Companies are starting to ask me about what generation comes after Generation Z and the answer is Generation Alpha. Every upcoming generation will be named based on the Greek alphabet. Gen Alpha are those born after 2011 and as of today, there are 20.8 million children under the age of four years old in America […]
Workplace Trend: Companies Are Hiring And Firing For Cultural Fit
Being a good engineer or accountant won’t get you far anymore. Having a high G.P.A. or strong SAT score isn’t as important when it comes to hiring. Now, it’s all about how well you fit in their corporate culture. Are you able to get along with the people you would be working with? Can you […]
Why Zappos Is Becoming The Best Company For Gen Y
There’s always been a lot of buzz about Zappos, the billion dollar retail company run by Tony Hsieh and owned by Amazon. While their products aren’t the cheapest, they’ve won the hearts and minds of their customers over by developing an impressive customer service operation. They’ve also built a company culture that is world renowned […]
Work Life Integration: The New Norm
Gone are the days when you could come home from the office and unplug. We are now living in a 24/7, seven day a week, always connected business environment. Your company doesn’t stop running when you leave the office or when you go on vacation. For the past few decades, journalists, authors, speakers and executives […]
The Top 10 Workplace Trends for 2014
Last year, I gave you my workplace trends for this year and now I’m giving you some of the biggest trends for 2014. The economy is showing no signs of getting better and now with Obama Care next year, there are going to be some major changes. Here are the trends I’m following that will […]
Buy Your Copy of Promote Yourself Today!
I hope you’re doing well and thank you so much for subscribing to my blog and supporting both my company and my career. I appreciate you taking the time to read my work on careers, workplace trends and personal branding. Today, I’m proud to announce that my second book, Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career […]
End The 9 To 5 Workday Once And For All
I’m a huge supporter of workplace flexibility and of ending the 9 to 5 traditional workday. Workplace flexibility isn’t just beneficial to millennials but to everyone working at a company from the intern to the CEO. I recently received an email from my friend who works for a technology company with approximately 3,000 employees. She […]
WEBCAST: The Promote Yourself Book Launch With Dan Schawbel
To celebrate the release of my new book, Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success, I’ve teamed up with Ernst & Young LLP to hold a global webcast of our New York City launch event. As a loyal subscriber to the Personal Branding Blog, I wanted to personally invite you to this webcast event. […]
The 5 New Rules For Career Success [Video]
Here is a video clip from my recent presentation at the annual ASTD Conference in Dallas this year talking about the new rules for career success. I talk about how you have to be accountable for your own career, how everyone is a free agent, how you have to expand your role at work, that […]
Video: Gen Y in the Workplace
I sat down with my friend and fellow millennial, Shama Kabani, to talk about how millennials are impacting the corporate world. I finally met her after five years in Dallas at the annual ASTD Conference. In the interview, I expose some of the more interesting trends I’m seeing and my predictions for where the workplace […]