I recently watched Jillian Michael's interview with Tara Mohr, author of "10 Rules for Brilliant Women". During the interview they discussed the speech mistakes that we unconsciously make during interviews, and during our everday professional life, that can damage our careers. Tara Mohr is renowned for her self-help advice, she has been featured on: Big … Continue reading How Your Speech is Damaging Your Career
Category: Personal Branding
Design in Business
Check out this great blog on how thinking like a designer leads to business success. This article breaks down the very interesting relationship between design and business. Have you ever thought that design could impact your business strategy or organization structure. The way that design can spark innovation is they same way it can impact … Continue reading Design in Business
Jobs Are Like Boyfriends (and Girlfriends), It’s Okay to Get a New One
"Look job, it’s not you, it’s me. I don’t think we’re as compatible as I once thought." I don't think I have read an article that explains the relationship with one's career better than this one. Kayla Cruz does an excellent job explaining why sometimes you need to leave your job to be happy; in … Continue reading Jobs Are Like Boyfriends (and Girlfriends), It’s Okay to Get a New One
Work Lessons From the Hunger Games
Love, love, love this blog post! "Work Lessons From the Hunger Games" Find out how the following rules will help you to survive at work and "win" your dream career. Get people to like you, or you’ll die Be yourself so that people like you so you don’t die Be memorable or you’ll die … Continue reading Work Lessons From the Hunger Games
Why Your Klout Score is Important
So what is a Klout score and why should you care? Klout.com is becoming one of the most popular sites for understanding and growing your online network successfully. Klout was created to measure and understand, as well as leverage your brand's influence online. A recent article on Forbes.com by Dorie Clark breaks down why your … Continue reading Why Your Klout Score is Important
9 Steps to Creating a Personal Brand Strategy
Check out this great infographic below on 9 ways to create your personal branding strategy. You can't just create a LinkedIn profile and hope for the best, a lot of thought and work goes into creating and maintaining a personal brand. When creating your personal brand strategy, you need to determine who you are versus … Continue reading 9 Steps to Creating a Personal Brand Strategy
6 Tips For Strategic Thinking
I recently read a very interesting article in Inc. magazine by Paul Schoemaker; 6 Habits of True Strategic Thinkers The article focused on the six things that strategic company leaders do well. Anticipate upcoming changes in your industry by looking beyond your current business strategy and expanding your external networks. Think Critically when faced with a … Continue reading 6 Tips For Strategic Thinking
Newsle – The News You Want To Know
There are many social media platforms to join and watch this year. However, there is one new platform that is getting a lot of buzz and is very intriguing, it is called Newsle. Newsle is a web app that finds and sends you articles in the news about you, your friends, and anyone that interests … Continue reading Newsle – The News You Want To Know
Gen Y Working Women Infographic
I came across the infographic below (posted by Mashable) on generation Y women in the workplace. Generation Y (also known as Millennials) is composed of those born between the later 1970's and the early 1990's. As it is, I happen to be part of the Y generation. Some of the facts that I was not … Continue reading Gen Y Working Women Infographic
Protecting Your Online Reputation
Your online reputation can make or break your personal brand strategy. In order to maintain your online reputation, regularly scheduled monitoring is necessary to keep track of what information about you is out there on the internet. While you can control what is on your personal online profiles (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc), you can't always control … Continue reading Protecting Your Online Reputation