Sometimes you know you will be making a change in your career, and the plan is to launch the ‘new you’… but there may be some wait time before you can make your announcements. So what can you do behind-the-scenes to get your brand ready while you wait?
Career Planning
Building personal brand confidence when returning to work after a break
Often, people who are stepping back into a professional space struggle with a drop in confidence, usually around feeling they are ‘out of the loop’ or that they may have missed opportunities. Here are some confidence-boosters.
Presenting yourself as a deliverer of solutions in times of crisis
At a recent online presentation for INSEAD’s MBA alumni network, I posed the question, ‘What are the unique challenges we are facing in communicating professional and personal brands in 2020, and what needs to look different?’ The answers from participants’ discussion around the world were illuminating!
Personal brand communication: What my clients are doing in crisis
Whether they are business owners, CEOs, board members, consultants or executives, the clients with whom I’m working on personal brand positioning and communication right now are doing things differently.
How are you coping with the (identity) crisis?
Who is that woman in her active wear? She seems to have a Monday-Sunday gym clothing combo on rotation. She misses the sound of her high heels on the city pavement.
Clarity is Key: The power of “2020 Vision”! Part 2
From Brendon Burchard to Vishen Lakhiani, I love hearing highly successful business speakers talk about what motivates them to achieve more than the average person. As far as I know, there aren’t too many exceptions to the rule ‘Get clear on what you want to achieve, and work out a plan to get there.’
Clarity is Key: The power of “2020 Vision”!
These moments of clarity have been game-changers in my business. And while sometimes inspiration strikes out of the blue, the turning points came from deliberate actions I decided to take.
How to stop being underestimated when you are starting out in your career
While you cannot control the biases of other people, you can do some things to influence the way they see you. If you know you have the permission and ability to add more value, consider some of these suggestions.