by Ed Evarts | Aug 21, 2018 | Interacting, Relationships, Visibility and Value
Research tells us that how we define something dictates the activities we subscribe to it. There is a famous example from the turn of the 19th century that illustrates this point. In an effort to change how the public perceived his company, the president of a railroad...
by Ed Evarts | Aug 16, 2018 | Reputation, Visibility and Value
The frequency and pace of change in your organization, the exponential growth of your professional transparency, your lack of energy to connect with others while employed (visibility), and your lack of energy regarding your performance assessment (value), all create...
by Ed Evarts | Aug 14, 2018 | Reputation, Visibility and Value
Even another reason networking while employed and performance appraisals are becoming increasingly ineffective is the explosive growth in professional transparency. As recently as seven years ago, unless the subject of your search was your favorite movie star,...
by Ed Evarts | Aug 9, 2018 | Visibility and Value
Another reason networking and performance appraisals are becoming increasingly ineffective for employed business professionals is pace or how quickly you are expected to change. You are being asked to do more with less, and do more, faster. Listen to Virginia...
by Ed Evarts | Aug 7, 2018 | Visibility and Value
Frequency refers to how often change occurs. There was a time when organizations were proud of their stability and consistency. Acquisitions were infrequent, and words like “right-sizing” and “down-sizing” were not in the dictionary. Your job description had not...
by Ed Evarts | Jul 17, 2018 | Visibility and Value
By all accounts, the world of work you are experiencing is significantly different than your parents’ world of work. The old ways of networking and measuring performance are ineffective in the face of unprecedented change and transparency. Now is the time to...