Build Your Reputation : Grow Your Personal Brand for Career and Business Success (1)

Your reputation drives company success -- When leaders get reputation wrong -- Summary -- Why you should build your reputation -- 2 Setting The Scene - The Career Game -- Your primary objective - work on your terms -- The components of 'work on your terms' -- Introducing the career game -- A game with no opt-out -- The object of the career game -- The four players in the career game -- The power of the plan and the action -- Playing to win the career game -- So good they can't ignore you -- A game worth playing -- The ultimate rewards -- No guarantees;What to do if you have no reputation -- Summary: Your reputation game plan -- 4 The Networking Blueprint -- The power of your network in reputation building -- Calibrating your network -- The three approaches to build your network -- Approach 1: Filling the buckets -- Approach 2: Building the dream team -- Approach 3: Taking the RAP route -- Summary: The networking blueprint -- 5 The Authority Blueprint -- The power of your contribution in reputation building -- Corporate environment, entrepreneurial thinking -- The payoff for authority status -- Your contribution your content;Stand-out contributions are unique;Setting the scene - the career game -- 3 Your Reputation Game Plan -- The ultimate aim of the career game -- Whats your current reputation? -- Core component 1: Your character -- Core component 2. Your personality -- Core component 3: Your strengths -- Core component 4. Your passions -- Eight ways to define your current reputation -- 1. Whats in your red box? -- 2. The reality gap exercise -- 3. The SWOT analysis -- 4. Peer appraisal -- 5. UVP analysis -- 6. Core competences exercise -- 7. Psychometric tests -- 8. The ultimate test - self-assessment;BUILD YOUR REPUTATION: GROW YOUR PERSONAL BRAND FOR CAREER AND BUSINESS SUCCESS -- Contents -- Introduction -- The new world of reputation -- Your career playbook for a life of fulfilment -- Problems this book may solve for you -- This book in a nutshell -- The four reputational toolboxes -- The reputation vault -- Part One Laying the Foundations -- 1 Why Build Your Reputation? -- One of the lucky ones -- What exactly is a reputation? -- The reason everyone pays -- You already have a reputation -- The dangers of a poor (or no) reputation -- Reputation is the ultimate social proof;The nine unbreakable rules of reputation -- Rule 1: You can't totally control your reputation -- Rule 2: Reputation is not a quick fix -- Rule 3: Reputation is not celebrity -- Rule 4: Your reputation will be attacked -- Rule 5: Perception = Reality -- Rule 6: Lack of scandal does not mean a good reputation -- Rule 7: Everything is in the public domain -- Rule 8: You can have multiple reputations -- Rule 9: Invisibility is not an option -- The importance of reputation for leaders -- Career success means reputational scrutiny -- Everybody is a leader and an influencer Stop Being A Well-kept Secret And Start Being The Go-to Choice Your Reputation Is What People Say About You When You're Not There. It's Your Most Powerful Asset For Business Growth, Career Enhancement And Freedom Of Choice In Many Aspects Of Life. Yet Too Many People Leave It To Chance. They Are A Well-kept Secret - It's Not Enough To Be The Best, You Have To Be Seen To Be The Best. Build Your Reputation Will Show You How To Master The Skills Of Brand-building To Develop A Powerful Profile And A Formidable Name. You'll Learn How To Identify Your Brand And Where It Fits Into The Big Picture, And Then You'll Learn How To Become The Obvious Choice For Whatever It Is You Do. Becoming Known Isn't A Matter Of Chance, Nor Is It A Matter Of Luck - It's A Practical Set Of Highly Coachable Skills That Anyone Can Learn. Learn How To Build Credibility, Connect With The Right People And Make Your Achievements Known. Identify And Build Your Personal Brand Position Yourself Strategically For Maximum Impact Attract The Right Relationships And The Right Attention Become The Go-to Guru For Whatever You Do The Highest-paid People In Any Company, Industry Or Profession Are Not Necessarily The Most Qualified, Gifted Or Best. They're The Most Popular. They Are Liked, Trusted, Recommended, Chosen, Hired And Introduced. Build Your Reputation Gives You The Inside Track To The Top, With Practical Wisdom And Strategic Advice For Building Your Own Brand--,conducts Training, Coaching And Speaking To Business People In All Sectors Of Industry On Networking And Building Your Reputation-- "Stop being a well-kept secret and start being the go-to choice Your reputation is what people say about you when you're not there. It's your most powerful asset for business growth, career enhancement and freedom of choice in many aspects of life. Yet too many people leave it to chance. They are a well-kept secret - it's not enough to be the best, you have to be seen to be the best. Build Your Reputation will show you how to master the skills of brand-building to develop a powerful profile and a formidable name. You'll learn how to identify your brand and where it fits into the big picture, and then you'll learn how to become the obvious choice for whatever it is you do. Becoming known isn't a matter of chance, nor is it a matter of luck - it's a practical set of highly coachable skills that anyone can learn. Learn how to build credibility, connect with the right people and make your achievements known. Identify and build your personal brand Position yourself strategically for maximum impact Attract the right relationships and the right attention Become the go-to guru for whatever you do The highest-paid people in any company, industry or profession are not necessarily the most qualified, gifted or best. They're the most popular. They are liked, trusted, recommended, chosen, hired and introduced. Build Your Reputation gives you the inside track to the top, with practical wisdom and strategic advice for building your own brand"-- "Conducts training, coaching and speaking to business people in all sectors of industry on networking and building your reputation"-- Stop being a well-kept secret and start being the go-to choice

