http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-09/consistently-contribute-value/ Leadership, followership, and purpose at work Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-09/consistently-contribute-value/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Bret L. Simmons Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:39:30 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1112#comment-1089 Britty, you raise a great point! Personal branding is a way to take more control of your career and to ensure you always have good options. It is for *everyone* and that includes every type of employee. A resume with http://www.britty.com at the top will stand out in the crowd. And if that website contains gems from your years of experience, you will certainly catch the attention of people that appreciate what you are doing. thanks for the comment! Bret Britty, you raise a great point! Personal branding is a way to take more control of your career and to ensure you always have good options. It is for *everyone* and that includes every type of employee. A resume with http://www.britty.com at the top will stand out in the crowd. And if that website contains gems from your years of experience, you will certainly catch the attention of people that appreciate what you are doing. thanks for the comment! Bret

]]> http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-09/consistently-contribute-value/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Britty Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:55:38 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1112#comment-1087 Count me a faithful reader, Dr. Simmons; your values and ideas resonate with me. I realize your focus is leadership and management, but I hope you'll consider writing more about personal branding on the employee level. I am working now for a boss for whom I can do nothing right. (I'm not quite sure she rises--or sinks!--to the level of being a bully, but she has a genius for casting people as incompetents without ever putting it in so many words.) My years of experience and knowledge seem to count for nothing, and I am searching for ways to make my outstanding qualities more visible, before I fall into the trap of believing her view that I am close to worthless. I may not be able to change her view of me, but I want to protect my "brand" in the larger world. Count me a faithful reader, Dr. Simmons; your values and ideas resonate with me. I realize your focus is leadership and management, but I hope you’ll consider writing more about personal branding on the employee level. I am working now for a boss for whom I can do nothing right. (I’m not quite sure she rises–or sinks!–to the level of being a bully, but she has a genius for casting people as incompetents without ever putting it in so many words.) My years of experience and knowledge seem to count for nothing, and I am searching for ways to make my outstanding qualities more visible, before I fall into the trap of believing her view that I am close to worthless. I may not be able to change her view of me, but I want to protect my “brand” in the larger world.

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