Carnival of Branding

Welcome to the January 23, 2007 edition of carnival of employer branding.

Attraction and Retention

Adeolu Akinyemi presents Deoluakinyemi » Daily Motivation and Development for People and Organizations - ASE  » Blog Archive   » Branded Culture-Brandfaces article 003 posted at Career Boost.

Charles H. Green presents Faking Sincerity: The Case of Loyalty posted at Trust Matters, saying, "What kind of message is your use/misuse of "customer loyalty" sending your employees?"

David Maister presents A Home Fit For Heroes? posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, "How do you make your company attractive to workplace heroes?"

Branding

Scott Lee presents Dress for Success - How Others Perceive You From Your Clothes posted at Dirty Mechanism.

Michelle presents Choose the identity that defines your entity posted at Aridni, saying, "This is an article about setting up your business, and it can be applied to restructuring as well."

Krishna De presents Industry awards can build your brand posted at Krishna De, saying, "Five reasons that entering for an award can build your corporate brand, your employer brand and your personal brand"

Craig Harper presents 35 tips for creating and maintaining a successful startup posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, "At some stage, every successful business was simply an idea floating around in someone's head. Nothing more. And then one day someone took that idea, wrapped it in an action plan, made some decisions, got off their butt and turned a theoretical concept into a practical, living, breathing reality."

Communication

Steven Silvers presents Wal-Mart must use advertising to keep its reputation from becoming an even bigger liability. posted at Scatterbox at stevensilvers.com, saying, "There are three good reasons why any company in Wal-Mart’s position must use political-type commercials to defend itself in the court of public opinion."

Employee Engagement

Charles H. Green presents I'm OK, You're an Idiot posted at Trust Matters, saying, "You may secretly think that your employees are idiots.  Well, they think you're an idiot, too.  Why not get over it, work together, and do something great?"

Leadership

David Maister presents What a Company Needs Most posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, "What do you think are the most important key ingredients for a company?"

David Maister presents Earning Trust - new careers podcast posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, "Do your employees trust you? The only way to be trusted is being truly trustworthy and showing it through your behavior."

David presents The 7 Traits of Highly Effective Teams posted at Worldwide Success, saying, "As individuals, we can achieve many commendable goals.  However, significant, large accomplishments that have a major impact in a company, a community, or the entire world, can only be achieved with a group of people.  This article will explore success from a broader perspective, beyond the individual.  We will discuss the 7 traits of highly effective, successful teams."

Erek Ostrowski presents Personality vs. Purpose posted at Verve Coaching.

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