I recently visited the Zen Garden at the Chicago Botanic Gardens, and found it a profoundly calming experience. Like many of us, I find myself bouncing around from activity to activity during the day; and my mind is usually even more frantic as it works on what I need to do in the future, what […]
The Most Important Rule for LinkedIn Status Updates
Recently, we’ve seen Linkedin add two powerful functionalities to the the Status Updates. Now you can: Add a photo or file to your status update, in addition to the existing ability to link to an external website. “Tag” the name of one of your connections in your status update, notifying them that you gave them […]
Rock n’ Roll Bands and the New Entrepreneurial World
I remember reading Daniel Pink’s Free Agent Nation a few years ago back and thinking, “This guy is on to something.” Its description of an economy driven by the short-term partnerships of solopreneurs and freelancers turned out to be prescient. Though it’s hard to define and a quickly-moving target, the number of professionals working for themselves […]
Why Was That Brilliant?
Some of the most useful (and entertaining) professional development classes I’ve ever taken have been improv-comedy classes. Besides making me a little less unfunny at parties, I’ve learned some powerful and practical communication skills in these classes. One of them came from a brilliant teacher, Tim Whetham. (He was the teacher who pointed out on the first day […]
Salespeople – Don’t Do this On Social Media
I come from the sales world. I grew up professionally around salespeople. At the core I’m a sales guy and proud of it. My friends are salespeople. I like salespeople. So salespeople, listen to me when I tell you this. Be very, very careful about how you celebrate your sales victories online. For example, be […]
Relationships are the New Job Security
If you haven’t noticed, the way the world works has changed a lot. Daily life is going to be a lot different for my children than it was for my parents. In times of change, we yearn for security. Unfortunately, the places that we’ve traditionally found security – career, families, culture – are where most of […]
Small “v” Victories
Do you want 2 million people to show up and celebrate your victories? Unless you are a major league sports team like the Chicago Blawhawks and you just won the Stanley Cup, you might be waiting a while. And for most of us, that’s a problem, because we keep waiting for the huge wins in […]
Why Your LinkedIn InMap is More than just a Pretty Picture
Have you ever wondered what your professional network looks like? Did you know you can use LinkedIn’s InMap generator to find out? Here’s what mine looks like: To create a your own, you can visit the Linkedin Labs InMap Generator. Think about what you are seeing here. This is my personal org chart. This visually […]
You Should be Sharing Photos in LinkedIn Status Updates! Here’s Why (and How)!
This was a view from my hotel room at a speaking engagement. A little more engaging than posting on LinkedIn “I’m speaking at a conference in Mexico“, right? Many of the professionals I train are resistant to social media (to put it lightly) because they think it’s simply a way for people to waste time. […]
How to Avoid Bad Networking Introductions
When professionals first get serious about using networking to build their business they naturally start by asking how they can meet more people, and how they can get more business from those people. That’s just the first part of the networking process, however. Top networkers know that it’s not only about developing a lot of […]
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