Guest Blog: Kristin Seed, netlogx/ Your Personal Brand
There aren’t many positives about being unemployed. Unless you are a mom who was able to spend time at home after childbirth, if you’ve been without a job during adulthood, it’s probably not been a good thing. I stayed home with my kids for almost 12 years. During that time, it was necessary to be able to define myself and my talents in ways that didn’t relate to making a … Read More
How manipulation can help you (or not) in business.
Hiring the right people will always be the most important part of building your team or business. I often tell clients, we can always figure out how to describe the role, what needs to be done and what time frame is needed. This works great when we look at it without the human factor. If we hired robots---it would all work perfectly. Unfortunately, that’s not the way it is. There is the … Read More
Leave the Land of Negativity
Things are going smoothly at work. We feel good about ourselves, and our outlook is hopeful. Then some old issue or negative attitude creeps back into our thoughts, pulling us back toward the land of poor self-image. The goals we set haven’t been met. We feel unmotivated and discouraged. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to have a negative attitude rather than a positive … Read More
Creating Crucial Connections through Networking
For some, networking comes naturally. They make friends easily, and they enjoy maintaining contact with other people. For others, it’s a painstaking process and avoided at all costs. How well do you connect with others? How wide is your network? What kind of leader, follower or collaborator are you? Networking is a crucial part of career- and life-management strategy. Ever … Read More
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
Wow---First quarter of 2013 is already over and I missed you in March! And it flew by for me. As a coach, you can imagine that the first part of the year is very busy with new clients wanting to start the year off right by setting goals and developing implementation plans….and boy did they do it big time this year! Whew! After several speaking engagements and workshops on Setting Goals … Read More
What’s the Latest On Your Personal Brand? Branding is crucial for businesses. Companies spend countless hours and millions of dollars building their brand, cultivating it and protecting it. Why shouldn’t we do the same for our personal brand? Just like a company brand, it too creates opportunities for us and helps others see our full potential. How do you build your personal brand, … Read More
Chance meetings on an airplane
On my recent return trip to Indy from Playa del Carmen, I was privileged to meet an entrepreneur from Kansas City who owns several businesses and was also returning from an all-inclusive trip to Cancun with 80 of his employees. No—I was not sitting in first class as you may be imagining. I was in coach, and near the back of the plane. This CEO was back in steerage with the rest … Read More
NAWBO Bankers—They are top heavy
The NAWBO ladies covered the gamut in Merchants, Innovators, Builders and last, but not least, the Bankers. The Bankers of the Core Value Index are highest in the value of Knowledge: Knowing the facts through research, measurement, proof and records. Although none of our participants from the NAWBO Connections on the Beach had this primary core value, there were several who scored enough to … Read More
NAWBO Builders
I covered the Merchant and the Innovator in previous blogs. The third value I want to talk about from the Core Value Index is Power. There were 3 out of 16 women with Power: Personal energy invested to make a positive difference, as one of their primary core values. People with the power core value are the action oriented, risk taking doers in our world, that the CVI refers to as … Read More
NAWBO—Innovating Women–Yes they are!
In addition to the Merchants of NAWBO (see earlier blog), most of the women on our Playa Del Carmen trip were also strong Innovators in the Core Value Index, having the core value of Wisdom: Seeing the way things are and discerning what to do about it. People who are strong in this value know how to assess a situation and come up with solutions. They are very creative, curious and empathetic, … Read More
