BROWN NOSING 101:

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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 [...]

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 — [...]

Another Natural Born Brown-Noser

Published in November 2nd, 2009

Posted by Linda in Building Alliances, Building Relationships, Connecting

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I've already written about my friend's son David, a natural born brown-noser, but I have to share another story.
I was just invited to spend some time over the Thanksgiving holiday with my family in Savannah and am reminded that I have not spoken my 'pseudo' nephew Alex (my cousin's son whom I've known from birth) since he [...]

Brown-Nosing for Breast Cancer Research

Published in October 14th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Building Alliances, Building Relationships, Connecting, Initiative, Visibility

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No doubt you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here is a story from my past that will illustrate how little things can make a big difference when raising your visibility and connecting with people. This one comes courtesy of a group of students who completed a marketing class with me during a particularly [...]

Career Tip # 12 – Don’t be angry with Brown-Nosers

Published in September 24th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Building Alliances, Building Relationships, Career IQ

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To insure that the information I share in this blog, my book and with my students is current, I regularly review the web and current literature for new information about job, career, psychological, organizational, social and societal trends. One startling trend that I have noticed is that a lot more people are angry these days!
Over [...]