Blog Profile / Personal Branding Blog
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| Archived Since: | June 7, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Reach Out of Your Comfort Zone For Breakthroughs!
“It’s not our failures that determine our future success, but how we explain them to ourselves.” —Dr Martin Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology A great way to expedite your personal and professional growth process, is to adopt strategies to get out of your comfort zone. Marge Warrell ‘s recent Forbes article Why Getting Comfortable [...]
Grow Your Personal Brand by Coworking
So you have decided to part ways with the 9 to 5 lifestyle and venture out on your own. You are now your own boss and living your dream of being an entrepreneur. You set up shop in your home and relish the fact that you can avoid the rush hour madness every morning. Ah, this [...]
Ship, Shipmates, Self
A simple motto say. Yet much harder to follow. I was meeting with a friend the other day and he mentioned these three simple words. He had heard these from an admiral while he was serving the US Navy. I thought about these three words for a while and can see why the US Navy [...]
Five Tips for Improving Your Resume
When seeking a new job, your resume is likely to be the primary tool for conveying your personal brand in written form. Unfortunately, many resumes are similar and get lost in the “resume shuffle” of online job applications. I am not a fan of online job applications, having met many a job seeker who spent months applying [...]
Things to Consider If You Want to Become an Entrepreneur
Do you want to be your own boss? You will probably answer ‘Yes’ to this question, but if your sole reason for becoming an entrepreneur is to become your own boss, then you may want to change your way of thinking. Instead of wanting to be your own boss, think of yourself as a Chief [...]
76 Trombones Led the Big Parade…
With a hundred and ten cornets close at hand. This is the opening line of the song “76 Trombones” featured in the famous musical, The Music Man. While I am a fan of brass sections, this blog post is not about marching bands. The opening line from the song reminded me of the necessity for [...]
Move from Losing to Acquiring Clients
Tired of erring with clients? Joel confessed he made a huge error with a long-standing client. He was hired as their sales consultant to drive sales. You can imagine the past few years were not stellar but the company did manage to make the numbers they needed. So Joel was able to continue on a [...]
6 Elements to Make Your Portfolio Stand Out
Career portfolios serve as a great way for job seekers to tell a story about their work experience and illustrate their personal brand. From your internships in college to your most recent job, a career portfolio displays your accomplishments and what makes you a sought-after candidate. When you create your portfolio, it’s important to highlight [...]
The End of Giving ‘Til It Hurts
You’ve heard there’s no “I” in team, right? Career coaches, bosses and the people you work with have told you never to take credit. Never say: “I did this project! Came up with the strategy, implemented the tactics and for sweeping up the tickertape (or shredded financial statements) from the parade, I’m happy to take [...]
Being in a Team is Like Being in a Band
We are always a part of some group with a common purpose – a family, a community, or a team at work. As a flute player and as someone who appreciates beauty and excellence, I like to think of a team as a music band. It can be as small as a duo, or as [...]
The One Thing That Can Make You Successful
153. That’s the number of work emails I received yesterday. And that doesn’t even account for the 45 emails that I had to write and send (nor does it factor in my personal email accounts). Pair that with 5 hours of conference calls and an end-of-day deadline and you have a pretty packed day. Then [...]
Personal Branding Weekly – 13 May 2013
Celebrations often take an entire weekend to travel to and from so the following Monday you sometimes feel more tired that going into the weekend. Here’s your chance to rejuvenate and focus your week into productivity in your career and your work on your personal brand. Here’s what our authors covered: What Makes Employees Love [...]
5 Standout Things to Bring to Your Next Interview
It may seem obvious. You were invited to an interview with the hiring manager or recruiter. They beckoned you because they like your resume and believe you are qualified for the job. At this point, it’s all about the dialogue, and you are a fantastic interviewer, so what else do you need but yourself and [...]
4 Career Decisions That Highly Successful People Make
As I become more experienced and more successful in business, I’ve begun to realize that most successful people don’t make a lot of money because they are lucky or because they know the right people. Nor do I believe that people are simply born destined to become wealthy. Rather, I’ve come to recognize that many [...]
Character Traits Predict Success: B-Schools and Employers Rate Personalities!
“Watch your thoughts for they become words.? Watch your words for they become actions.? Watch your actions for they become habits.? Watch your habits for they become your character. ?And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.? What we think, we become. ” -Margaret Thatcher Measuring the EQ—or emotional intelligence quotient—is the latest attempt by [...]
Response to People Who Hate the Term “Personal Branding”
I’m always surprised at the vehemence with which people say they hate the term “personal branding.” “I’m not a brand, I’m a person!” they demand. Except you are. As Kyle Lacy and I said in Branding Yourself, “A brand is an emotional response to the image or name of a particular company, product, or person.” [...]
3 Lessons in Branding from ‘Harajuku Girls’
Gwen Stefani’s song ‘Harajuku Girls’ reminds me of a place in Japan where standing out is the norm, at least every Sunday! “Harajuku girls. I’m looking at you girls. You’re so original girls. You got the look that makes you stand out” Located in Tokyo, Harajuku is a place where every Sunday teens dress up in various unique [...]
Meetings Can Be Productive…If You Let Them Be
A lot of people think meetings are a huge waste of time. And they can be … if you let them be. The pessimists view of meetings: ”The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.” ~ Thomas Sowell However, meetings can also be very productive. In fact, meetings [...]
GenX, GenY, and the Jurassic Workplace
Many people you encounter during your career will initially associate you with your generational stereotype. If you are a baby boomer, for example, a GenX hiring manager may tend to begin your job interview with preconceived notions that may (or may not) be to your benefit. My objective in this post is to heighten your [...]
Do Your Posts Fit the Channel?
Engaging your audience isn’t always as simple as creating a basic post that can be used in any situation. Because there are numerous social mediums available, we must always consider that there are several different audience desires that coincide with them. Basically, social networks and audience channels have different formats and different audience bases, all [...]