by Monica Wiant | Jun 20, 2017 | Business, Leadership, Social Media
Blogging is a great way for leaders to communicate with employees. It fosters community, conversation, learning, and relationships that cross the org chart. If you’re stuck on “What do I write about?” here are a few suggestions. Include a link to an interesting news...
by Monica Wiant | Jun 11, 2015 | Business, Personal
Dear Evie & Felix, You get asked this question a lot. You’ll hear it many more times in your life, and people will expect you to answer with the name of a job. Before you do that, I want you to stop and think about the question. It’s actually...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 31, 2015 | Business, Social Media
Did you hear about the CFO who got fired over his YouTube rant? What about the PR exec who torpedoed her career with an inappropriate tweet? You probably didn’t hear about the banker who met his mentor on an internal social network, the unemployed marketer who found...
by Monica Wiant | Feb 26, 2015 | Business, Social Media
“I don’t know this person; why did he add me?” “We worked together 10 years ago. Does that still count?” “What about the weirdos?” Every time I teach a LinkedIn class, I hear variations of the question “Who belongs in my network?” The simple answer: Whomever you...
by Monica Wiant | Dec 23, 2014 | Business, Personal
I had 6 bosses in 2014, and I’m still at the same company, sitting in the same desk. #1 had been my leader for 3 years when she told me that my team was being moved under #2, who left the company two months later. #3 created a role for me, then helped me move to a new...
by Monica Wiant | Oct 14, 2014 | Business
“Offsite meeting.” For most business people, these words evoke the sensation of dozing off in a stuffy conference room far from home.I’ve been there… but I’ve also been to offsites that were energizing, thought-provoking, and fun....
