The Secrets to Becoming a Respected and Sustained Influencer
It’s widely believed that those who are in sales and marketing need to know how to be persuasive, but what about the rest of us? Does the general public benefit from knowing more about the dynamics of influence and what it takes to be good at being persuasive and to be weary of those influencers …
Be Accountable For Your Mistakes: It Feels Great!
Being accountable can be cathartic and even exhilarating if you realize it’s a path to fulfillment! -Beth Kuhel
“Stop blaming and start aiming.” ― Rob Liano
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses! No one cares about your excuses! Just get over yourself and realize that the best thing to do when you make a mistake is to accept …
One Thing Everyone Should Know About Handling Stress
Reaction to everyday stressors predict future health – Science Daily
…Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down. -Natalie GoldbergIt’s hot as hell outside, you’re running late to work, stuck in a huge traffic jam, (or on a crowded subway) and you’ve stained …
When to Speak Up and When To Hold Back?
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – Winston Churchill
New hires struggle with the question of when to show what they know and when to refrain so as to avoid sounding like a know it all? This is an important …
How to Ruin Your Reputation in Human Resources
Human Resources (HR) is a field that I love. I chose to pursue a career path in HR because I found the function to be the intersection between being able to help people and growing a business, two things that I am passionate about.
But HR doesn’t always have a good reputation. When I tell …
Improve Your Reputation at Work: Meet Your Deadlines!
Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time. ~ Horace Mann
Whether you’re a student seeking employment after college or an employee working for a corporation, meeting your deadlines and showing up on-time for meetings will affect your reputation …
What Mantra Do You Use As Your Guiding Voice?
I recently spoke with someone who inspired me with his mantra for how he lives his life. He said this: “The World was created for me and at the same time I am responsible for the world.” These two ideas at first glance seem to conflict but a closer look shows that they hold the …
Your Brand and the Power of “We”
How many times have we heard the expression, “There is no I in team!”
But seriously, how can you have a team without the diversity of each person, of each ‘I’? In their book The Start-up of You, LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha say that ‘I’ versus ‘We’ is a false choice. It’s …
4 Ways Using Your Review Improves Your Brand
At this time of year, many companies are undergoing their annual performance review processes. While the value of performance reviews, as we’ve come to know them, can be debated, a review presents the perfect opportunity for you to enhance your brand with your boss, and with the company.
Dress Up – I used to manage …
Control Your Brand: Squelch Negative Press, Post Great Content!
The dream of gathering 100,000’s customers was elusive or even unimaginable two years ago. Now, with the plethora of social media available: Facebook, Twitter, and blogging, one can go from a complete unknown to, “voila-a celebrity”, where people wait for your words of wisdom! As great as the upsides of social media are, there are …