Here are ten common mistakes people make when building their brand that actually diminish brand value. Avoid these mistakes when working on your personal brand. William Arruda shares his experience in working with executives on their brands. William is the Founder of Reach Personal Branding and author of Ditch. Dare. Do! and Career Distinction.
Paul Zak, author of “The Moral Molecule,” explains how oxytocin boosts cooperative behavior.
IQ – a number used to express the apparent relative intelligence of a person that is the ratio multiplied by 100 of the mental age as reported on a standardized test to the chronological age. IQ is the measure of cognitive abilities, such as the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new situations; the skilled use of reason; the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests); mental acuteness; logic and analytical skills.
EQ – is a measure of your emotional intelligence, or your ability to use both your emotions and cognitive skills in your life. Emotional intelligence competencies include but are not limited to empathy, intuition, creativity, flexibility, resilience, coping, stress management, leadership, integrity, authenticity, intrapersonal skills and interpersonal skills.
Speaker, trainer & coach Roger Reece speaks to a group of managers in a Leadership Development seminar in 2011, describing how “victim monologues” – his term for the mental model that causes a person to unconsciously cast him- or herself as a victim in various situations – are what lie behind most of the chronic complainers and demotivated employees in the workplace. He explains the manager’s responsibility to make their employees successful: to make them accountable for their performance; to learn how to motivate them; and most of all, to learn how to change the flawed mental models that hinder their ability to succeed and be happy, at work and in their personal lives.
Great stuff! Perfect example of the benefits of a changed perspective.
Leadership requires so many skills and talents, but without executive presence, you may not be projecting yourself as the leader you wish to be known.
Leaders embody a presence that immediately delivers an important message. It tells their team they are engaged and in tune with them while enabling the leader to communicate the message that they wish for the team members to receive.
Leadership speaker Jean Gatz shares the definition of leadership (and it’s not what you might think!) She invites audiences to learn the CHOICES leaders need to make in today’s busy world to succeed and understand that EVERYONE is a leader in some way.
Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor, describes how to manage intellectually diverse and geographically dispersed groups.
