Networking
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Think Your Job Is Secure? Think Again. PLEASE.
Think They Can’t Do Without You? There are lots of reasons that we think we are indispensable at work. We know more than anyone else. We’ve been there longer. We have a close interdependent relationship with the boss. We’re way… Continue reading
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Want To Have Some Fun?
Have some fun with your LinkedIn Network. Go to http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com. Log in with your email and LinkedIn password. Once your network map has been created, roll your cursor over it. It will call out a name in your network and… Continue reading
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Do You Really Need A Mentor?
Do You Need A Mentor? It’s common to hear that you need a mentor for career success. Is that still true? Yes. You need a mentor. You need several. Over the course of your career you need people who help… Continue reading
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The Art of Networking
Network Now, Before You Need To LinkedIn sent out a lot of emails this week, notifying people that they were in the top 10%, 5%, 1% most viewed profiles. LinkedIn probably did that to pump up their own volume, but you should… Continue reading
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Stand Out: Work On Projects
Internal People on Projects When I work as a consultant on big change projects in companies, there are always consultants (outsiders) and business representatives (insiders). The insiders are usually identified as subject matter experts, business leads, and sponsors. Despite what… Continue reading
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Your Company Doesn’t Care
Sorry. Despite what the Supreme Court thinks, your company is not a person. It doesn’t care. It doesn’t think. It doesn’t want. You can’t impress it. Your company is made up of people–lots of them. All kinds of people. They DO… Continue reading
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Getting Things Done Without The Title
How Do You Get Things Done When You’re Not the Boss? I deal all the time with people in organizations who are trying to get things done without the direct authority to ‘order’ people to do it. These are people… Continue reading
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Onboard Yourself
Onboarding Onboarding is the process that organizations use to get their employees up to speed enough to do their jobs. Another term for it is “organizational socialization.” Organizations have informal and formal methods for the knowledge transfer or processes, tools,… Continue reading
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How to Increase Your Visibility in Your Organization
Who Knows Who You Are? One of the most important things to realize as you work your way up the ladder at your organization is that other people are rarely as aware of you as you think. You work hard. … Continue reading
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Work As We Know It Is Changing–Get Ready!
That Was Then My maternal grandmother went to work when she was thirteen years old at a china factory that made dishes for hotels and restaurants and, eventually, naval ships. She stayed in a rental room with her two-year-older sister… Continue reading
