Private Versus Public Online Identity - Do you really have a choice?

There is an emerging debate about the boundaries (or lack thereof) between an individual’s personal and private online identity.

The questions on many people’s minds (jobseekers in particular) seem to be:

-       To what extent do current (or prospective) employers have a right to view (and make judgments about) my private online identity and

-       How do I adapt to this reality in terms of managing (and even protecting) my online identity

In answer to the first question....

Digital Trust Fund

You have started saving for your kids college right? You probably have family heirlooms you plan for them to inherent some day. One of my former business partners has even purchased 10 acres of Colorado land for his two year old son.

But my guess is, most people reading this haven't started investing in or planning for their children's digital future....

Think Your Resume Looks Good?

It doesn't matter! Nobody is gonna read it!

Surge in jobseekers frazzles resume responders

Leadership Training with 9 year olds

Spent most of this morning at the Lafayette YMCA for kids hockey games. My 9 year old wandered into the 'padded gym' room (hard to explain so just check out the photo below.) Of course a bunch of other kids followed.

MY FEARLESS TEAM

Naturally, my pathological consulting instincts kicked in so I made up a leadership team building excercise.

The rules of the excercise were simple...

Comments on Three Sins of Selling

I posted my last blog - The Three Cardinal Sins of Selling - as a question on LinkedIn (primarily as a shameless marketing ploy) and received a deluge of responses:

Thought I would post them here... It is always interesting to see how people think: