Raise Your Visibility & Value: What Is Raise Your Visibility & Value All About?
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...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: What Professional Risks Do Change and Transparency Create for You
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...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: Professional Transparency in an Organization
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,...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: Pace of Change in an Organization
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...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: Frequency of Change in an Organization
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...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: How Do You Know If Your Organization Has a Performance Management System?
How do you know if your organization has a performance management system? I think you know, as your body is already starting to shudder. Once a year, your boss is thrust into the dreaded “performance management cycle” and required to complete numerous...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: Is the Performance Appraisal Ineffective for Employed Business Professionals?
History will not be kind to the performance appraisal. After decades of lackluster experiences, stale formats, and non-existent correlations between assessment and achievement, most savvy business leaders and modern management experts would tell you that the...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: Is Networking Ineffective for Employed Business Professionals?
While networking is the most effective strategy for individuals looking to land a new job and for self-employed business owners to generate revenue, networking is significantly less effective for employed business professionals who are seeking ways to grow within...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: The Benefits of Networking
Networking is, and will continue to be, an important professional activity for business professionals. I previously stated that 60 - 70% of employed individuals located their most recent job opportunity through networking. In a poll I conducted on LinkedIn, these...
Raise Your Visibility & Value: The Origins of Networking
There is little doubt that human beings have a need for social interaction. In his landmark paper A Theory of Human Motivation (1943), Abraham Maslow concluded that, after fulfilling our psychological and safety needs, we must fulfill our interpersonal and...
