Posts Tagged ‘reputation’

What is most likely to help you reach the top?

When it comes to success in today’s world, being the kind of person others like outranks all of the fashionable traits like competitiveness, willingness to work harder then anyone else, piling up qualifications, or blind obedience to the demands of the people at the top. Pleasant, likable people have the best chances of being hired, promoted, and rewarded. Customers are more willing to buy from those they feel good… » Continue

October 29 2007 | By Adrian | Tagged: networking, open, relationship, reputation, trust | 7 comments»

Would I lie to you?

In the days of Ancient Greece, when the Greek army was trying to destroy Troy, there lived a young woman called Cassandra.

She was a special person. As well as being beautiful and one of the daughters of the king of Troy, she was an accomplished prophetess. Not surprisingly, such a combination of beauty, social status, and talent attracted the attention of a top executive in the prophesy trade. In… » Continue

October 16 2007 | By Adrian | Tagged: confrontation, credibility, integrity, lies, reputation | 4 comments»

Competition Re-visited

The case of Floyd Landis, plus the earlier doping scandals bedeviling the Tour de France, ought to make us all think again about the true impact of competition. Sport (together with warfare) is one of the commonest sources of ideas about business, so when the world of sport seems to be in trouble, it’s worth asking what is going wrong, and whether it might reveal anything relevant to the business… » Continue

August 7 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: accomplishment, achievement, competition, high-fliers, leadership, managememt, Management, motivation, office-politics, organization, performance, Productivity, relationships, reputation, success, winners, winning, work, work-life | 1 comment»