Personal Branding Tips

Why Your Best Personal Branding Strategy Demands That You Publish

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ March 20, 2012 ⋅ 16 comments

When someone wants to see what you’re about professionally, they will look online. You had better be published there. (I’m not referring to LinkedIn solely, but to work-related publishing.) If you […]

The Best Of 20 Crowdsourced Solutions To Save Your Dysfunctional Organization

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ March 3, 2012 ⋅ 5 comments

A reader hit the ‘Contact Us’ button and asked a question about change management and organizational behavior. What Suzanne Whang asked was: The problem I see with us “over-40-ers” is […]

The Oprah Guide to Your Unique Value Proposition

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ January 12, 2012 ⋅ 27 comments

Let me be clear. This is the problem you face. Nowadays, even Santa Claus has trouble defining his Unique Value Proposition. Indeed, he looks like all the others, does the […]

Do Not Leave an Interview Without Asking THIS Question

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ September 24, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments

Suzanne had gone on five interviews and still had not gotten the job offer. Yet, the recruiter assured her that no one she had spoken with doubted her qualifications or […]

10 Better Ways to Answer the Tell Me About Yourself Question

By Scott Ginsberg ⋅ September 18, 2011 ⋅ 19 comments

You know it’s coming. It’s the most feared question during any job interview: Do you think I would look good in a cowboy hat? Just kidding. The real question is: […]

6 Big Ways Teaching for Free Pays Off

By Will Bachman ⋅ July 14, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Teaching for free can help you get everything from client leads and public speaking experience to a MacArthur Fellowship and having every parent in the world love you. Our guest poster, Will Bachman, explains how to get started with uber practical advice.

Are Your Introductions Worse Than George Costanza’s?

By Susan Kim ⋅ July 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Whether you’re blanking on your date’s name, missed connecting with someone you’ve been trying to meet for a year, or getting zero response from the three emails to potentially huge […]

10 Good Reasons To Hire A Grown-Up

By Susan Kim ⋅ June 1, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

As part of a close knit creative department, the copywriters and art directors were used to walking into each other’s offices to borrow awards books, the latest Adweek or some not well hidden enough stash of chocolate. Ed […]

The Ultimate Networking Secret Especially If You Hate Networking

By Ted Wills ⋅ May 13, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

I recently attended the blandly titled “Writing and Publishing for Business and Professional Development” presentation at the New York City Bar. It could have more accurately been called: The Ultimate Networking Secret Especially If You Hate Networking. The panelists offered the best networking advice that I have heard since I have started paying attention to networking advice.

How to Answer How Old Are You?

By Susan Kim ⋅ May 5, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments

In many Asian cultures, asking how old you are is considered to be a perfectly acceptable conversation starter. In fact, it’s important to establish who is older so the younger […]