What to Do When You Really, Really Screw Up

What to Do When You Really, Really Screw Up

What happens when a journalist, who supposedly makes his living speaking the truth to the public, opens his mouth, and an offensive opinion drops out? Don Lemon can tell you that the initial blowback can be considerable. When he implied that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was “past her prime,” the outcry was immediate, and…

5 Things a (Team) Leader Should Be Asking Themselves

5 Things a (Team) Leader Should Be Asking Themselves

Transitions have been a big theme in recent times, and getting back to work looms larger right now because the holidays are over, and the world is slowly moving to a post-COVID workplace. As leaders, the potential tension between “good for the company” and “good for the person” comes into play, and we have to…

5 Ways that Stress Limits Your Personal Brand & Creativity

5 Ways that Stress Limits Your Personal Brand & Creativity

Since April was National Stress Awareness Month and May is Mental Health Awareness Month, it is a good time to take a 360° look at the role stress plays in your life. You can take a stress assessment to measure your stress levels and carve out some time to identify the factors that might be contributing.…

5 Steps to Build & Measure Your Brand

5 Steps to Build & Measure Your Brand

Whether you are building a business brand strategy or a personal brand strategy, your brand increases in effectively conveying and promoting your value proposition if you take the time to understand, measure, and assess it regularly. The initial work of developing and strategizing the deployment of a brand can’t be the end of this work.…