Personal Branding 2.20

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Personal BrandingFebruary 20, 2012

117 Rassani Drive Danville, California 94506 925.648.4477

What Is A Resume?

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Confucius Say

"Only the wisest andstupidest of men neverchange."

Personal Branding Presentation to Right Management – July 19, 2010

In-going Focus…

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… Leads To A Clash Of Mindsets

Candidate

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“I have aproblem”

Hiring Manager

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Awareness X 2

Self- Awareness Contextual- Awareness

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Change: Basic Building Block Of Success

"Your success in life isn't based on your ability to simplychange. It is based on your ability to change faster thanyour competition, customers and business."

— Mark Sanborn

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Standing Apart From The Crowd

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My Objective Is Not

To help youmeetpeople/get alead

But To Take The Familiar

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What youknow aboutyourself

Repackage In A Unique Way

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One Significant Hurdle

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PERSONALLOGIC

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“It's not who you are that holds you back,

it's who you think you're not.”

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By Shifting The Focus Of Thinking

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Where Do All Those Socks Go?

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I’m Going To Get To The Bottom Of This

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The Missing Sock

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Don’t Confuse “Best” With Winning

A poor idea brilliantly executed will be more successfulthan a brilliant idea poorly executed

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How Do I Start Building My Brand?

Honest Hard Look At What You DoAnd How You Do It…

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Take a Hard Look At What You Do AndHow You Do It…

Where do I excel?

What is my passion?

What stories can I tell?

What do I dowell?

Where have I had thegreatest impact?

CompetitiveAdvantages?

Where do I haveopportunity toimprove?

What is uniquely you?

What do I like to do?What do I hate to do?

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…Then Take The Focus Off You

• And look to themarketplace and yourtargets

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What is the most important thing you mustaddress when selling?

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What is the most important thing you mustaddress when selling?

Whatever is most important to the person you areselling to

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Not About Selling Yourself

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Not About Selling Yourself

It’s about selling what you can deliver

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There is a Big Difference

Selling Yourself

• What YOU want– Goal/objective

• Where YOU have been lately• What were YOUR

responsibilities• What were YOUR successes

and awards• Where YOU have been before• What are YOUR hobbies and

education

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There is a Big Difference

Selling Yourself

• What YOU want– Goal/objective

• Where YOU have been lately• What were YOUR

responsibilities• What were YOUR successes

and awards• Where YOU have been before• What are YOUR hobbies and

education

Selling What You Can Deliver

• How your brain worksOutlook/philosophy

• Problems you took on• Differences you made happen• Insights to the creative/critical

thinking that delivered thedifferences

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Two Biggest Mistakes

• Confusing the concept of biography with resume

• Not realizing a resume is really a value profile

Personal Branding--What is it, really?

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Classicmarketing/branding

disciplines

What makes youuniquely you

Process for leveraging+ +

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Getting A New Position Is A Process?

GettingAttention

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GettingAttention

DistinctiveImpression

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GettingAttention


Getting anInterview

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GettingAttention


Getting anInterview

B r a n d i n g

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GettingAttention


Getting anInterview

B r a n d i n g

Making theShort List

Getting anOffer

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GettingAttention


Getting anInterview

B r a n d i n g

Making theShort List

Getting anOffer

P r o d u c t

“You”

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Components of Effective Branding

MarketContext

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MarketContext

ProductBenefits

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MarketContext

Point ofDifference

ProductBenefits

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MarketContext

Point ofDifference

ProductBenefits

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MarketContext

Point ofDifference

ProductBenefits

Intel

IntelInside

The Computer Inside

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MarketContext

Point ofDifference

ProductBenefits

Sun

The Dot in .Com

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MarketContext

Point ofDifference

ProductBenefits

Nike

Just Do It

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Translating from Business to Personal

Market Context-- Perspective of hiring manager-- Pain to be addressed-- Market tendencies

Point ofDifference-- Unique skill set-- Cross pollination-- Personal passion

ProductBenefits-- Expected skill sets-- Making a difference

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Personal Branding

Examples

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Point ofDifference-- Unique skill set-- Cross pollination-- Personal passion

ProductBenefits-- Expected skill sets-- Making a difference

Engineer

Core Equities

ElectricalEngineering

MechanicalEngineering

Computing Engineering

Core Equities




Personal and Project Management Skills

Core Equities




Personal and Project Management SkillsHuman-eering

Core Equities




Personal and Project Management SkillsHuman-eering

Integration of mechanical,

electrical and computing

engineering with personal

and project management

skills that uniquely and

consistently produces

effective technologies that

exceed business

objectives

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Point of Difference-- Unique skill set-- Cross pollination-- Personal passion

Product Benefits-- Expected skill sets-- Making a difference

ExecutiveAssistant

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Core Equities

OrganizationalExpert

Prioritization andFollow Up

Communicationmanagement

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Core Equities




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Core Equities




ExecutiveAdministrative

Triage

I will give my boss 15%of his/her day back

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Asset or Liability?

• Your greatest strength is you know you better thananyone else

• Your greatest weakness is you have created abackdrop of conventional wisdom about yourself

• You don’t need someone to tell you about your self• You need some guidance to step outside your

conventional self-perspective

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Putting It All Together

Inherent CoreValues

Price of Entry Differentiators

Enhanced Value

Market Context

PersonalBrandingElements

The Process

Adult Beverage

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Make a List

Test Your Perception Alter Course

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It Is All Contingent On Change

Doing the same thingover and over againthe same way and

expecting theoutcome to be

different

Making Your List

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What are my experiences and skill sets?My previous Job Jobs prior to last Job

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Given the position you are seeking, segment your core values and skill sets intotwo groups. The first is “Price of Entry” values the second is “Unique” skills or

values

Price of entry Unique________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________

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The Market Environment

What are the pains and issues of the company? Are there any obvious or not so obvious weaknesses the

company must overcome? Who has the greatest competitive advantage in the

category? Why?

