Have you ever reference checked your future boss? You might want to. Goodness, did we have an engaging conversation on the Live show last week. I shared the idea that your manager can play Coach, Patron, or Investor in your development with the audience. And knowing which you want, which you need, and which kind …
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How can a Venn diagram help you get your dream job? On Saturday, I spoke (virtually, of course) to a room of university students to talk to them about “Building your personal brand.” My comments to them: You already have a personal brand. The people in your orbit already have an opinion about the “brand” …
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How to be known as an expert in your field. I re-watched the movie Arrival with the brilliant Amy Adams. If you haven’t seen it (without giving away the plot) the story surrounds the linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and the arrival of twelve alien spaceships on earth. The people in charge bring Amy in …
In an interview you want people to remember how you think, not your features. “Your goal in an interview is to help the people in the room recognize your potential and then remember it. Why? So when the decision-makers, both the ones you’ve met and the ones you haven’t, get together to choose who will …
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Your resume is as useful as a nutrition label on a can of beans. Think about it for a second. What does a resume do? It contains words and data about your past so that someone can identify what you’re made of. Your resume is a representation of your ingredients. You are more than just …
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Why does the Future You need to be recognizable and original? “Well, that’s super boring.” Raise your hand if I’ve said that to you about you. If you could see my network of brilliant friends, my guess is you’d see several hands sheepishly raise. Why? Because when I ask them what they want to teach …
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Contradictions & the Future You: Holding humility and self-promotion in the same hand. Humility: freedom from pride or arrogance, the quality or state of being humble. Self Promotion: the act of furthering one’s own growth, advancement, or prosperity, the promotion of oneself. When I’m working with someone on how to talk about the Future You, I get excited when I hear contradictions …
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You’re actually exceptionally good at self-promotion. But are you promoting past you or future you? Yes, you, and, for that matter, so is everyone else. Every person you interact with today is promoting themselves to you and you to them. Do this little thought exercise for a second… Think about the last conversation you had …
“How can I help you?” Why you need a better answer to this question. “How can I help you?” It’s the first question I ask when I’m working with someone. I need to know what you want to manifest in your future. Why? Because I’m the Fairy Godmother, it’s my job to help you make …
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Do You Know How To Make An Organizational Blind Pass? I spend at least an hour every day in the hills behind my house, hiking and listening to podcasts. It’s exercise and R&D time all rolled into one. During the interview with Reed Hastings of Netflix on the This Is Working podcast, Reed casually mentioned …
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