BROWN NOSING 101:

A career survival manual for the rest of us -

Corporate Brown Nosers in my classroom

Published in February 4th, 2010

Posted by admin in Communication, Networking, Visibility

A brief note today — In a great class last night a number of new students - most of whom work in corporate America, were surprised how much Brown nosing goes on in the business world that is called something else. From networking to politics, our discussions about the presumptions of management work and its changing [...]

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 Behavior and Getting What You Want

Published in October 21st, 2009

Posted by Linda in Connecting, Networking, Visibility

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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 [...]

Breast Cancer Blues and Brown-nosing

Published in October 19th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Connecting, Networking, Positioning, Visibility

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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 [...]

Career Tip #9 – Sychronizing your Brown-Nosing Skill in YOUR Culture

Published in August 27th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Connecting, Culture, Networking, Positioning, Visibility

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You may have noticed that all four of the brown-nosing skills I've mentioned here – Networking, Connecting, Positioning, and Visibility – are virtually always used in conjunction with the others. They work together in a seamless attempt to garner you some favor with those people that have the ability to make something good happen for [...]

Strider’s power to make things happen

Published in August 21st, 2009

Posted by Linda in Networking

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I'm not going to launch into a discussion about all the types of Power structures at work. I'm simply going to share a story about Strider – my little Chihuahua.
Strider weighs 10 lbs. and hangs around his big sisters – Loosha, a Rottweiler and Kayla, a Shepherd mix – who collectively outweigh him by about [...]

Career Tip #5 – Networking and your career

Published in August 18th, 2009

Posted by Linda in Networking

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Networking – why do so many of us dread the idea of reaching out to others to help us further our own objectives? It can't be because we are all closet introverts who are afraid to talk to people we don't know. It certainly can't be because we don't think networking has its advantages.
I'm a [...]