However you choose to be celebrating this holiday season I wish you every happiness, joy and time with those that mean the most to you. May your new year be filled with opportunity, success and living a personal brand that is true to who you are. BY THE WAY………… This is the last opportunity to sign up for a very special program starting just before the holiday break… Read More »A Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all
As 2010 starts to wind down you are probably spending some time reflecting on the past year. What was your biggest success ? What was the best decision that you made? What one word best describes the year for you? You might never have asked yourself questions like these before. But they are part of what you need to be asking yourself so that you can wrap up 2010… Read More »Tell me the one word that sums up your personal brand
2010 A YEAR OF FEAR? In my business 2010 has for me been a good year, on par with 2009, which was particularly pleasing as 2009 was my best since starting Square Peg over 7 years ago. But what has been even more fantastic this year has been seeing my wife Keri develop in to a very capable and successful business owner and leader. Last week I was so proud… Read More »Is Your Personal Brand Ready for 2011?
In the Toronto Star this past weekend was an entertaining and in some cases insightful look at the next council members. Each had been asked to attend a photo shoot and bring with them one or two objects that would show the electorate who they were. The new mayor and several councilors refused to attend or even respond, placing a trivial or perhaps fearful emphasis on the exercise. But this… Read More »Possession is nine-tenths of the law
You may know that Tiger Woods has a new coach – Canadian golf swing coach Sean Foley. Apart from working with a few other PGA golfers he was relatively an unknown, until he started to coach Tiger. Now he has hired a sports agency to represent him, launched his first product – an instructional DVD and had to defend his style and methodology from people accusing him of borrowing heavily from other… Read More »Even with Tiger Woods as the student – you have to brand
Normally it would be expected that if you were caught asleep at your desk you would be disciplined, possibly even fired. According to recent studies having a nap at work might actually be productive, not just to give you a physical boost either. Studies have also shown that taking a nap will improve perceptual and motor skills, reaction time and alertness. Some companies such as Google provide nap rooms… Read More »Pardon the snoring – I am honing my skills
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Winston Churchill Remembrance Day always has a strong connection for me because of my families involvement in serving in both of the major world wars. Even with conflicts of today, I think many of us find it hard to really understand what soldiers at those times, or even now go through. A colleague… Read More »Five Times a Normal Toonies Worth – Thank a Veteran This Week
The usual response to the question of "Are you a giver or a grabber?" is you would hope to be labelled a giver. But according to Craig Parkes a professor in Washington State University's Department of Psychology if you are not asking for much in return then you might be damaging your personal brand more than enhancing it. In his Harvard Business Review article 'Your Most Helpful Colleague (Don't… Read More »Are you a giver or a grabber?
"Uncouth, uncultured, suburban, journalist-chasing, drunk driving, marijuana-possessing Air Canada Centre ejectee and lone wolf"- these were the words that kicked off an article by Chris Selley of the National Post about the Mayor elect of Toronto. Hardly the attributes you would think of associating with the leader of Canada's largest municipality. But all the negativity associated with these words and the person they were attached to have been put… Read More »Vote for ME – you know it makes sense!
With the current economic climate and on and off again employment prospects, many people are exploring the idea of not going back to the corporate life and embarking on the life of an entreprenuer. There are a myriad of things to consider, not least of all what you are going to do for whom and is there a demand for it? One area that raises a lot of conversation and… Read More »Nobody owns your personal brand…….except you.