Researching this article has been a challenge to my ability to focus on anything for long periods of time. I am the kind of person that will find a useless item out of place in my office while looking for my car keys and after a fit of obsessive compulsive tinkering still have not found my keys. Freud would probably diagnose this as anal retentive behavior, so I am glad that others have challenged his… Read More »Balance Your Social Media Universe
I hesitate to even use the words “personal brand†because this is a much maligned phrase that may mean everything or it may mean nothing. The concept of a brand has its origins in product marketing. Marketers have devised and mastered the art of establishing a company’s brand, are able to measure its impact, and calculate its worth. Many of these expert marketing people show up on job seeker Twitter chats or other online forums… Read More »Measuring Personal Influence
Why do we do what we do? I wonder at people’s motivations when help is volunteered loudly and publically. Even worse, self professed experts change all the rules because of a new “revolutionary†idea that becomes a moneymaker. True help for others comes unselfishly and sometimes at great cost for the helper. Other times it is just a simple statement or demonstration of faith. Several years ago I attended a college graduation where the commencement… Read More »An Old Motivational Story That Still Works
I saw two people online debating the topic of branding. It may as well have been about calf roping and branding because neither knew what the other was talking about. We call so many things by a single definition and branding is one of the most confusing. Is it necessary? Yes. Is it not necessary? Yes. When we begin the debate about personal branding, the definition is clear but its value is relative to the… Read More »From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked About Branding
There are a number of ways to instill confidence and promote cooperation and innovation among team members. In some cases, a memorable saying or slogan can be the focal point of that motivation. Why don’t we give up using trite, worn-out and meaningless cliché driven jargon when their usefulness expiration date has passed? In some cases, it may be because it once meant something special and there is an outside chance that it may rekindle… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – When Motivators Become Demotivators