From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 21, 2012 at 5:30 am
Why do hiring managers decide in the first 8 seconds if they’re going hire a candidate or not?* The First Impressions. From handshake to hairstyle, wardrobe to watch, each component ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 20, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Did you know that if you know someone’s name, you can almost certainly email them.
Its true — and A-Players choose to do this all the time.
After all, what would it ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 13, 2012 at 1:30 pm
A friend of mine shared with me a piece of advice from his military training – he told me that his superior officers used to tell him
The things that got you promoted this ... (
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From Dan Erwin
May 13, 2012 at 11:52 am
Over the last few months I’ve been conversing with several new managers about their responsibility for giving feedback. Two issues keep coming up. How do you go about really ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 7, 2012 at 5:30 am
If you want to succeed, it’s essential that you protect your brand and online reputation. You want to be known for who you are and what you stand for. You want to be given credit ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 6, 2012 at 1:30 pm
When you want to change careers — to a new field, a new industry or both — your personal brand can feel like a ball and chain weighing you down.
It can seem like your ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm
If you are a regular reader of this blog and other personal branding quality materials, you are probably convinced by now out that your brand is one of your greatest (if not ‘the’ ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 3, 2012 at 5:30 am
As many of my fellow contributors have written, the personal brand you create is one of the most important determinants of your success both inside and outside of the workplace.
We ... (
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From Dan Erwin
May 2, 2012 at 7:52 am
Austerity. Employee engagement. Social media. Crowd-sourcing. Entrepreneurial. Social networking. Restructuring. Innovative. Internet company.
Words come and go. The verbiage ... (
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From Dan Erwin
April 30, 2012 at 11:08 pm
A questionable ethic?A few years ago, after developing a relationship with the CIO of a major American corporation and successfully working with a number of his subordinates, ... (
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From Dan Erwin
April 23, 2012 at 11:40 pm
Be very, very careful whom you target for your mentors. Especially if you’re in the early years of your career, there’s a tendency to go for the real expert, those people ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 21, 2012 at 5:30 am
Do you have a tribe? Seth Godin says a tribe is a group of people connected to one another, to a leader, and to an idea.
A tribe is not necessarily a geographic group of people ... (
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From Dan Erwin
April 20, 2012 at 4:46 pm
One of the more insistent cries from MBA faculty and many business gurus has been an emphasis upon “authenticity” in work and team relationships. Being authentic is pretty ... (
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From Reckitt Benckiser
April 19, 2012 at 10:33 am
Companies or departments will usually set goals or targets which everyone works together to achieve. This helps them keep employees focused on the future and motivated. ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 18, 2012 at 8:56 pm
For those who remember the good old days when we were still in school…
Freshman year is when you are just getting acclimated. Sophomore year, you start to figure things out and ... (
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From PR Prescriptions
April 17, 2012 at 11:57 am
Every now and then “network” seems like a dirty word. Have you ever asked someone about going to a networking event and see them wince? Networking was never that big ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Your personal brand is based on two things: You and Your Target Audience.
You need to know a lot about both.
Identifying and understanding things about yourself: your personality, ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 5, 2012 at 5:30 am
About a year ago I received a promotion at work. The new position was an absolutely amazing opportunity and one that could teach me a lot and help me build many connections throughout ... (
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From Reckitt Benckiser
April 4, 2012 at 11:15 am
Although it’s been over a month since I’ve updated everyone on US current events, I can assure you, my blog is the only thing at RB that is on a delay.
Since ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 1, 2012 at 1:30 pm
It sounds like a snarky question, but the answer is the core to your personal brand.
What is it that you can do that no one else can? Maybe your technical skills enable you to ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
March 31, 2012 at 5:30 am
Want to write great presentations that leave your audience wanting more? Want to avoid Death By PowerPoint, but still need a slide deck?
The secret to outstanding presentations
Here ... (
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From Dan Erwin
March 27, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Over the past two years, this blog (published in April, 2010) has been number one in readership, reaping well over 25,000 unique visits. Numerous bloggers have referred to the ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
March 27, 2012 at 5:30 am
The business of football got uglier when information about the bounty for pain scandal surfaced. This scandal is currently decimating the management, income, and personal brands ... (
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From Dan Erwin
March 26, 2012 at 11:46 am
Few work experiences offer more immediate, personal insight than an overseas internship or international job.
Once a month, for more than a year, my first international job meant ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
March 25, 2012 at 10:02 pm
How you handle disappointment will play a major role in your personal branding success.
At some point or another, you may experience disappointment during your journey to personal ... (
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