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Raise Your Work QuotientFive Strategies to Increase Your Value to the Company. Guess what? There’s a lot more to being successful at work then showing up as a committed team player, putting in your 40 hours, and participating in the company’s annual softball tournament. Instead, you must raise your work quotient – the value of your work capacity […] Navigating Career ChangeI’ve heard it said that the only person who really loves change is a wet baby! I’m not sure that’s completely accurate, since some people seem to thrive on change. Whether you love change or loathe it, the fact is that change is inherent in every career, job, and transition. If you increasingly find yourself […] Top Ten Career Trends: Looking Forward to 2008!The changes shaping your career for the next few years are already in motion. Peek into my crystal ball for the top career trends that may soon affect your job. Take note, and get prepared! Specialization is key – As more and more companies look for specialized help, experts will be in high demand and […] Five Stages to Move from Job Loss to Job RenewalHave you ever misplaced your car? Well I did last week! It was a great reminder of how we feel when we lose something – our car, our wallet, or even our job. As I confidently walked to where I remembered parking my car, it took time to recognize that it wasn’t there. Similar to job […] 5 Tips to Re-Awaken Your Work LifeSpring is in the air! It’s my favorite time of the year, when I anticipate tulips, lilies, and apple blossoms in bloom. In fact, I love spring SO much, I opt out of spring cleaning; instead I choose activities that refresh and invigorate. How about you? How will you choose to refresh and re-energize this […] Organically Growing Champions, Sales, Market ShareWe (PR pros and practitioners) have done an outstanding job of convincing senior management: – we know the right people – we need to launch a product with a big bang – we need to do a 1:1 meeting with just the right editors/writers/reviewers – we need an editorial tour – we need four-five star […] Social Media…The Hunted Can Become the HunterThe world of new media – widgets and social applications – looks like a beautiful marketing communications hunting ground. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Imagine people flock to Web 2.0 locations where they blog. They upload/download audios/videos of specific interest to them. They congregate at business/special interest web sites to gain information and be entertained. […] Blogs…Can the Social Community Be Commercialized?The blogosphere is a relatively new phenomenon that has arrived on the scene and a growing number of people are advancing the idea that it is a great opportunity for companies to sell ideas, products and services cheaply. The problem is that people forget that the blog also allows people to “push back” in a […] Is Your Communications Policy Mired In The Past?“Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” – Thomas Paine First of all, if you’re reading this article you don’t have these problems. But…you do know of companies and PR people who suffer from this malady. We know that in theory corporate policy is to encourage creative thinking and growth. The communications policy is […] Blogosphere or Blog with FearThink of it. A cheap, direct means of working one-on-one, one-to-many with customers, partners, prospects. The ideal means of educating…informing…persuading. That’s what management sees when you mention one of the “hottest” communications tools available…blogging. The Web 2.0 blogosphere is one of the fastest growing communities today. New blogs are launched every second…120,000 every day. Technorati, […] The New Communications Tool…Listening, HelpingMarketing and communications “experts” like to tell us how the Internet and Web 2.0 have opened up new opportunities for the industry to reach out to and influence people in new, exciting, more effective ways. Instant information web sites, 10s of thousands of ready for your news bloggers, almost free social networks in which you […] Business Blog…The Deep End of the PoolWhile we find the overwhelming enthusiasm of professional blogs and its dramatic value as a strategic public relations tool interesting, it is not a pool we have chosen to jump into yet. And it is one we counsel clients to lurk around before determining if that it is something they want to enter for the […] Wolfgang Puck: Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur And EntrepreneurWolfgang Puck is a household name when it comes to food these days. Although little is known of his humble beginnings, he has certainly made a huge success of his love of food and resultant career. Wolfgang Puck is one of the better-known names in the food industry today, and with good reason. Owing to […] Ignoring Sexual Harassment Just Got More Expensive: 5 Tips To Prevent LawsuitsMy first job after graduate school was working for the federal government in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). A few months into the job, a woman air traffic controller sued her boss and co-workers in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for creating an offensive, intimidating and hostile work environment at the tune of $1 […] Truth or Consequences: How to Give Performance FeedbackIn the bestseller, Good to Great, Jim Collins discovered that, “the good-to-great companies continually refined the path to greatness with the brutal facts of reality.” And, in his recent autobiography, Jack Welch reports that he spent about half of his time on people: recruiting new talent, picking the right people for particular positions, grooming young […] The Naked Truth About Public SpeakingWhen I was in high school, given the choice between giving an oral report and a written one, I always choose the written report. In college, I did the same thing. My reason: fear. I was terrified of public speaking. When I graduated from college, my father gave me some advice. He said, “If you […] Smart Choices: Hiring The Right PeopleNeed an office manager or a front-desk person? Pay and benefits are important but a successful search may depend more on patience. Physicians – most of whom are accustomed to making quick decisions – often don’t put enough time or thought into hiring, says Elizabeth Woodcock, an Atlanta-based practice management expert. “Until physicians come to […] Make The Most Of Your MeetingsTypical managers spend nearly 40% of their work hours in meetings, not to mention the time spent preparing (and recuperating). A survey of business leaders showed: • 33% of time spent in meetings is unproductive • 75% of the respondents said it is “almost essential” to have an agenda, yet they use them only 50% […] How To Write A Job DescriptionThink of a job description as a “snapshot” of a job. The job description needs to communicate clearly and concisely what responsibilities and tasks the job entails and to indicate, as well, the key qualifications of the job – the basic requirements (specific credentials or skills) – and, if possible, the attributes that underlie superior performance. Following […] What do You Mean My Organization Is a Stepping Stone?I remember the moment I swore that I would always value my employees. It was the late 90s, I was the head of sales and my boss was sitting across the table. “Sales people are a dime a dozen,” he said. “I could replace anyone working here tomorrow and not miss a beat.” That told […] |
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