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Do you know what others would say about you. And would you like it?

Knowing how others perceive you can be one of the most important pieces of information that you can gather about your personal brand. Getting feedback from others is something you MUST do on a regular basis, because it helps; You understand if what they say is how you want to be known. Identify areas that you might want to work on to raise your profile. Show others that you are looking to… Read More »Do you know what others would say about you. And would you like it?

This isn’t about me. It’s about YOU.

It starts with YOU. It ends with YOU. Intrigued yet? Branding expert and leading authority on the science of fascination, Sally Hogshead, launched her new book How the World Sees You on July 1 and I am loving what I am reading as it relates to personal branding. To celebrate all of the new insights she’s learned over the past decade of research, she has started Project Fascination, with a goal to show 100,000… Read More »This isn’t about me. It’s about YOU.

What’s Love Gotta Do With It? – Your Personal Brand That Is!

  Do you love YOU enough? How often do you take time to reflect on your strengths? I would quite confidently suggest very little. In my work with leaders and employees in Fortune 500 Companies the most under leveraged part of their personal brands are their core strengths. Your core strengths are the things that you do so naturally and so well that you perform them almost sub-consciously. When I… Read More »What’s Love Gotta Do With It? – Your Personal Brand That Is!

Personal Brand Book Review – Standout

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StandOut – The groundbreaking new strengths assessment. © 2011 by One Thing Productions Inc, 227 pages, Paperback 5R Score: 25/35 The Three Strengths Principles Your Genius is Precise You Can’t Respect What You Don’t Remember You Must Reach Beyond Your Roles On a scale of 1-7    Relevance – is it right for personal branding? - 7 Resonance does it make sense to the reader? - 6 Relation is there a connection… Read More »Personal Brand Book Review – Standout

Three Tips to Get 2011 Off to a Great Start

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 So the first day of a new year what steps should you be thinking about first? Well to save your brain (as you may be nursing a headache!), my good friend and colleague Doug Emerson – The Profitable Horseman had these words of wisdom in his recent e-zine – equally applicable if you are a horse business owner or not. 1. Buy A Full size Year at A Glance  Wall Calendar.  Time… Read More »Three Tips to Get 2011 Off to a Great Start

Review your year with no fear – focus on strengths

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We can all spend plenty of time reviewing our past year and wishing we could have…….should have…….might have……etc etc. But instead take some of that energy and focus on what you did well and where you used your natural strengths and commit to using more of that next year. I liked Alan Weiss' simple Monday Morning Memo on this the other day.

Are you ready for the internal interview?

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While we are seeing some recovery in the job market it seems to be evident that the recovery is going to be a slow process. This means that companies will continue to be cautious in their hiring and likely to more readily look internally than externally first and with employees less likely to be active in a depressed external job market the competition is going to be tougher.  So are you ready… Read More »Are you ready for the internal interview?

Back to school for your personal brand

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Today sees the return to school for children here in Canada. There is a mix of excitement, trepidation and relief – and that is just the parents! It used to be all about learning the 3R's. But with the todays reality children have many more options and challenges as well as probably a lot more to learn than just three! September is also viewed as 'the start to a new… Read More »Back to school for your personal brand

Are you really differentiating yourself?

This past week I spent some time as a mentor with PR students from Humber college at their Personal Brand Camp 2. It was great to experience the enthusiasm and thirst for knowledge as well as the considered and respectful approach that the students displayed. Also last week I contributed to the PriceWaterhouse Coopers Personal Brand Week – an online initiative via Facebook and Twitter to share tips and tools… Read More »Are you really differentiating yourself?

Marcus Buckingham at The Art of Management

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Marcus Buckingham was first up for the day I recently spent at The Art of Management in Toronto and an excellent choice to kick off the event. I have seen him present before and he is a master story teller, using a mix of research, insight and English humour. Here are some main points: Ask yourself – how often do you; do things you really like to do? feel positive… Read More »Marcus Buckingham at The Art of Management