The Identity Circle Blog

What's your personal brand?

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Feb 22, 2010 @ 02:32 AM | No comments

There’s so much talk these days about personal branding and how important it is to shaping a successful career. But exactly what is a "personal brand" and where does it come from?

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Keywords: authenticity, career development, career success, happiness, identity, individuality, know thyself, leadership, personal brand, personal development, potential, purpose

The Problem with Human Resources

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Aug 11, 2008 @ 01:11 AM | Comments (1)

For all the value it provides to organizations, “human resources” may not be doing itself a favor when it comes to how it describes itself to the world.

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Keywords: career development, corporate culture, executive titles, happiness, human, humanity, identity, individuality, leadership, personal development, potential

What should you do with your life?

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Dec 14, 2007 @ 04:42 AM | No comments

Last week, the New York Times ran an article, entitled What Do I Do? What Week It Is about a guy named Sean Aiken, who was trying out a new job every week for a year. The article quotes Sean as saying, "We have been told our whole life that anything is possible. Well, our parents did a great job, cause now we actually believe it."

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Keywords: career development, happiness, human, identity, individuality, personal development

The MBA Identity Crisis Lives!

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Sep 19, 2007 @ 01:43 AM | No comments

I just read a terrific article about an MBA candidate at Georgetown, who is wrestling with something other than what investment banking or management consulting firm she wants to work for when she graduates. She's wrestling with learning who she really is as a person. Her story is fascinating. Check it out at BusinessWeek. It's called Learning to Be Myself

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Keywords: career development, identity, know thyself, personal development, transitions, values

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