Over the last week, our intern and our receptionist left to go back to school. MBA and undergrad respectively. Neither school was teaching either of these smart, high upside, people the skills that they need to be developing and nurturing TODAY. To me, those skills are: Networking. Personal Marketing. Skill Evolution and Development. Networking – Its [...]
Futureproofing Your Career
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · career, marketing, Uncategorized
Tags: be a hammer·career·career management·Harry Joiner·marketing·networking·personal branding·reputation management·Seth Godin·skills·social networking·Tom Peters
Managing your self, your team and your company
July 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · career, personal branding
We’re coming up on the sixth year anniversary of writing this blog. It has come in a few different looks. I started it as “Diligentia” which is just laughable now. I really can’t remember why i thought that was a good idea. BUT – I did start off with a tagline of “a blog about [...]
Tags: dungeons and dragons·gaming·Hannah Morgan·Harry Joiner·leadership·management·Marines·military·personal branding·Rajesh Setty·Seth Godin·Tom Peters·World of Warcraft
Time to Go Back to the Core
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · change, leadership
Ok…first a programming note of sorts: I have launched mikelally.net! I haven’t cracked the code on making typepad play nice with the new site but I am working on it. I would like to thank Harry Joiner from marketingheadhunter.com for his guidance and counsel (as always). Mikelally.net will serve as my top level place-holder on [...]
Tags: Harry Joiner·leadership·Mark Hurst
OK, So Maybe You DO Need a Resume
March 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · career, interviewing, marketing, personal branding, tools
My friend Harry over at MarketingHeadhunter.com posts a great story that runs counter to yesterday’s post. In yesterday’s post, I referenced a thought from Seth Godin that if you are truly the bees knees, you don’t need a resume. If you’re great, great opportunities will find you. Low and behold, Harry writes of a friend [...]
Tags: Harry Joiner·marketing·personal branding·Seth Godin·tools