Issues and Pains Weaknesses Company/Reason forCompetitive

Advantage_________________ ______________ ____________________________________ ______________ ____________________________________ ______________ ____________________________________ ______________ ____________________________________ ______________ ____________________________________ ______________ ____________________________________ ______________ ____________________________________ ______________ ___________________

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Putting It on Paper

Resume

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Summary of Qualificationsut in nonummy vestibulum ut. Feugiatadipiscing ac mattis in, id commodo

Skill Set Inventoryante orci vehicula fermentum. Liberoid omnis arcu ac, sem adipiscing, nislipsum imperdiet

Business Experience

Company-DatesTitleResponsibilities

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Result of Best Practices

Resume




Business Experience


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IC3

You Made Yourself Waldo

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Why Not Something Different

ResumeBusiness Philosophy“Endurance is frequently a form of indecision”

“Nothing stops an organization faster than people who believe thatthe way you worked yesterday is the best way to work tomorrow”

Skill Set Inventory (for online submissions)Advertising Management, Promotion Development, Project Management,Financial Business Case Analysis, Creative Collateral Development,Supervisory Experience, Brand Communication, Matrix Management,Facilitation

Making a DifferenceState a problem

What you did

The results

Business ExperienceDates, Company, Title

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Touching a Nerve

What I did• Managed the creation of a

worldwide operational planand closed-loopmanagement processmanaging partner loyalty.The FY03 partner loyaltyscore was 1.3 points abovegoal.

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Touching a Nerve

What I did• Managed the creation of a

worldwide operational plan andclosed-loop managementprocess managing partnerloyalty. The FY03 partnerloyalty score was 1.3 pointsabove goal.

Making a difference• Impossible to effectively

leverage global partner networkbecause of decentralized Geocontrol leading to declines inpartner loyalty– Designed and sold

management onimplementing a worldwide,closed loop operational planto manage partnerengagement

– Results: partner defectioneliminated and loyaltymeasures increased 10% inone year

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Touching a Nerve

What I did

• Following merger, Led theintegration of twoindependent sales force

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Touching a Nerve

What I did

• Following merger, Led theintegration of two independentsales force

Making a Difference

• Declining morale leading tosales stagnation due to thedestabilizing effect of competingsales forces following merger– Defined sales

reorganization strategybased on customer’s supplychain managementsophistication

– Results: 25% RIF based onworse fit with customerbase, Internal competingagendas eliminated, salesforce efficiency increased30% in 12 months

Paper Resume Only –A Disadvantage

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Align Message With Context

Candidate Hiring Manager

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“I have aproblem”

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What’s Your Story?

Whatdo Isay

now?

Elevator Pitch

• The essence of who you are andwhat you bring to the party

• Forces critical thinking• Arms you with communicationtools you can call on-demand• Keeps you prepared

BUT

Not the best thing to initiatediscussion

IC2

Have To Brake Down Filters

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Time to Hit the Road

Sage Advice

“When you come to a

fork in the road, take

it”

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A False Choice

Trad

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Not Your Father’s Marketplace

• 48 hrs of video everyminute

• 3 billion+ videos vieweddaily

• More video uploaded inone month than 3 majornetworks created in 60years

• 500 million users• 50% log on every

day• 150 million mobile

users

• 150 million users• Members are sharing

insights and knowledgein more than one millionLinkedIn Groups

Pew Research:

Two-thirds of adult

internet users (65%) now

use a social networking

site like Facebook or

LinkedIn,

The Social Network Wave

Social Network Site Use Growth% of online adults, 2005-2011Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Ever Yesterday

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It’s About Networking, Stupid

• 85%-90% of jobs are obtain through networking• Your network is bigger than you think• People do not know how to network

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What is Networking?

Asking ForA

Job

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What is Networking?

Asking ForA

Job

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How To Make A Network Target FeelUncomfortable

• Ask to borrowing money• Tell them about a cheating spouse• Ask for a job

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Networking is About

• Making announcements• Getting on many radar screens• Informational Interviewing

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Networking is About

• Making announcements• Getting on many radar screens• Informational Interviewing

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Networking is About

• Making announcements• Getting on many radar screens• Informational Interviewing• Revisit your passion• Identify targets

– Focus, focus, focus• Look for the ‘coattail’ name• 6° of separation

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Communication Plan-- Simple Tenets

• Target, target, target• Be bold (ideas and actions)

– Identify the pains– Take the path less traveled

• Leverage 6° of separation• Develop a frequency strategy• Acknowledge all assistance• There is never an end point

– Different types of relationships

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Guiding Principles

• You are unique, so act like it• Your value proposition should focus on the needs/wants/fears of

your target audience– Not on what you do well

• Headlines sell magazines– Your elevator pitch needs a headline

• Craft a targeting strategy• Define a media frequency strategy• Stay connected

– If they are not talking to you they are talking to someone else• If you don’t feel a little nervous and uncomfortable you are not

pushing the envelope

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Keep in Mind

“It’s not who you are that holdsyou back,

it’s who you think you’re not”

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117 Rassani DriveDanville, California 94506mikeb@parallelthinking.netwww.parallelthinking.net925.648.4477

You Can’t Solve A ProblemWith The Same Logic That Created It

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