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Leadership Development: Be A Great Follower As Well As Leader career strategy leadership development Jul 25, 2011

Have you ever seen Canada Geese fly information? If you have, did you ever notice anything special about the goose leading at the front of the formation, the tip of the V?

Ok, that's a trick question because the goose at the front of the formation is frequently changing. In fact the position...

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Friday's Rocket Fuel: Personal Branding Exercise - Unique You friday rocket fuel personal branding personal development Jul 15, 2011

This weekend keep a paper and pen with you.  Write down everything you do or say that illustrates your unique way of doing things or saying things. At the end of the weekend look through all of the information you have collected. What are some of the themes?

Once you have this information,...

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Celebrating the 4th of July: Are You Maximizing Your Opportunities? career development personal development Jul 04, 2011

Happy 4th of July! 

The 4th of July is a time when Americans celebrate the birth of our country over 200 years ago. And regardless of ones politics, most Americans as well as pretty much all of the people I talk with from around the world appreciate the opportunities of success and...

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Personal Branding: Tony Alessandra on Product Differentiation business of you personal branding Jun 30, 2011

Tony Alessandra is one of my favorite personal development speakers. He's straight forward and tells it like it is. In this video Tony talks about production differentiation and how important it is. Personal branding is nothing less than differentiating yourself from everyone else who seems,...

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Navigating Organizational Change with Personal Branding leadership development personal branding Jun 29, 2011

Every day I talk or exchange emails with people who are frustrated with all of the change they are experiencing in their workplace. Many times their frustration is so high they are ready to quit.  Have you ever felt that way? I have.

How do you know if the frustration you are feeling means...

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Friday's Rocket Fuel: Easy Personal Branding Excercise, Just 6 Steps career development personal branding Jun 24, 2011

Your personal brand describes your unique value to others. For your career it's what makes you special and will help you find the right employers or clients to work with and help them find you. Here is a quick and simple exercise you can do now to help you get started.

  1. Take a piece of paper, or...
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Career Development: Are You Chasing the Wrong Career Goal? The House career development Jun 23, 2011

Last week I shared a story, Career Development: Are You Chasing The Wrong Goal? Pocket Knife Story, where I shared how I watched a woman go from person to person asking for a pocket knife. When she worked her way to me I asked her why she needed only, only to find out what she...

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Success Is A Journey, Not A Destination: How To Advance Your Career career development career strategy goal achievement life success Jun 22, 2011

"Success isn't really a destination, because you'll never get there. Talk to anyone with millions or billions, they're always thinking of the next thing. Success is a direction, and that direction is forward." - Tim Sanders, former Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo!

I love this quote...

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Career Development:Are You Chasing The Wrong Goal? Pocket Knife Story career development goal achievement personal branding success Jun 15, 2011

This is a true story. I was recently attending a conference and between sessions I noticed a woman frantically moving down her row asking everyone a question and moving on. She had a sense of urgency as she went from person to person, each shaking their head no at her. And...

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Personal Branding & Marketing You: How To Get Found On LinkedIn business of you personal branding social media Jun 13, 2011

LinkedIn is an increasingly important tool for both job seekers and  recruiters (and I use the term broadly from hiring managers to human resources staff to head hunters). Having a well done LinkedIn profile is increasingly important to finding a job and...

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Friday's Rocket Fuel: Take a Break friday rocket fuel life Jun 10, 2011

When was the last time you did nothing? I mean just sat back and relaxed and did nothing. No Work. No TV. No Reading. No Talking. No Planning. Nothing. For some of you reading this that would be a hard challenge. You're so used to DOING you don't know how not to be doing anything.

Sure maybe you...

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Thoughts on 8 Secrets of Success by Richard St. John career strategy goal achievement vision statement Jun 08, 2011

Today's article is based on a presentation the Bob Burg posted on his Facebook page a little while back. In this 3 minute TED Talk, Richard St. John tells us about the results of his research to a simple question a high school student asked him during a plane...

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