MARKETING BRAND YOU…Creating Your Own Identity

Whether you are thinking about making a career change orsatisfied in your current position but still don’t know what yourskills are, it’s time to discover your abilities and strengths andwhat makes you marketable.

The world of work has changed. In the past, as long as youdid your job and met expectations, you were paid. According toWilliam Bridges, author of “Creating You and Co” and“Jobshift,” “Jobs were slots, boxes and pigeonholes. Jobsdemanded performance in a script that was already written.”

Those days are over. Today, whether you are working in a“for profit” or “not for profit,” employers pay for results andwhat you can produce for them. And those who are succeedingare the ones who know what they have to offer and what theyare capable of doing better than some of their competition. It’salso about taking charge of your own career and knowing yourmarketable and transferable skills.

You might be asking…So what does this have to do withMarketing Brand You?

A LOT! Any marketing professional will tell you that oneof the first things you have to know about a product before youput a marketing plan together is to know the benefits…Whatmakes this product different? Why should I buy it? How will itbenefit me (and maybe my team)? Translating this to your joband/or career means knowing what YOU have to offer, whatmakes YOU different and why Mr. or Ms. HR person shouldhire YOU?

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How well do you know your career values, passions and goals?

How well do you know your career values, passions and goals?

Our free career self-assessment quiz is designed to give you a sense of how well you know your career values, passions and goals, as well as the steps necessary to get you to that place of career fulfillment.

It only takes a few minutes. It will provide you with very useful insight, as you go through the questions and information when you have completed it.

Click here for the Career Self-Assessment Quiz.

Do You Need A Business Coach?

If you are just starting out in business, or currently a business owner, a Business Coach may be just what you need!

I was recently interview by Business Week online and I invite you to view this video here:

http://www.mbrownassociates.com/whatsnew.html

Ultimate outcomes of coaching expectations

What outcome should your expect when hiring an Executive Coach?

As for what you should expect, that really depends on what you decide to bring to the coaching relationship. Remember, it’s your agenda, not the coach’s. I can tell you that an effective exec coach should provide:

- Ongoing inquiry for you (the client) to create your own solutions;
- Encouragement and accountability for you (the exec); and
- Ways for you to enhance awareness of your unique strengths, skills and abilities to improve your mgmt and leadership talents.

In addition, it should be a team approach that will help you eliminate obstacles that might be draining your time and energy. You and your coach should develop a plan to make your life the way you want it to be.

Coaching is effective“The Exec Coaching Project,” a recent study, by CompassPoint and the Sylvia Yee, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, underscored “the need to develop various strategies for supporting and retaining leadership talent in the nonprofit sector. Exec dirs are called upon to be strong mgrs, strategic thinkers, reflective philosophers, successful fundraisers, public speakers and inspirational leaders. Key recommendations included recognizing leadership and mgmt skills as essential assets for organizations – assets that must be strengthened and sustained.”

The project studied 24 exec dirs over one year. The report concluded that “coaching has much to offer exec dirs in their professional and personal development, including increased confidence in exercising leadership, improved ability to connect with the organization’s vision and better relationships with staff and boards.”

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Find out about our Executives Executives Who Deliver Results™ Coaching Program here:
http://www.mbrownassociates.com/executivecoaching.html

Balance is a Matter of Mission and Focus

How can you have more balance in your life while being more productive?

Often, it seems we’re so busy putting out daily fires that we don’t ever accomplish anything of real significance – those things that would make us happiest in the long run. Life becomes something to “get through” instead of an exciting path to greater fulfillment.

The efficiency of technology only increases the pressure assn staffers feel to do even more than ever before. All of it leaves professionals feeling too busy and robbed of a sense of accomplishment. So, what can you do to increase personal productivity? I’ll share some tips with you to help get more done in less time, and to find a way to do what you really want to be doing.

Often “busyness” is a cover for not knowing what the best thing to be doing is. To get around this, you have to know what your priorities are in the moment. To determine this, you need to know what your larger life priorities are.

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