Your reputation is what people say about you when you're not there. It's your most powerful asset for business growth, career enhancement and freedom of choice in many aspects of life. Yet too many people leave it to chance. They are a well-kept secret – it's not enough to be the best, you have to be seen to be the best.

Build Your Reputation will show you how to master the skills of brand-building to develop a powerful profile and a formidable name. You'll learn how to identify your brand and where it fits into the big picture, and then you'll learn how to become the obvious choice for whatever it is you do. Becoming known isn't a matter of chance, nor is it a matter of luck – it's a practical set of highly coachable skills that anyone can learn. Learn how to build credibility, connect with the right people and make your achievements known.

• Identify and build your personal brand
• Position yourself strategically for maximum impact
• Attract the right relationships and the right attention
• Become the go-to guru for whatever you do

The highest-paid people in any company, industry or profession are not necessarily the most qualified, gifted or best. They're the most popular. They are liked, trusted, recommended, chosen, hired and introduced. Build Your Reputation gives you the inside track to the top, with practical wisdom and strategic advice for building your own brand. "Stop being a well-kept secret and start being the go-to choice Your reputation is what people say about you when you're not there. It's your most powerful asset for business growth, career enhancement and freedom of choice in many aspects of life. Yet too many people leave it to chance. They are a well-kept secret - it's not enough to be the best, you have to be seen to be the best. Build Your Reputation will show you how to master the skills of brand-building to develop a powerful profile and a formidable name. You'll learn how to identify your brand and where it fits into the big picture, and then you'll learn how to become the obvious choice for whatever it is you do. Becoming known isn't a matter of chance, nor is it a matter of luck - it's a practical set of highly coachable skills that anyone can learn. Learn how to build credibility, connect with the right people and make your achievements known. Identify and build your personal brand Position yourself strategically for maximum impact Attract the right relationships and the right attention Become the go-to guru for whatever you do The highest-paid people in any company, industry or profession are not necessarily the most qualified, gifted or best. They're the most popular. They are liked, trusted, recommended, chosen, hired and introduced. Build Your Reputation gives you the inside track to the top, with practical wisdom and strategic advice for building your own brand"-- Provided by publisher Your reputation is what people say about you when you’re not there. It’s your most powerful asset for business growth, career enhancement and freedom of choice in many aspects of life. Yet too many people leave it to chance. They are a well-kept secret - great at what they do but nobody knows them. It’s not enough to be the best. You have to be seen to be the best. By intentionally creating a credibility-packed personal brand, a powerful profile and a formidable name with your target audience, you attract all kinds of benefits, shortcuts and influence. The highest-paid and best known people in any company, industry or profession are not necessarily the most qualified, the most gifted or even the best. They are the ones who personally market themselves strategically and intentionally for the maximum impact. They win life’s popularity contests. They are liked, trusted and recommended. They are chosen, hired and introduced. They are influential and... Machine generated contents note: Foreword vii Introduction 1 PART ONE: Laying the Foundations 9 1 Why Build Your Reputation? 11 2 Setting The Scene The Career Game 37 3 Your Reputation Game Plan 57 4 The Networking Blueprint 79 5 The Authority Blueprint 101 PART TWO: The Four Reputational Toolboxes 123 6 Your Profile Toolbox: Visibility 131 7 Your Positioning Toolbox: Authority 155 8 Your Personal Board Toolbox: Network 177 9 Your Professional Toolbox: Performance 209 References 241 Additional Resources 243 About the Author 245 Acknowledgements 247 Index 000. "Conducts training, coaching and speaking to business people in all sectors of industry on networking and building your reputation"-- Provided by publisher