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This Post was written with Dennis Koutoudis, LinkedIn Profile Makeover Specialist Let’s talk about Your “Experience” Section – this is where you get to boast (humble brag) about your professional accomplishments. Don’t use superlatives; let the positions, roles, responsibilities and achievements (measureable where possible) speak for themselves. When you’re listing your experiences/roles, remember to begin

Flexibility – Your Key to Influence In the last post I talked about the value of listening, (attentiveness) to learn all you can about your client, prospect orpotential employer. The value of “doing your homework” cannot be underestimated. While that can be an important first step, in order to influence you must perform the next

The famous actress Kathryn Hepburn once said, when asked how she became so fascinating, “I only seem fascinating – the trick is to make other people feel fascinating, then they think you’re the fascinating one”.   The Holiday Season is a great time to practice this art; most people want to talk about themselves –

How to Influence – First Steps It may seem that to be an effective Influencer, you have to prepare your talk, presentation or conversation. In reality, the more important action in the process is first to listen, the better to know your customer or client. ATTENTIVENESS – Doing It With Empathy The Art of Listening – Listen

In my last post, I touched on the definitions of Influence. If you missed that one, it’s on the bottom of this post. Today, I want to review some of the Myths and Misconceptions around the term “Influence”, and attempt to clear up some of the confusion about it. 1.True or False?. Influence is the