Holiday brown nosing

Published in December 23rd, 2009

Posted by admin in Building Alliances, Building Relationships, Connecting, Self-promotion, Visibility

Just a quick reminder for you today — The holidays provide an excellent opportunity to make an impression on your boss and those who may have the potential to influence your career. To the extent you can offer assistance and support during these last few busy days of the year, consider doing so. It is [...]

Brown-nosing YOU this holiday season

Published in December 11th, 2009

Posted by admin in Building Alliances, Communication, Initiative

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Over the past few weeks we’ve been making signficant changes to the website to help make your experience richer and more robust. When you have a moment please visit www.brownnosingonline.com and look around. Currently you will find a list of reading recommendations, have the ability to purchase an ebook copy of Brown-nosing 101: A career survival manual [...]

Brown nosers take a moment to reflect

Published in December 9th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Uncategorized

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We often go through our days doing things we don't like to do, giving less than our full capability and capacity, presuming that we have all the time in the world to get it right. But that's just not true and the sooner we realize this, the sooner we can do whatever is necessary to [...]

Take Inventory of WHO you need to know

Published in December 4th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Building Alliances, Career IQ, Connecting, Networking, Positioning, Visibility

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In previous posts I've hammered the point that people need to know you to insure that you remain on the radar screen when choice jobs, assignments and projects come around. Equally important is understanding who in an organization can make things happen for you and who you need to know. Watch Brownnosers in action — [...]

Brown-Nosing is Not a Dirty Word

Published in December 3rd, 2009

Posted by Linda in Career IQ

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Most people who don't know how to Brownnose equate the skills involved with negative behavior. They resist learning the skills out of fear of being called a "Brown-Noser" and having what they perceive as that negative label attached to them.
To calm your fears about being called a Brown noser, you need to understand why [...]

What can Positioning skills do for your career?

Published in December 2nd, 2009

Posted by Linda in Positioning

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Here's a story that gives you an overview about the importance of positioning skills to your Brown-Nosing arsenal.
Once, while I was working at the Director level in a healthcare organization, I had an idea for a new approach that I wanted to share at the weekly management meeting. I was in charge of marketing