Have you committed to writing a blog, only to find that you don't quite write as often (or as well) as you'd like to? Or have you decided to use Twitter, only to find that you never really have much to say - let alone time to say it? If [More]
Have you ever been in a situation where a joke you told fell flat? A bit embarrassing perhaps, but you tell yourself that you aren't to blame - the fault lies with those in the audience. And in fact, there is a actually a small modicum of truth to this. [More]
Do you feel bombarded with information? Advertising shouts for your attention wherever you turn. Friends, family and colleagues clamor for your attention. And the books, magazines, blogs, Social Media, and websites that you "must" check every day. Are you approaching an overload condition? We're wired to be curious, and we're [More]
If you're like many people, you will make a New Year's Resolution: start this project, finish that project, exercise more, eat less, etc. Yet despite our best intentions, too often there is little follow-through, and the resolution is quietly abandoned. How can you make your resolutions - or any goal [More]
A common definition of Personal Branding relates to the first impression people have of you. What do your clothes suggest? Do you look friendly, or aggressive? Expressions such as "you only have one chance to make a good first impression" reinforce this definition further. Here's a second definition: what people [More]
Why do some people have such incredible drive, and others seem to just bumble along, rarely achieving their professional goals? To answer this question one need only look at motivation, and how it usually is "achieved" on the job. Most people have annual job goals or objectives. As an example, [More]
Social Media is all around us: from blogs to Twitter, from discussion forums to TikTok to Facebook. Yet how do we decide how much time and energy to spend on each of these? Consider the following Seven Steps to Digital Engagement - each person moves up the hierarchy, step-by-step. Of course, [More]
Do you have a website, spend money on advertising, or engage in "media relations"? If so, you probably have a fair amount of experience broadcasting a specific message to a specific audience. Unfortunately, most people use this same paradigm when it comes to Social Media. They post updates on Facebook [More]
When you read a book or newspaper article, do you think that the writer got it "perfect" on the very first draft? Or do you think that an editor (or two) may have made a few changes, prior to publication? Yet, too ofen when we ourselves write a memo, report, [More]
I Have a Dream. Yes We Can. We Strive to Serve Our Stakeholder Groups. While the first two of these might be familiar, why isn't the third? The first of these was from Martin Luther King Jr, while the second was from President Barack Obama. The third - or some [More]
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