Make Stuff Up Disorder I introduced Make Stuff Up Disorder (MSU) several weeks ago in the post, Do You Suffer from Make Stuff Up Disorder? We all suffer from this disorder from time to time. If you say, I do not make stuff up in my head under stress…well, I do not believe you. This […]
My 3 Biggest Career Mistakes
Biggest Mistakes I have made many mistakes in my career. This is the first post in a two-part series. In this article, I will chronicle my biggest mistakes, then next Monday, I will write about how I recovered and what I learned from these experiences. So, let’s get started! I Was Seduced by a Former […]
What Motivates You? Most Likely, Your Boss Does NOT Know!
What Motivates You? What motivates you to be the best that you can be at work? I can almost guarantee you that your boss does not know the answer to that. This post was prompted by an article I shared last week. I got a flood of comments from the following article: 95% of Managers […]
#2 Method to Find Companies – LinkedIn Advanced Search
LinkedIn Advanced Search LinkedIn Advanced Search is a powerful tool to find people. More importantly, it is a powerful tool to find companies that have problems you can solve or that can hire you. In my previous post, I discussed using weak ties to find companies that can hire you. Now, we want to find […]
#1 Method to Find Companies – Weak Ties
Weak Ties The concept of weak ties originally came from some research by Mark Granovetter from Johns Hopkins University. His paper, The Strength of Weak Ties, was published in 1973. The simplest explanation comes from the Changing Minds website which says: We have both friends and acquaintances. Our friends are often a part of a […]
Has Your Job Been SMACed? If not Yet, It Will!
SMAC – Social Mobile Analytics Cloud SMAC is here…and is disrupting our careers. If you think you are immune from SMAC, I want to take the rest of this post to convince you differently. S is for Social or Social Media If you are a PR or Marketing professional, you know your world has changed. […]
Gen Y boss – Baby Boomer, are you ready?
Could you work for a Gen Y boss? For most baby boomers, thinking about working for a Gen Y boss might seem like a nightmare. Could you work for your kid…or someone your kid’s age? You might say that will be a rarity! Well …. Projections show that by 2014 millennials will account for 36% […]
3 Key Elements of Your Brand Story
Your brand story is exactly that, a story It should tell me who you are in a story format. It should NOT be a diatribe of your accomplishments but it should be a short story that tells your passions, your strengths and your goals I wrote previously on the process of writing your brand story […]
Resource Action – It is Not About You!
It is Not About You! This is something that has been repeated frequently in the last couple of weeks. I have had discussions with many who have been affected by resource actions, the politically correct way of saying lay off, at companies like IBM, Merck, AMD, Dell,…. I was talking last week with a former IBM […]