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Do you make memorable personal brand connections?

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  Olympic Winners from Paul Copcutt on Vimeo.  This past two weeks the Olympics has been a great spectacle. Obviously I am a little biased given my UK heritage, but team GB did fantastically as host nation and in the medals.  I loved what the Royal Mail did for each GB gold medal won. Overnight they produced a stamp of the winners and then painted all the mail boxes in the winners home towns… Read More »Do you make memorable personal brand connections?

Oh the places your personal brand will go

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Recently I was asked to contribute an article to a month long blogathon put together by fellow brand strategist Peter Sterlacci. Below is my contribution. The 30 authors offered up a wide array of personal brandng related advice, it was a great month of information and insight. The great news is that all the posts have been compiled in to one e-book which you can get at no charge, just by… Read More »Oh the places your personal brand will go

I’m bored! – Could you survive without technology?

"I'm bored" were two words that were not uttered once on our recent family vacation at Camp Wanakita.  In today's hyper connected world this was perhaps even a little more unusual as our children had deemed the week a 'No Technology' zone.  No I-pod's, Laptops or Blackberry's. It certainly was not a case of 'Survivor' but we survived!  In fact we thrived and perhaps even lived a little more. I will admit… Read More »I’m bored! – Could you survive without technology?

In the summertime, when the weather is high………

This Thursday see's the longest day in the Northern hemisphere. The Summer Solstice is the almanac's 'official' start of the summer (it actually starts at 7.09 pm on the 20th). I love the summer – it is filled with great memories of kids playing freely, trips to the beach, clear skies, bbq's and warm weather.  The song in the video above just captures a lot of that for me (check out… Read More »In the summertime, when the weather is high………

What is holding you back from your personal brand?

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Through my wife's business I have had the opportunity to be connected to Keith Kochner at Mentorfish.com for the last few months and have found his teaching exactly what we need in the 21st century. Lots of great content, he is prolific with new insights and learnings – even for someone like me who tends to explore and read a lot!  Keith is coming to Toronto next week to hold… Read More »What is holding you back from your personal brand?

Who are you fooling with your personal brand?

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Okay, I admit it, he got me – April Fool. One of my favourite business people Sir Richard Branson announced that due to the uncertainty over currency fluctuations for vacationers he was launching his own currency within Virgin Holidays. Of course the launch was the morning of April 1st!  What made it such a good April fool trick was that given his personal brand this actually could be the kind of… Read More »Who are you fooling with your personal brand?

Is there a magic pill to deal with those extra 24 hours?

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Rather predictably, especially given the current economic climate, the news headlines for today, February 29th have been about the extra costs the leap year brings. Extra payroll for hourly or weekly paid workers, extra power to run businesses, extra IT costs to deal with computers and chips that cannot allow for the extra day.  There’s also a leap second — the extra moment added to atomic clocks to keep them… Read More »Is there a magic pill to deal with those extra 24 hours?

100 Toonies Worth

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With consistency and progression comes change. As you spend more time consistently delivering on what you say your brand is and find your career progressing in the right direction, you are going to reach a point where new challenges and opportunities arise. New skills are developed and new ways to communicate your uniqueness present themselves.  This week see's the 100th edition of the Tuesday Toonie weekly e-tip, which I feel… Read More »100 Toonies Worth

The 7 Signature Signs of Jimmy Savile – An Original Personal Brand

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It was sad to see the news earlier this week of the passing of Jimmy Savile, two days short of his 85th birthday, a truly authentic if slightly eccentric personal brand.  Many years ago my aunt experienced a stroke and was in Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the UK, world renowned for it's work in spinal injuries, but also a hospital supported and visited on a regular basis by Jimmy Savile.… Read More »The 7 Signature Signs of Jimmy Savile – An Original Personal Brand

Is this the latest workplace Eye-Pod?

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For most of the 43 years that my Dad worked, he always took 15-20 minutes after lunch for a nap, even though he worked in a traditional, professional, office environment. It would appear that this idea of rest time is becoming more common and accepted – this company Podtime have been installing sleep pods in UK workspaces for some time now.  And according to a Pew Research study from a… Read More »Is this the latest workplace Eye-Pod?