Another Brown-Nosing tactic for your PR campaign — SPIN

Published in November 30th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Classic Brown-Nosing Techniques, Positioning

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Assuming you

Career Tip #17 Personal Public Relations Campaigns

Published in November 20th, 2009

Posted by Linda in PR Campaign

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Most of the wealthy and wise people I have had the good fortune to know or read about have one thing in common; they believe that everyone has something to teach them. What if you are ready to do something that will make a difference in your career? What if you're ready to learn from [...]

Are you a Brown-Noser?

Published in November 19th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Connecting

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My experience with the breast cancer diagnosis left me realizing that not only can I recognizie good brown-nosing skill, but I apparently have some of it, too.
I was talking with a friend about the experience and I had a good chuckle when I told this story. While coming out of anesthesia after surgery, I recall looking up [...]

Career Tip #14 – First step in your Brown-nosing Public Relations plan

Published in November 18th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Career IQ, Career Tips, PR Campaign, career success

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Everyone needs a promotion PR plan. Have YOU identified those people in your organization and industry who may have influence over the path your career takes? Once you have done this, the next step in this process is to identify your objectives. What do you want? Do you want new job? A promotion? A raise? A [...]

Brown-Nosing is all about Communication

Published in November 13th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Communication

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Many of my younger students, those with limited work experience, often ask me, "What is a brown-noser?"
Hum…a tricky question. Most of us know brownnosers to be corporate suck-ups who seek out people of influence and then try to gain some sort of favor from them by kissing up, fawning and being overly agreeable and compliant. [...]

Another Quick Brown-Nosing Tip – What are your Assets?

Published in November 12th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Positioning, Purpose of Work, career success

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Today, I've got a quick tip for you to help you understand the power and the tools you have at your disposal when trying to outmaneuver brownnosers at work.
The other night I watched a finance class talk about assets and how they are used to help a company make money. Hum, I thought. When [...]

Easy BrownNosing technique

Published in November 11th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Career IQ

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On this Veteran's Day I hope you've spent a moment or two thinking about all the people who have served this great nation to help preserve and defend the freedoms we all too often take for granted. Better yet, find a Veteran (or more than one) and thank them.
Here's a quick tip for those of you who [...]

Brown-nosing and Politics

Published in November 10th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Classic Brown-Nosing Techniques, Culture, career success

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Over the weekend I heard a story on our local public radio station that cracked me up. Apparently there was some guy in the city who was running for office in his precinct but having trouble getting the required number of signatures necessary to eliminate the hefty filing fee. So, because HE is having trouble he decided [...]

Brown-nosers are Change Agents

Published in November 9th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Visibility

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One of the best ways to make yourself visible in an organization is by becoming a Change Agent. For purposes of this discussion I

Don’t beat brown-nosers, join them!

Published in November 6th, 2009

Posted by Linda in career success

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While reviewing the key words that people search to find this site, I discoverd that the phrase 'beat brown-nosers' comes up quite frequently. I find this interesting because it says that people perceive Brown-nosers to be some sort of a threat; otherwise why bother trying to beat them at anything?
My thoughts on this are very [...]

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