Updates on LinkedIn to Build Your Personal Brand
Activity is back in the LinkedIn house.
Creating a personal brand on LinkedIn is just the first step to making new connections and opportunities. To increase the chances of getting noticed, users can take advantage of a feature that has been recently brought back – your ‘Activity.’
How can you present your brand’s latest professional …
Leaders Must Master Candid, One-on-One Communication
The most egregious mistake leaders make is failing to be direct and candid with the people they lead.
I know, because as an immature leader early in my career I made that mistake time and again.
Many other leaders carry on my lame tradition to this day and it’s killing organizations.
That’s why candid, one-on-one …
Using Disruptive Innovation to Impact your Career Path
By now you have probably heard of Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen’s seminal book “The Innovators Dilemma” and perhaps may have read it a few times since its release in 1997. Even if you haven’t read or heard of it there are a few lessons to be learned and heeded from the model Professor Christensen proposed. …
The “Lone Ranger Principle” for Career Advancement
In my last post, I shared the “Tarzan Principle” for career advancement…
Don’t let go of the current vine until you have a firm grasp of the next one.
This principle emphasized the importance of doing everything you can to find your next career opportunity before your current one ends. Taken to the maximum benefit, …
5 Tips to Get Yourself Noticed as a Job Seeker
Every job seeker knows they need to get noticed by employers, but the most important thing they want to understand is how.
Being a job seeker in today’s workforce is a challenge. There’s isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution to help job seekers land a job. In fact, if you want to be a standout job seeker, …
Sales and Marketing Strategy for a Flourishing Business Model
Have you ever been to a gathering where you were glad you met all those with whom you had a conversation?
Both sales and marketing strategies come into play to make this happen. The following holds true for growing just about any type of business or planning for an event that you are in the …
It Is the Résumé that is Holding You Back
Could this be? After all, it worked in the past and others who helped you with it made significant improvements. Despite that, vis a vis other outstanding resumes it pales and is ineffective. In order for your resume to propel you to the point that somebody considers you as a potential candidate it has to …
4 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get the Job
Sometimes things don’t go according to the plan. You may feel that you have nailed the interview but in the end, learn that you didn’t get the job. There may be a lot of reasons why you didn’t get the job and got passed up for someone else. It is always recommended to ask the …
What Successful People Read that You Don’t
I was finalizing a purchase with a new company this weekend and because it was a new vendor, I had to complete the deal by registering on the company’s website. The sales representative was charming and extraordinarily knowledgeable throughout the entire negotiation, so it didn’t surprise me when she wanted to coach me through this …
A Career Reality Check
Smart people do stupid things all the time when they forget that, at this moment, the next new/big thing is coming around the corner, chasing them. In that situation, frankly, the less talented individual will win out if she or he has more fight. If you think your personal brilliance will keep you above the …