Gifted Professionals and Communicators Journal

August 17, 2020

New Thinking on Networking Creates Success You Want

Because there is more said than done in the name of networking, let’s try some new thinking. Let’s come at this from communication and humanity mindset, instead of sales.  If you do one thing today that will change your life and career, form a different relationship with the whole of networking.     […]
August 5, 2020

The Value of Your Credential is in Storytelling

When credentialing owners say their biggest problem is “people don’t understand the value of our certification” they send a signal they struggle to bring their story to life. They struggle to humanize their story. What is your highest intent or motivation—that thing beyond profit? What is the excitement and satisfaction your audience […]
July 17, 2020

Invisible Until Now–Professionals You Trust

When we talk with our doctor or go to a hospital, we trust that everyone touching us has specialized knowledge and will do the right thing.   Every day we rely on thousands of possible tests that laboratory scientists created to diagnose conditions and diseases—each requiring just a drop of blood, a […]
June 24, 2020

What Is The #1 Reason Anyone Chooses Your Certification?

What Is The #1 Reason Anyone Chooses Your Certification?    Hint:  It’s not your test or competency model. As sick as you are of staying-in-shelter, take a moment to learn the most important business lesson of your life.  What is home?  It’s where you are safest. Now look at the profession or […]
June 15, 2020

Crystal Ball Conundrum

Crystal Ball Conundrum Lessons Learned on the Front Lines of Tough Choices   Put 25 CEOs from different associations, each representing a profession or industry unlike each other, in one Zoom call and you quickly see how much alike they are. This happened earlier this month.  Near the end of the session, […]