Have you ever wondered why Twitter has a 140 character limit?

A global bank executive recently described to us a challenge for our times.

Toss out that passé Objective section of yesterday and replace it with a well-branded, focused statement that gives the reader a clear message about who you are in less than 5 words.

Whether you're presenting to investors, customers, or employees, communications expert Bill Rosenthal says you should be sure to avoid these gestures.

In creating your personal brand, it’s important that you have a story.

Written by a non-statistician in hokey language and illustrated by humorous line drawings, How To Lie With Statistics is as relevant and enjoyable as when it first appeared in 1954.

[Today's job seekers] are not only competing with hundreds of other professionals for every open position, but they’re also bombarded with tons of career advice from every angle telling them what to do (and what not to do) in order to land their next job.

In my life I have deliberately cultivated a workday that is flexible, simplified, slow, mindful, creative.

According to a recent study by Proskauer, 25% of businesses do not allow social media use at work and 26.

It’s a fabulous thing when you finally get a job offer.

One of the happiest, most successful executives we know is a woman named Deb.

Are you wondering why everyone in the business world is so agog over LinkedIn?

In my workshops it is common that participants ask about what they need to take into account when they must take their PowerPoint presentation to another computer on a USB drive instead of using a laptop.

Your employees are Facebooking and Tweeting at work.

Whether it’s email, Twitter, Facebook, or — going back to the ancient days — even business letters and proposals, the single most powerful word in business writing is “you.

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Some people are incredibly effective and efficient.

I’m going to do a series of blogs on body language – quick takes.

Most of us, though, think we're above average multitaskers.

You already know that you shouldn’t stand behind a podium, that it’s important to practice, and that PowerPoint can get boring.

Whether you’re looking to increase awareness of your personal brand, drive traffic to your website, increase opt-ins, or find new leads, success lies in creating a compelling, consistent message and approaching your audience from multiple angles to circumvent the unrelenting, ambient noise of the competition.

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Given that 45 percent of human resources managers say they spend less than a minute, on average, on each job application they see, it’s understandable that some people might go overboard in trying to bring some individuality to their work history.

In this excerpt from her recent talk at the University of Applied Sciences & Arts in Lucerne, Switzerland, strategist Dorie Clark (photo left) discusses LinkedIn and how every professional should be deploying it.

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