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Ah, LinkedIn. I used to kind of ignore it, to be honest. It was a bit of a glorified Rolodex for me, and I only tapped it when I needed to track someone down and I didn’t seem to have them in any of my conventional contact streams. But lately, I think LinkedIn has been [...]
I’m not sure what’s in the water, but there’s a general unrest right now with people in their jobs, careers, and industries. Especially people whose roles involve social, either officially or unofficially. Actually, scratch that. I know exactly what’s in the water. Or at least part of it. When it comes to roles that involve [...]
People get frustrated with the process of change, especially when they’re the one who wants the change to happen and they’re trying to get others on board. There are a few things about progress, change, and evolution that are pretty consistent truths. Change is incremental more than it is ever sweeping and broad. It happens [...]
It seems like everyone wants to be a strategist, doesn’t it? Have a wander through LinkedIn and pretty much it’s on everyone’s bio. Including mine. In part, it’s because “strategy” sounds important. We beat the hell out of the strategic drum all the time. You need to have a strategy. Strategy is everything. Strategy is [...]
I get at least a half-dozen emails a week from fellow consultants and freelance professionals wanting help charging appropriately for their services. When I do office hours, it’s by far the most common topic of discussion. They’re dismayed that they aren’t getting paid for their time, or that they feel like they’re spending too many [...]
I think a lot of the ‘productivity’ set have it wrong. Or at least the messages are getting convoluted by those obsessed with their quest for inbox zero to little discernible end. Being productive isn’t about wringing every last minute out of every day doing something or checking stuff off a to-do list and building [...]
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Brass Tack Thinking is written by Amber Naslund, a social business strategist and the Co-Founder of SideraWorks, a social business consultancy. She's a published author, professional speaker, community and social media strategist, and has worked with businesses of all sizes to solve business problems through better communication.
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