How often have you said:
If I knew then what I know now.
After the fact we can all see the situation and adjust the way “would have” reacted… If only we had known then what we know now.
Using Hindsight before it HappensOf course, people cannot experience something …
7 Things to Maximize Your Return on Networking Events
Last week, I focused on the 5 Things You Need to Stop Doing Now to Make Strong Connections in 2015. This week, I’m focusing on you busy professionals who are challenged by making time and maximizing the networking events you attend.
1. Build the conversation
A conversation can get rather dry if you don’t know …
Can You Have the Career of Your Dreams?
I have several quotations on the wall in my office that I point out to my clients. In my previous two posts I discussed these two:
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” (George Bernard Shaw) and
“What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” (Minister Robert S. Schuller)…