Dave didn’t really want to go to the networking meeting. It was the fifth one this month, and he was getting tired of the bad coffee and the too-soft bagels. But he had promised Shannon after bumping into her at the store. She invited him, saying it was some exciting new group, and he would …
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Three Ways to Create Luck
Tagged with: Brand Attributes, Networking, Personal Branding, professional development
Posted in Brand Yourself As, Career Development, Networking, Personal Branding
Posted in Brand Yourself As, Career Development, Networking, Personal Branding
Are You Suffering From High Effort and Low Impact?
At some point you’ve decided that it’s good for you and your career to do certain things. Things like networking, letting people know about who you are and where you are going, choosing positive behavior in frustrating situations, always being on time, thanking people for their contributions, etc.
Because you are smart, at some point …
Tagged with: impact, intentions, professional development, ROI
Posted in Personal Branding, Success Strategies
Posted in Personal Branding, Success Strategies
Corporate Career Development – Is It Really About You?
If you’ve ever worked for a company, you’ve most likely had one of those career development talks with your manager. If your manager was any good, you were discussing your strengths, and how to grow in the areas of your passion. However, the career development within a company is, of course, focused on the company …
Tagged with: career, growth strategies, personal growth, professional development
Posted in Brand Yourself As, Career Development, Corporate Branding, Personal Branding
Posted in Brand Yourself As, Career Development, Corporate Branding, Personal Branding
Expand Your Brand on a Busman’s Holiday
Want to expand your personal brand and find a way to pay for some vacation time at the same time?
Try a busman’s holiday.
A busman’s holiday is a vacation where you spend a lot of your time doing the same thing, or at least something similar, to your regular job.
Tagged with: busman's holiday, Personal Branding, professional development, vacation
Posted in Brand Yourself As, Career Development, Personal Branding
Posted in Brand Yourself As, Career Development, Personal Branding
How to Meet People in a Room Full of Strangers
What do you do when you find yourself in a room full of strangers and don’t know anyone? Maybe you’re attending your first networking event. Maybe your spouse brought you to their office Christmas party. Maybe you’re attending your first ever industry convention and are at the networking party. Whatever the reason, people often have …
Tagged with: Networking, Personal Branding, professional development, relationship building
Posted in Career Development, Networking, Personal Branding
Posted in Career Development, Networking, Personal Branding
Who Is Your Professional Catalyst?
Each of us have a few people in our lives who got us started down the paths we’ve followed. It could have been an English teacher who encouraged you to write that started you down the path to being a writer, or a supervisor at work who put you on a project that led to …
Tagged with: Branding Yourself, Networking, No Bullshit Social Media, Personal Branding, professional development, tribes
Posted in Career Development, Job Search, Marketing, Personal Branding, Social Media
Posted in Career Development, Job Search, Marketing, Personal Branding, Social Media
