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• Get That Feedback and Get it Now

  Thanks to WCW reader Amy for turning me on to the cool new service Rypple , which seems to be a direct response to Gen Y's need for constant feedback at work. The premise of Rypple is that successful people have friends, mentors, managers, and clients Read More... Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Handy Resources, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Reviews & Promotions

• Make a Deal with a Bigshot in 10 Minutes

  Thanks to ProBlogger’s Darren Rowse for sharing an excellent piece by Laura Roeder on making deals with bigshots in 10 minutes. Here are some highlights of Laura’s advice, which is sound and absolutely worth following, because no matter how great you Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Job Hunting, Networking, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills

• Have You Taken the Myers Briggs Lately?

  Thanks to my friend Jason Alba , this week I headed over to HumanMetrics.com to take the Myers Briggs personality test for free. I’ve taken the test before, but it’s cool to revisit it occasionally to see if the results are the same. In the interest of Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Continuing Education, Handy Resources, Personal Development

• Don’t Annoy People by Committing these E-mail Sins

  For those of you who need New Years resolutions (and by the way, I’m not doing a post on career resolutions because I feel that topic has been substantially covered in the blogosphere already), here are two ideas for improving your reputation through Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Networking, Office Politics, Technology

• How to Tell a Joke in a Business Setting

  I have never been good at telling jokes. I rarely remember the good ones I hear, and when I do recall one, I don’t know the appropriate time to share it and the right tone with which to deliver it. I am trying to get better at expressing humor beyond Read More... Posted Friday, December 12, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Handy Resources, People Skills

• Book Review: The Contrarian Effect

  Behind the very successful author teleseminars series is a new friend of mine, Elizabeth Marshall . Together with the brilliant Michael Port, who wrote Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients than You Read More... Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Business, Handy Resources, People Skills

• Facebook Foibles Could Cost You Your Career

  The British newspaper The Independent reported that Virgin Atlantic sacked 13 flight attendants for criticizing the airline's flight safety standards and describing its passengers as chavs on Facebook . And yes, I didn’t know what chav meant either. Apparently Read More... Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, HR Issues, Office Politics, Professionalism, Blogging

• Nagging Versus Appropriate Follow Up

  At my college reunion, I met a prominent national newspaper editor I’ve admired for a long time. I had e-mailed her a couple of times to introduce myself over the years, but she hadn’t responded, and I didn’t want to be a nag so I let it go. When I talked Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Communication, Job Hunting, Networking, People Skills

• 5 Burning Questions About Tech Etiquette

  Real Simple Magazine has just featured one user manual that’s worth reading – how to be plugged in without being impolite. Hap tip to Yahoo! Shine for the highlights, which contain advice from some of the business in the tech-etiquette business: 1. You’re Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Office Politics, People Skills, Professionalism, Technology

• Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You

  Marketing guru Seth Godin read my mind. As he says in a recent post : “I don't know about you, but I'm getting plenty of emails asking for more money for various political campaigns. That's because the systems in place are good at asking for money, and Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Networking, People Skills, Personal Marketing, News and Politics

• Can You Speak “Acceptably?”

  I’m not late to the game on this one, I swear. It’s just that I’ve been waiting. Watching to see what Sarah Palin will do next. Ever since her disastrous turn with Katie Couric , I’ve been anticipating her next public speaking snafu. Why did I think she Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Professionalism, News and Politics

• 7 Tips for Better Presentations

  If you talk to me about the speaking arm of my career for more than five minutes, you’ll get an earful about my Powerpoint quandary. What’s the most impactful way to deliver a speech? Should I use slides or not? If I don’t, should I use talking points? Read More... Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Creativity & Innovation, Handy Resources, Personal Marketing, Technology

• Your Married Name: To Change or Not to Change?

  On Newly Corporate , Jennifer Robinson has a great post for professional women on the vices and virtues of changing your name when you get married. I’m glad someone else is giving advice on this, because I’ve hemmed and hawed about the issue since my Read More... Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Professionalism, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Handling the “Do You Have Any Questions?” Question

  Thanks to Phil Rosenberg at Secrets of the Job Hunt for providing this primer on asking intelligent questions, when prompted, at the end of a job interview: Do you have any questions? This is asked at the end of most interviews, and it gives the candidate Read More... Posted Monday, September 29, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• How Would You Network if the Internet Went Down?

  Says my colleague Dan Schawbel on his Personal Branding blog : “Over the past few days, I’ve put a lot of thought into online versus offline personal branding. We all need to focus on building powerful offline brands, because who knows what will happen Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Networking, Personal Marketing, Technology