Manage Your Reputation
This month I’d like to reflect on work recently completed
with the millennial generation. A
burning question they often ask is how to have a successful career?
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My question in return is, what do you want to
be known for, what results do you want?
The starting point is about who you are and what reputation
do you want. What do you want people say about you when you’re not in the room?
If you were a brand how would you summarise your value or
attributes? For example, think of some high profile brands such as Cadbury
Dairy Milk, Green & Blacks or Apple iPhone or an Android brand of smart
phone, each have strong quality attributes delivering value.
Creating your personal brand starts with understanding what
your good at. Can you answer the following?
- What are your unique strengths, skills, and attributes?
- How do others see you or perceive you?
- Where do I add value?
- What do you want to be known for?
- What was the most successful project you ever tackled, and what made you successful?
- When faced with an overwhelming obstacle, what’s your “go to” skill to overcome it?
- What are the strength’s that others acknowledge in you?
Drill even further to identify themes and key strength’s you
want to put centre stage!
- What strengths and skills come up over and over again?
- Which skills do you enjoy using as often as possible, regardless of the task?
It's also important to understand and be aware of what skills are missing.
What skills would you like to build but have not yet had the opportunity to
practice and develop?
Summarise these questions with five strengths. For example,
you might use words like “creative,” “relationship-builder” or “I make the
complex simple.”
If you had a strapline what would it say to capture “Brand-me”?
To manage your reputation you need to be proactive and take
control. Raise your profile within your organisation and consider the messages
you wish to portray.
Demonstrate and communicate your value and proactively
managing people’s perception.
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