Personal Branding Weekly – Developing Your Offline Connection Skills
Ever connect with someone who’s so witty, quick to respond online who has such an engaging online personality and then is a total dud when you meet them away from the keyboard?
Communication matters both online and offline. How do you connect in a more effective with people face-to-face?
Provide them an opportunity to be…What’s Irritating About E-mail?
In recent years I’ve polled hundreds of people about their work in the digital age. This week, it’s what’s irritating about e-mail?
When people:
Give no greeting or sign-off Provide incomplete information Send messages that have typos and poor punctuation and sentence structures Put quotes or sayings in their signatures Expect a reply in five…Case Study – Targeted Job Search
Case Study – A real life example of a Targeted Job Search.
I met my client, who I will call Susan, 18 months ago—and this was the start of her targeted job search.
Susan is a project manager and marketing professional. She worked for a small firm where the founding partners were in disagreement on …
5 Factors That Make a Great Boss
The best bosses are the ones who can turn a good organization into a great company. They are the individuals who consistently push their employees to become better, more engaged and enable them to adapt to oncoming changes in the corporate landscape.
Instead of suppressing employees, top-tier bosses encourage smart ideas, open conversation and creativity. …
Could Understanding Homer Simpson and Spock Improve Your Business?
Companies are constantly struggling to find ways to motivate and engage their employees; behavioral economics may be able to help. This field of study examines the psychological factors that effect the economic decisions we make. People tend to make decisions based on intuition rather than on logic. The problem with this is that many times …
Is Your Resume Being Ignored?
Although many jobs lost during the economic downturn have been replaced, that doesn’t mean getting a job has gotten quicker or easier. Many people are still looking for work or hoping to move into higher paying jobs and not getting results from their efforts. There are many factors that determine whether or not you get …
5 Ways Networking can Help your Personal Brand
When building a personal brand we often miss the golden opportunity of networking – both online and offline. This strategy not only opens the door to new jobs and opportunities, but it also creates lasting relationships to build on. Even though it is not a new concept, the power of making meaningful connections has become …
Self-Communication Is The Foundation of Success
There is only one person with whom we communicate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, every year of our life. Ourselves.
Mastering communication with ourselves determines our quality of life as it determines our ability to experience life as we would like.
Few people truly understand that how we …
The ONE Interview Question You Must Consider
Everyone interviews. Even the boss had to go through an interview process.
There is ONE Interview Question that you should be ready to address.
Some interviewers are very good at what they do. Some are not quite so good. The good interviewers will let you do the majority of the talking. They should already know …
How a Twitter Chat Can Help Your Personal Brand
Twitter chats are a great way to engage with your audience and customers and help you create brand awareness. Based on particular topics, Twitter chats enable you to reach a wider audience and discuss particular issues that are of relevance to the audience.
As a creator and moderator of a popular Twitter chat, I have …