Today I read an blog post by Karen Burns, author of The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Carer Advice You Can Actually Use, about the 50 Worst of the Worst (and most common) Job Interview Mistakes. Some of the mistakes are pretty obvious, some are shocking (would anyone actually think about lighting up a cigarette in an [read more]
Today I read an blog post by Karen Burns, author of The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Carer Advice You Can Actually Use, about the 50 Worst of the Worst (and most common) Job Interview Mistakes. Some of the mistakes are pretty obvious, some are shocking (would anyone actually think about lighting up a cigarette in an [read more]
Today is the fifth anniversary of my business formation as Kmc Brand Innovation, LLC. As I reflect upon these past five years, I feel compelled to share some of my lessons learned with you, my fellow motivated business leaders. Truth be told, my business was born out of necessity. I was in-between jobs and found myself [read more]
I attended a wonderful networking event last night hosted by Reid and Riege law firm. R&R partner, Carol Felicetta is the chair of the firm’s Women’s Alliance program, a fantastic marketing initiative to forge stronger relationships with women clients, referral partners and prospects. I applaud their marketing leadership!
Michele Norris, host of NPR’s All Things Considered, addressed over 1,500 motivated leaders and supporters of the YWCA of the Hartford Region today at the Connecticut Convention Center. As the keynote speaker for the YWCA’s 15th annual In the Company of Women luncheon, Ms. Norris advised the people in the room to take their vitamin C.
Listen to this audio interview with networking expert, Kathy McAfee and Pete Winiarski, president of the Institute of Success and Goal Achievement on the topic of effective networking and relationship building for business, career and life success. Have you ever felt awkward or uncomfortable networking or following-up with people you’ve recently met? Would you like the tools, [read more]
I found this insightful article by Caroline M.L. Potter on networking between friends and the mistakes that you can easily make if not careful. I give it the thumbs up and wanted to be sure that you had the chance to see it. I have re-posted Caroline’s article here complete and unedited. I especially like [read more]
Over the past four weeks, I have had 5 networking friends who have landed new jobs. This is exciting news to hear and I am hopeful that the trend will continue towards economic recovery and job market stabilization. I am very happy for these folks and others who have successfully landed new jobs. But I [read more]
Paula Abdul was the luncheon keynote speaker at this year’s Business Women’s Forum in Hartford, CT attended by more than 700 professional women. Feeling “vertically challenged” against the tall podium on the stage, Paula filled the room with her powerful life story and personal success philosophy. What was most surprising was to learn that Paula started [read more]
Several years ago I realized that there was a big flaw in my business model. The FLAWED part of my model is that, after years of serving as a career coach for women, I realized that my business is simply too limited in focus and too narrow in terms of the types of products and [read more]
