In The Long Game, Clark shares unique principles and frameworks you can apply to your specific situation, as well as vivid stories from her own career and other professionals’ experiences. Everyone is allotted the same twenty-four hours—but with the right strategies, you can leverage those hours in more efficient and powerful ways than you ever imagined. It’s never an overnight … Read More
Personal branding is a long game. It’s more of a journey than a destination. It’s not a once and done. And it’s about character and how you show up in the world. These are two powerful truths about personal branding. To illustrate these points, I’d like to share some of my personal experiences. First truth. It’s not about what you … Read More
Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, … Read More
The renowned communication expert’s subtle but effective plan for selling your best asset – yourself – without turning off those you’re trying to impress. Read more and purchase your copy on Amazon.
July 2021 You can utilize LinkedIn to share your strengths. Here are five tips on how and where to do this. 1) The section right underneath your name is called the Headline. You have 220 characters of space to enter in this area on desktop and 240 on mobile. It is rumored to be the most heavily weighted field on your … Read More
Brand Career Management Newsletter – July 2021 Hi Everyone, It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and it’s getting quite hot in my surroundings. With the pandemic easing in some places but getting worse in others, I hope you are safe and well wherever you are in the world. As you may know, since January 2020, I have been covering the … Read More
The term “strengths-based approach” is often seen in the context of social work, but it is also very useful in career development. The main thrust of this concept is to focus on one’s strengths rather than to fixate on areas of weakness. Instead of seeking out your professional faults, build upon your reliable superpowers. Discover and leverage your strengths for … Read More
May 2021 You can utilize LinkedIn to showcase and grow your leadership skills. Below are my top five suggestions for doing so. 1) To attract more of the right opportunities, use leadership as a keyword in your Headline, About, and Skills sections. You may also use words such as: supervisor, manager, authority, director, and leader. 2) Reflect volunteer leadership roles … Read More
Brand Career Management Newsletter – May 2021 Hi Everyone, Happy Mother’s Day to all, and congratulations to new graduates taking the next step of their career journey! Our last issue was devoted to women in honor of International Women’s Day (IWD). This month we will continue to recognize women by saluting those who feel like a mother in some way. … Read More
A panel of career experts around the globe discussed ways to tackle impostor syndrome! Honor your own abilities for International Women’s Day 2021 by learning how to overcome the feeling that you’re “not good enough,” a challenge common to women in the workforce. I invited six female colleagues to join me in presenting this virtual event for International Women’s Day … Read More