Category Archives: Personal Branding

Everything that affects your Personal Brand from the traditional on-line marketing efforts to the work you do on the job that affects the perception of your brand. What you do on the job is as important to your Personal Brand as your on-line marketing of your brand.

10 Job Skills to Improve Your Employee Engagement

The Employee Engagement Network is offering a free e-book called the The Top Tens of Employee Engagement with some really great information on improving employee engagement. I was asked to contribute and did so. Most of the listings of ten items to improve employee ...

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4 reasons to do a status report for your boss-even when you don’t have to

6. Forever by DarkEmerald Status reports are one of those "'way down the list" priorities. Recently, I asked several of my past coworkers to provide me with a couple of samples of their status reports so I can modify them ...

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How to keep your personal brand after working at a failed company

So True... by Scott Robbin There was this little company I worked for in my career: WaMu. Washington Mutual is back in the news because, after becoming the largest bank failure in history, ...

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Office Politics is about how you fight

Arguing About An Apple by pomranka Office politics was the number one issue in my survey of the people on my e-mail list (see sidebar to subscribe). I get that--you have to deal with people every ...

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Personal Branding: Hail Fellow, Well Met is DOA

Hail Fellow, Well Met by Diamond Geyser Personal branding used to be that your likability trumped your value. Your personal brand of "going along by getting along" would work as a ...

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Are you making these communications mistakes with your manager?

The new offices by sparktography Manager - employee communication is tricky. The process should be straightforward, but then, business is social and social situations are never that simple. Throw in ...

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Office Politics Trumped by Trustworthiness?

trust-me by cheerfulmonk Office politics can often be seen as a group of tactics to get people to do what you want them to do. While some of the tactics can work, there is a more fundamental issue that can help your ...

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Office Politics is a Four-Letter Word

unlikely confrontation by rob's lensonlife This week, I'm taking a hard look about office politics, that game everyone says they are playing -- and blaming. You'd think that office politics was the root of all corporate evil and, in some ...

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3 steps to tell your boss what to do

boss eyed by Johnny Hall Wouldn't it be great to tell your boss what to do? And not where to go, so get your mind off that approach; it doesn't work. Well, you can't control what your boss does, but you ...

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Why you should strive for excellence at work, not perfection

Berge's Schmetterlinge, plate 15 by dd21207 People -- and managers -- have perceptions about our work. These perceptions influence how people work with you and also how they help you in your work and career. When ...

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