Ugh. I found someone who I thought would be a perfect role model, and I’d been trying to emulate his path to success, but it wasn’t working because he had broader life experiences, a deeper body of work, and a more powerful network—assets I didn’t have. What worked for him left me spinning my wheels. [...]
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Join me this Thursday, Jan 12, at 12pm Eastern (9am Pacific), for a webinar on how to build a LinkedIn profile that drives business results. Here’s why: In October 2011, LinkedIn invited Ajax Social Media’s social coaches to work with participants at LinkedIn’s Talent Connect 2011 user conference. The results? 98% of coaching participants said [...]
Let’s start the year off with a bang: managers, here are 10 things you need to do to turn social media into a business tool that will increase your team’s results: Attitude is everything. Like Woody Allen said, “90% of success is showing up.” So show up already—in body and spirit. Stop shaking your head [...]
When it comes to tickle tortures, “No” doesn’t actually always mean no. But something has to. That’s where “butterfly” comes in: Jason Seiden is Co-founder and CEO of Ajax Social Media, a training company that shows professionals how use social media to work more effectively.
What You Need to Know Social media can help organizations drive top- and bottom-line results more effectively and efficiently. A small sampling of ways in which social media can do this include: obtaining immediate, unvarnished customer feedback from product users amplifying brand messages across employee and customer bases searching and researching prospective customers and employees [...]
Helping companies turn their employees into an army of brand advocates is what I do for a living, but it’s not the most important thing I do. The most important thing I do is provide the best opportunities I can for my children. Which is why it was such an honor when my friend Jim [...]
Welcome to this month’s round up of the best leadership development posts from around the interwebs! For the uninitiated, the Leadership Development Carnival is collection of blog posts, normally maintained by Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership by Dan, about leadership development. A few notes: I read every submission. Not all submissions made the cut. Congratulations [...]
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