Body clever ways to build Personal Presence
Did you know you can build personal presence just by tuning into your body? Use posture to focus your thoughts. Put your feel flat on the ground, lengthen your spine [...]
Three key questions for new clients
When interviewing a prospective client, or working with a new one, there are three key questions which make or break the outcome of your work together. Getting into your client’s [...]
Avoid these meeting pitfalls
Want to make a quick, positive impact? Go to a meeting. It’s an easy platform to give value and one of the most effective ways to boost your personal brand. [...]
10 Communication Tweaks to Help You Sound More Assertive
It’s time to banish tentative verb phrases like “I think”, “I feel” or “I just thought” so that you sound more confident and assertive at work. Here are 10 common [...]
Why your weaknesses are hard to spot
As part of my Brandheart personal branding process, I take each client through a 360 reputation survey. The client supplies me with names of people who know him or her [...]
Your Cherries Are In The Wrong Place
Have you ever stood in a fuggy dojo with your hand in a vice grip while your knuckles are being examined by a sweaty Sensei? No? Me neither. It was [...]
Is Your Personal Brand Future-Proof?
First we had IQ. Then we had EQ. Now we have AQ. AQ, if you haven't come across it yet, is your Adaptability Quotient. It measures how well you adapt [...]
What’s YOUR Personal Leadership Brand?
By now you know that personal branding is not about changing who you are, but doing more of what you’re already doing right. It's about discovering your unique talents and [...]
Why Simple Sells
My last blog post, a simple list post, did way better than most of my other content block posts. This is partly because it was unfussy and easy to read. [...]
Do You Speak In Sound Bites?
“We don’t want great oratory anymore, we want sound bites,” says sound consultant Julian Treasure his TED talk 5 Ways To Listen Better. “We’re so bombarded with information, we can’t [...]
