We would all accept that in a competitive market it is important to differentiate. While that’s true about products, we don’t always connect this to ourselves. Over the next three episodes we look at key elements of having a personal brand. We will cover USPs and online personas but first to your personal brand.
Category Archives: Career Planning
Episode 122: Accepting a job you haven’t proved you can do?
Someone argued with me about the sense of taking a job that you didn’t have the skills for. As a mentor and as an employer – how should you feel about that? As an employee, should you ever consider a job that you are not sure you have the skills for. This time we review this question from both the point of view of the employee and the employer.
Episode 119: What is the role of creativity at work?
The most creative organizations are often the most successful ones and helping your team think outside the box may be the most important thing you can do to help them. The speaker notes and latest episodes can be found at the3minutementor.com/
Episode 117: What is an Agile Development method?
“Agile” is as much a mind set as it is a methodology. Your organization has to both be willing and able to adapt if it is going to adopt this approach. The speaker notes and latest episodes can be found at the3minutementor.com/
EPISODE 103: IS THERE A “GENERATIONAL GAP”?
YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE APPROACH A DIFFERENT GENERATION MAY TAKE BUT IF YOU WANT TO INFLUENCE IT, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT.
EPISODE 101: HOW SHOULD I MANAGE MY REFERENCES?
LIKE FRIENDS AND CONTACTS, YOU NEED TO KEEP A CONNECTION TO YOUR REFERENCES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE VALUABLE.
EPISODE 100: SHARES AND EQUITY AS COMPENSATION.
GETTING EQUITY IN A COMPANY IS A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO BE COMPENSATED AND FOR YOUR EMPLOYER TO RETAIN YOU.
EPISODE 99: WHAT SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR IN COMPENSATION?
OFTEN WHEN WE LOOK AT NEW JOBS, THE MAIN THING WE THINK ABOUT IS THE MONEY. ALTHOUGH SALARY MAY BE THE LARGEST PART, OTHER COMPENSATION MAY BE MORE.
EPISODE 98: TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOUR FORMER EMPLOYER.
THINKING ABOUT SUING YOUR EMPLOYER? BEFORE YOU DO, CONSIDER THE POINTS IN THIS EPISODE AND SEEK PROPER LEGAL COUNSEL.
EPISODE 97: I HAVE JUST BEEN LAID-OFF. WHAT DO I DO NEXT?
NO ONE WANTS TO BE TOLD THEY ARE LOSING THEIR JOB. IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU, HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT.