I love to give real life examples in my blog – a recent topical subject is Jeff Francoeur (right fielder for the Atlanta Braves) contract negotiation. Baseball contracts for players are handled based on a players years of big league service time. Jeff was in his first year of arbitration which is basically the first time he has the rights to negotiate for a higher salary. Jeff was consistent in his position from the beginning of the off season and he was passionate about being compensated fairly. We kept him well informed and prepared. Jeff and our approach to this process is applicable to how you must approach your career search – consistent-passionate-knowledgeable will stimulate fearlessness.
How do you utilize consistency, passion, knowledge to become fearless? You must remain consistent in your passion for your career. Your consistent passion is what will allow you to remain fearless. In other words, your consistent passion overwhelms the negative voice inside of you that wants to tell you “you can’t do this” or “just forget it”. Your consistent passion will beat out your fears. Your fearlessness is what will continue to create opportunities for you to influence those who you are “recruiting”. Additionally, you must be knowledgeable about the people for which you are working to build relationships. You must be informed as to what is new in their business, with their competition and with their clients. In other words, being prepared with relevant knowledge allows you to insert calmness and strength into your overall style.
In the end, Jeff’s fearless approach in a consistent, passionate and knowledgeable way allowed us to help create choices for him.
His fearlessness provided a fair settlement for he and the organization, your fearlessness can gain you great results as well. Be consistently passionate, be consistently well informed so that you can be fearless.
Go for it - fearlessly!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Fearless Daniel Seddiqui - Livingthemap.com
Fearless in a Crowd
It is human nature to stop and take notice of the unusual, different, odd or anything against the norm. It is why we rubberneck on the highway at a car accident, it is why we stare at the teenager on the sidewalk with purple spiked hair, it is why reality TV has brought record ratings to network TV. And it’s also why we hold certain athletes, movie stars and successful business people in such high regard. They have elevated their own game above the norm. We may not recognize a rookie PGA tour player in the grocery store, but Tiger Woods would be mobbed by fans.
So take the same theory that we are all curious about the unusual and apply it to the CEO or HR director at Any Company, Inc. They see thousands of resumes, they get hundreds of phone calls, and referrals come in every day from friends, family and neighbors. When looking to hire somebody new, everybody looks the same on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper.
So how do you stand out from the crowd? Times are tough right now, unemployment is at a 16-year high! It will be tougher than ever to stand out in the crowd. In my book, Your Dream Job Game Plan, I outline several ways to stand out – ways that you can NOT get your resume to the top of the heap – but get a face-to-face meeting with the person that will ACTUALLY hire you.
One of the greatest examples of standing out from the crowd that I have recently come across is from Daniel Seddiqui.
From Daniel’s blog www.livingthemap.com: “Ever since I graduated from the University of Southern California, I have experienced uncertainty regarding my career path. Interviewing for a position was a full-time job and I wasn't having any luck; failing 40+ interviews. I never received feedback from any employers, so when I was offered a position no matter how irrelevant it was to my field of study, I accepted. I took my first position tutoring elementary students part-time. I knew right off the bat tutoring wasn't for me. I was realizing that I had to find a position that motivated me to wake up every morning.”
Click the video link below and visit Daniel’s blog to see what he did about his predicament. This was inspiring to me – I hope you find it equally helpful in your pursuits.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6607573
It is human nature to stop and take notice of the unusual, different, odd or anything against the norm. It is why we rubberneck on the highway at a car accident, it is why we stare at the teenager on the sidewalk with purple spiked hair, it is why reality TV has brought record ratings to network TV. And it’s also why we hold certain athletes, movie stars and successful business people in such high regard. They have elevated their own game above the norm. We may not recognize a rookie PGA tour player in the grocery store, but Tiger Woods would be mobbed by fans.
So take the same theory that we are all curious about the unusual and apply it to the CEO or HR director at Any Company, Inc. They see thousands of resumes, they get hundreds of phone calls, and referrals come in every day from friends, family and neighbors. When looking to hire somebody new, everybody looks the same on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper.
So how do you stand out from the crowd? Times are tough right now, unemployment is at a 16-year high! It will be tougher than ever to stand out in the crowd. In my book, Your Dream Job Game Plan, I outline several ways to stand out – ways that you can NOT get your resume to the top of the heap – but get a face-to-face meeting with the person that will ACTUALLY hire you.
One of the greatest examples of standing out from the crowd that I have recently come across is from Daniel Seddiqui.
From Daniel’s blog www.livingthemap.com: “Ever since I graduated from the University of Southern California, I have experienced uncertainty regarding my career path. Interviewing for a position was a full-time job and I wasn't having any luck; failing 40+ interviews. I never received feedback from any employers, so when I was offered a position no matter how irrelevant it was to my field of study, I accepted. I took my first position tutoring elementary students part-time. I knew right off the bat tutoring wasn't for me. I was realizing that I had to find a position that motivated me to wake up every morning.”
Click the video link below and visit Daniel’s blog to see what he did about his predicament. This was inspiring to me – I hope you find it equally helpful in your pursuits.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6607573
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Fearless Coach Tomlin
Congrats Pittsburgh Steelers!
Although the game was fantastic, I found myself more interested in the story behind Coach Tomlin. Here is a man who interviewed for a head coaching job with a franchise that had only two coaches -Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher - in the previous 38 years, not to mention his young age of 34.
How did he do it? He was FEARLESS!
Steelers President Art Rooney said Tomilin's "presence", was the swing factor during the interview process. In other words, he was fearless in the job interview and it showed. He was willing to risk a "no", but also knew he was the right person for the job. He was prepared for the interview with a half dozen binders. Even a binder for "When we get to the superbowl"! He knew that he was the right person for the job and he got it. The rest is history...............
Being fearless is the key to getting the career you want!
Although the game was fantastic, I found myself more interested in the story behind Coach Tomlin. Here is a man who interviewed for a head coaching job with a franchise that had only two coaches -Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher - in the previous 38 years, not to mention his young age of 34.
How did he do it? He was FEARLESS!
Steelers President Art Rooney said Tomilin's "presence", was the swing factor during the interview process. In other words, he was fearless in the job interview and it showed. He was willing to risk a "no", but also knew he was the right person for the job. He was prepared for the interview with a half dozen binders. Even a binder for "When we get to the superbowl"! He knew that he was the right person for the job and he got it. The rest is history...............
Being fearless is the key to getting the career you want!
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