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Happy 10th Anniversary to the “First 90 Days”!

In 2003, Harvard Business School Press published professor Michael Watkins’ book, The First 90 Days, described on the book jacket as “Critical success strategies for new leaders at all levels”.  Ten years later, the book has become the go-to guide for professionals transitioning into new leadership positions, and is being updated and expanded in a new 10th [...]

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School Success versus Work Success

What did you learn at school that helped you succeed in your career? We tend to be skeptical and see school merely as a place to get a degree that would open the door for our career to begin. And then we see this big scary gap between learning and experience. I would argue that [...]

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How to Give a TED Talk

I recently coached three High School teachers to help them deliver “TED-like” talks at a conference on education. The event was held by a very high-profile non-profit organization. These three were no strangers to public speaking—they had years of experience giving speeches, teaching large classes, and appearing on TV. But they needed guidance on how [...]

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Enhance Your Brand with MOOCs

Have you ever wished you had gone to Harvard?  Well now you can – by taking a MOOC!  MOOC stands for “Massive Open Online Course” and Harvard has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create an online learning environment called edX (www.edx.org).  These two prestigious universities have joined forces to offer free non-credit [...]

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Your Chance to Get On-Camera Training. Literally.

Interactive video is the new frontier for getting yourself, your expertise, and your personal brand out there. So I’d like to invite you to be an early adopter and get your on-camera skills sharpened by joining me online: I’m holding a limited number of free on-camera workshops on the live video platform Spreecast. What will [...]

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Build Your Brand Through Developing Your Self-Awareness

A key component of developing your personal brand is to understand your strengths and weaknesses. It can be difficult to step outside of our self-perceptions and take a critical look at ourselves, but the process of doing so is imperative to increasing our self-awareness and focusing our brand towards areas where we are confident we [...]

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The Parent Dilemma

Parents want what is safe and secure for their children. Growing up, my mom and dad told me to get good grades, go to a great university, and get a high-paying job after I graduate. They also encouraged me to get my MBA and work hard so that I can climb the corporate ladder. But [...]

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5 Overlooked Opportunities for The Savvy College Applicant

Many of my clients become frustrated and disconcerted when they realize that they are not candidates for “top tier” universities. I advise them that the best strategy is to put their ego aside and pick a University which is “the best fit” to achieve their professional goals. I suggest you don’t waste valuable time and [...]

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You Should Learn to Code

Many readers of this blog are great businesspeople.  Entrepreneurs who started from scratch and built something profitable, and successful professionals that are integral cogs in their company’s machine. We’re masters of social media.  Blogging.  SEO (get me some links!), paid traffic, promoting ourselves online and off. But I’m willing to wager big that few of [...]

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How to Make Online Classes Work With Your Brand

I’ve talked about working for free and wondered about the benefits of investing your cold hard cash in your personal brand on this blog. But readers have reminded me not everyone is in position to do these things. A friend of mine recently finished his teaching degree – a degree he did entirely online, while [...]

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    Dan Schawbel, the Managing Partner of Millennial Branding LLC, is a world renowned personal branding expert. He is the international bestselling author of Me 2.0, and the publisher of the Personal Branding Blog.

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