From the monthly archives:

July 2010

A Memo to Aspiring Young Leaders

I’m going to tell you a secret. One that can have a profound effect on how you are perceived in your organization and – as a result – how quickly you advance. Are you ready? The secret is that you don’t need decades of experience and a fancy title to be a leader. Regardless of [...]

July 30, 2010 CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE

The Attitude Test I Failed Miserably

I give a lot of career advice … and sometimes even I need to take it. Case in point: On Friday I was pulled into a meeting at work. As it happens in corporate life, there were multiple people from multiple offices in this meeting, all coming together to make a decision on something as [...]

July 20, 2010 CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE

Can One Hour Boost Your Personal Brand?

By Skip Lineberg My business partner and I returned from a sales meeting late in the afternoon one recent Thursday, just prior to a three-day holiday weekend. The meeting went well. The prospective customer expressed openness toward our proposed idea. We were very pleased with her response. She asked that we check back with her [...]

July 13, 2010 CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE

Toot Your Own Horn… at Your Own Risk

By Skip Lineberg Seen recently on social media networks (editorial comments not seen but likely thought by thousands of viewers): “I’m being interviewed on Channel 8 News tonight!” (Yayyy for you! Aren’t you a bigshot? And I should care because ….?) “John Doe says you like John Doe. Click here to become a Fan of [...]

July 1, 2010 CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE