David Zinger writes about employee engagement and I had the opportunity to do an interview with him over at Employee Engagement Zingers . I often comment on his blog and am a regular subscriber.

David asks interesting questions. They were a lot of fun to answer. He’s running the interview today and Monday, so take a look.

Scot

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You really add ideas to the conversation and help all of us manage our careers and build our personal brands.

• Andrew Rondeau of Great Management. Making management great.
• Anita Bruzzese of 45 Things. Anita’s got two great books out: 45 Things You do that Drive Your Boss Crazy and Take this Job and Thrive.
• Adam Salamon of Adam Salamon. Adam’s writes about Creating Your Name Brand.
• Labour Market Information Blog. Resources, links, analysis, and articles concerning career management and labour market issues.
• Presh Talwalkar of Mind Your Decisions. A financial planning site.
• Vikram Rajan of Personal Brand Marketing. Personal brand marketing tips.
• David Zinger and Phil Gerbyshak of Slacker Manager. Great productivity and work tips.
• Mick at Insourced. A great career management site.
• Dan Schawbel at Personal Branding Magazine. Dan writes Personal Branding every day.
• Eric Brown at Eric Brown. Eric writes about aligning technology, strategy, people and projects.
• GTD Wannabe. A site about David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology.

There’s some great information in these blogs. Take some time to visit them.

Scot

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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s there are few.”

I’ve thought a lot about that quote because much of what I read and see that comes from experts is really just a well thought through point of view. How easy is it to find an expert on the Iraq war from a Republican or Democratic point of view? All supposedly experts, but all advocating different positions.

In that situation, the expert’s mind has few possibilities.

The challenge for us in our careers is to approach new situations as beginners. Even though we have tons of experience, there is usually something new to learn from starting over and looking at a situation as a beginner.

It is a passion for learning that helps us look at things with possibility. Curiosity for the new and different will serve us well.

So be an expert, but have the passion to learn. A beginner’s mind.

Scot

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What your management actually means when they talk is a great career management tool. And, since I do humor using Corporate Speak, I always appreciate someone else’s great turn of phrase when it comes to making a point about business.

I saw this from David Zinger on Employee Engagement and read the priceless reality:

don’t make your point pointless with an overabundance of PowerPoint slides as you blur into a darkened room dimly lit by glowing BlackBerry screens as participants drift off to bulging email in-boxes.

Wow!

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