This summer I taught personal branding to two separate classes. One was 12 weeks online for Executive MBA students and the other 6 weeks on campus for undergraduate students. In addition to writing lots of blogs and tweets, both groups had the challenging assignment of creating a branding video with very little direction and even […]
In the spring of 2016, I taught social business and personal branding to about 45 MBA students at The University of Nevada. My students learn how difficult it is to take responsibility for an online presence by trying to create relevant content that matters to some target audience or market. Each student created about 25 […]
You wouldn’t have to worry about making excuses for failing to achieve what you said was your goal. You wouldn’t have to blame others for failures you could have avoided. You wouldn’t have to count on others shirking their responsibility in order to give you what you think you are entitled too even though your […]
Last May, I recognized the best videos created by my MBA class in personal branding and my undergraduate class in social business. Last night was the first night of video presentations in my current undergraduate class in social business, and we got off to a very impressive start. The thirteen students that presented their video […]
One of the main causes of groupthink is overconfident leaders with an inflated concern for personal reputation. Groupthink is a pervasive threat to effective decision making for leaders. A recent study by Joyce Ehrlinger, Ainsley Mitchum, and Carol Dweck provides some insight into understanding overconfidence. You should recognize Carol Dweck for her seminal work on […]
Colin Kaepernick And The National Anthem
During a preseason football game on Friday, August 26, 2016, Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, refused to stand with the rest of his team during the playing of the national anthem. You can read for yourself his explanation for his behavior, as well as the official responses of both the 49ers and […]
