Achieve personal power, influence, and impact by owning your brand
If you don’t take control of your personal brand image, others will. For the last three odd decades I’ve been reading remarkably similar stories about how the equal pay gap has not closed for women. A recent report, based on a US study conducted by the Institute for...
read moreVulnerability: The key to a powerful personal brand
When was the last time you let yourself be vulnerable? What about the time when you went out for that date? Or when you went out for lunch with your office colleagues? You wanted to have that one extra slice of pizza but didn’t have it as everyone had already finished...
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Cool in a crisis: How all entrepreneurs can learn from ex-Fire-Chief Alan Quinton.
Whether you’re the CEO of a large corporation, or the founder of your own small startup, I’m sure you’ve had days you spend rushing from one “emergency” to the next. Being an entrepreneur in business requires a cool head, but that cool head also needs to be at the...
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Perfectly imperfect: The importance of authenticity for your personal brand
Many people believe that a personal brand is something for celebrities. They don’t think that they need one, and even worse, they don’t realise that no matter who they are, they already have one. Your personal brand is the way you are represented to the world. You...
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The things career advisors don’t teach you. (Or how to supercharge your resume and land your dream job.)
By Jon Michail What’s wrong with your resume? Well, a lot, actually, if you’re like most people I know. I’m sorry, but there it is. The problem starts in school. Career advisors coach us in presenting a resume that is professional, to the point, and well, boring… and...
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Achieve personal power, influence, and impact by owning your brand
If you don’t take control of your personal brand image, others will. For the last three odd decades I’ve been reading remarkably similar stories about how the equal pay gap has not closed for women. A recent report, based on a US study conducted by the Institute for...
read moreVulnerability: The key to a powerful personal brand
When was the last time you let yourself be vulnerable? What about the time when you went out for that date? Or when you went out for lunch with your office colleagues? You wanted to have that one extra slice of pizza but didn’t have it as everyone had already finished...
read more
Cool in a crisis: How all entrepreneurs can learn from ex-Fire-Chief Alan Quinton.
Whether you’re the CEO of a large corporation, or the founder of your own small startup, I’m sure you’ve had days you spend rushing from one “emergency” to the next. Being an entrepreneur in business requires a cool head, but that cool head also needs to be at the...
read more
Perfectly imperfect: The importance of authenticity for your personal brand
Many people believe that a personal brand is something for celebrities. They don’t think that they need one, and even worse, they don’t realise that no matter who they are, they already have one. Your personal brand is the way you are represented to the world. You...
read more
The things career advisors don’t teach you. (Or how to supercharge your resume and land your dream job.)
By Jon Michail What’s wrong with your resume? Well, a lot, actually, if you’re like most people I know. I’m sorry, but there it is. The problem starts in school. Career advisors coach us in presenting a resume that is professional, to the point, and well, boring… and...
read more