It could be the difference between success and greater success. Defining, developing and building your personal brand foundation is the very unsexy part of the whole personal branding process. But if you skip this part you are running the risk of building a very weak base. So weak that you may start to adversely damage your brand. You NEED a masterplan. Define your values. You have probably heard it a… Read More »Do You Have a Personal Brand Masterplan?
When you are able to incorporate a passion that you have in to the work you do it makes for a an even more engaging experience. When you run your own business this of course can be a whole lot easier. You decide what you want to. For the last year or so I have taken up running again and also do the annual climb for cancer in May. This… Read More »Bring Your Passions to Work
It's always gratifying and exciting to see clients make breakthroughs with their personal brands. Suddenly something that previously was never on their radar becomes an idea, then an action and finally a regular part of who they are. This new way of being, or more accurately, conscious communication of their personal brand, makes the work with them so fulfilling. On occasion this even gets noticed by others and it was… Read More »Your leadership brand is what others say it is – so what are they saying?
The passing of Steve Jobs resulted in an outpouring of emotion and praise that I would suggest was almost unprecedented. A Google search shows over 234,000,000 web pages – 70,000,000 more than Obama! Now part of that visible reaction was due to the fact that we have so much more ability to communicate to many more people – ironically in many cases using the very tools that Jobs helped develop. … Read More »The Brand That Was Steve Jobs
The provincial election in Ontario is a little over a week away and depending on which poll you believe anyone of the three main parties could end up winning. But if it came down to backyard barbecue invitations instead of votes NDP leader Andrea Horwath would be the winner with 37% of respondents to an IPSOS Reid poll saying they would prefer to have her than 32% for PC leader… Read More »And the new Premier of Ontario is……….likeable?
These are not always the words you would expect to hear from a leading CEO when admitting that a move they made in the market was the wrong one, or at the very least one that should have had a more considered approach. They are certainly not the words that Jim Balsilee the Co-CEO of Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, has uttered (well at least not publicly). The… Read More »“I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation.”
A recent survey of 500 Canadian and US human resource managers by the American Management Association, found that 51% of employees felt their company's talent development was either flawed or unfair and 41% of the employers themselvs do not announce criteria or invite employees to nominate themselves for leadership development. NEWS FLASH……NEWS FLASH……NEWS FLASH It is up to you to take control of your career development, it's up to you… Read More »You have to own the definition of YOU!
How would you feel if this was how your predecessor introduced you as you took over their role? According to a Business Week article "Can Brian Moynihan Save Bank of America?" , this was exactly how the former CEO Kenneth D. Lewis did and then went on to say, "Another unique charactersitic about him is that he wanted this job" Of course Moynihan continues to have his work cut out… Read More »“Hopefully he’ll be in this job much longer than the last 3 or 4”
The passing of Jack Layton just recently was especially personal as I found his courage in the battle with cancer was an inspiration for my own. I was not surprised by the outpouring of emotion and support for someone I considered a rare breed – an authentic and generally honest politician! The more cynical and condemning responses, especially to his letter to all Canadians, were a little more surprising, but perhaps… Read More »Do you have nothing to say in your e-mails?
I was somewhat surprised to see the sudden departure of Don Schroeder the CEO of Tim Hortons, although with the companies recent results not reaching analyst expectations, the demands of the continuous success of a public company always weigh heavy. It was interesting to watch Don Schroeder in action a couple of years ago when I was one of the judges at the annual Financial Executives International Best in… Read More »Tim Hortons Loses Double Double Vision