Those of you who understand the skills that I’ve written about  should immediately recognize how  two of those skills, connecting and visibility, could be used to your advantage this holiday season.  Let’s face it, few of us seem to have enough hours in a day to get done what we need to get done, let [...]

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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 [...]

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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 — [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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As I sit down to write this there is a 100lb. Rottweiler staring me in the face.  Loosha is smiling and panting and pawing me with all the affection she can muster.  Lying on the floor behind her is Kayla, my Shepherd/Greyhound mix and Strider, my Chihuahua.  They are acting aloof but are well aware [...]

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Breast cancer awareness month is good news and bad news for me.  Good news because it means that we continue the work to understand this disease but bad news because it reminds me that I am a member of a sorority that I did not pledge.  I am reminded of my ordeal just three years ago.
I couldn't [...]

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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 [...]

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Positioning is one of the greatest brown-nosing skills in the brown-noser's arsenal and it is one that all of us would be wise to understand and learn.  During these troubled times, when people are somewhat uneasy about their positions at work, is not the time to keep your head down and not rock the boat.  Now is the time [...]

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I have a simple lesson for you today….
A friend just called me to tell me he was going to play golf with his boss in the morning.   I asked him,"What's your plan for the day?"  He knows me well enough to know that I was asking him how he expected to continue building a strong [...]

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