A friend asked me to write about how to get noticed in business meetings. This is a wonderful topic to explore as it touches on using influence tactics in a group setting. First, let’s reframe the objective. We obviously want to get noticed for the right reasons, so how can we leverage the organized business meeting environment to improve our personal brand image? Here are three ideas: 1. Volunteer to lead a project. If there is one common dynamic in nearly all business meeti

In a recent post I mentioned how many managers report that the hiring process is a crap shoot. “Sometimes the candidates with the best credentials turn out to be the worst employees, while less qualified candidates become rock stars.” One factor is our dependence on nonverbal communication, also known as body language. Psychology professor Albert Mehrabian came up with the 55/38/7 “formula” for communication. It breaks down like this: 55% of communication comes from body lang