Tag: soft skills

Relationships & Personal GrowthSkill DevelopmentWorkplace Success

5 Questions to Ask When Defining Your Personal Brand

Whether you’re an accountant, entrepreneur, or writer, any type of professional can benefit from building a personal brand.

When creating your personal brand, the most important (but most difficult) step is to define yourself as a professional. Your personal brand isn’t just something you use to market yourself to employers or other professionals; it’s who …

Job SearchRelationships & Personal GrowthSkill Development

Being Persuasive, Personable and Positive During the Interview Process

With the economy significantly improving, launching a successful job search has become slightly less labor intensive. Regardless, job seekers who are looking to execute a fruitful employment search in today’s corporate environment ought to become familiar with advanced interviewing, persuasion and positivity strategies. If used properly, these tactics yield a higher salary, heightened confidence and …

Relationships & Personal GrowthSkill DevelopmentWorkplace Success

Why Your Left Hand Hates Your Right Hand

In a typical population, left-handers make up about 15%.  Of course, not every population is typical.

Among the five designers of the first Apple computer, four are left-hand dominant. Three of the last five presidents are left-handed. In a group of alcoholics, left-handers triple their typical representation.

So, your left hand might have a lot …

Career & WealthRelationships & Personal GrowthSkill DevelopmentWorkplace Success

Personal Branding Weekly – Meaningless Appreciation Works against Your Brand

We’ve all been at the receiving end of a meaningless ‘thank you’ or ‘appreciate you’.

When appreciation is insincere, it’s received negatively. It actually has the opposite effect than what may have been the original intention.  Or, even worse, it’s seen as manipulative.

I shared some of the negative phrases that are seen as pithy …