Tag: Career Management

  • Digital Leadership Education: Has Its Time Finally Come?

    Digital Leadership Education: Has Its Time Finally Come?

    Recent opportunities for The Denovati Group may be an indication that we’re finally approaching a tipping point when it comes to digital leadership education, training that can help current and aspiring leaders at all levels better prepare themselves for today’s digital realities and their digital futures. In this article I underscore the need for these…

  • New Dimensions of Leadership for the Digital Era

    New Dimensions of Leadership for the Digital Era

    There are five new dimensions of leadership necessary for success in the Digital Era. This article provides a summary of these dimensions, along with related action items. A fuller description of the dimensions and recommendations is available via TD Magazine, in both text and audio (podcast) formats.

  • The Digital Transformation of Business Functions

    The Digital Transformation of Business Functions

    As organizations become digital enterprises, various business functions – and the professionals who work in them – will be digitally transformed as well. External applications of social and digital technologies like marketing and sales are just the tip of the iceberg. Internal applications and implications will be far more extensive and significant, and virtually all…

  • We’re All Becoming Tech Workers… And We Need to Be Ready

    We’re All Becoming Tech Workers… And We Need to Be Ready

    As the Digital Era continues to progress and social and digital technologies become more fully integrated into not just the work we do, but how we do it, there’s an increasing need for all workers to be digitally literate and competent. Here are some of the things organizations, organizational leaders, and individuals can and should…

  • Technology-Focused Career Options for Women: Virtually Limitless

    Technology-Focused Career Options for Women: Virtually Limitless

    Framing digital technology as a means to an end rather than an end unto itself can help girls and young women in particular realize the diversity of career options for women available in the Digital Era. This knowledge can in turn encourage them to pursue areas of study and choose professional paths that combine topics…

  • Women in Technology: Promoting a Broader Perspective

    Women in Technology: Promoting a Broader Perspective

    For many, the notion of “women in technology” is focused on computer science and the tech industry. Should the definition be so narrow? Do we really want to send the message to girls and young women that aspiring to be coders and tech entrepreneurs is the best (or only) way they can make a professional…

  • Job Search in the Digital Age

    Job Search in the Digital Age

    In the Digital Age, professionals must provide the same level of care and attention to their professional identities in cyberspace as they do to their presence and reputation in the physical world, especially when they are looking for their next career opportunity. Job search in the Digital Age requires establishing and managing a digital professional…

  • Social Media Screening: Guidance for Individuals and Organizations

    Social Media Screening: Guidance for Individuals and Organizations

    Social media screening (aka social screening) has become a common practice among recruiters and hiring managers, as well as some coaches and college admissions offices. This white paper consolidates and updates previously shared guidance about this practice, providing recommendations for both individuals and organizations. It is primarily focused on job candidates and employers, but it…

  • Digital Property is Real Property: 5 Ways to Treat it That Way

    Digital Property is Real Property: 5 Ways to Treat it That Way

    Recognizing and respecting that digital property is in fact “real” property requires organizations to (1) make sure they own their own domain name(s) and lay claim to related social media properties, (2) require all official email be sent via domain-linked accounts, (3) take cybersecurity seriously, (4) maintain a presentable web presence, and (5) create policies…

  • Dressing for Success in Cyberspace: Give Yourself a Digital Make-Over

    Dressing for Success in Cyberspace: Give Yourself a Digital Make-Over

    You pride yourself on your professional appearance and demeanor. You strive to create and maintain a strong identity and reputation within your organization, with your clients and peers, and in your industry. But are you as diligent a custodian of your professional brand in cyberspace as you are in the physical world? If not, you…

  • Social and Digital Technology Trends: 9 Take-Aways for YOU

    Social and Digital Technology Trends: 9 Take-Aways for YOU

    The evolution of social and digital technologies proceeds unabated. We continue to witness dramatic changes, and it’s safe to say that the anticipated changes promise to be equally profound. Even if you don’t consider yourself an early adopter or are a digital Luddite, it’s virtually impossible to avoid the impact of these changes both personally…

  • Enhancing Your LinkedIn Profile II: 7 More Tasks and 23+ Tips

    Enhancing Your LinkedIn Profile II: 7 More Tasks and 23+ Tips

    Building on an earlier post – 7 Simple To Dos for Rookies to Enhance Their LinkedIn Profile – this piece offers additional guidance to help professionals upgrade their LinkedIn profiles. It describes seven tasks that can be tackled in one sitting or over several sessions. These tasks include adding digital links, creating a summary and…

  • 7 Simple To Dos for Rookies to Enhance Their LinkedIn Profile

    7 Simple To Dos for Rookies to Enhance Their LinkedIn Profile

    This post provides seven basic recommendations that can help digital rookies transform their LinkedIn profile from anemic to respectable. These tasks can be tackled in as little as an hour (and no more than a half-day session) and will produce a solid basic presence that also lays a foundation for future development.

  • Effective Workplace Communication: What Boomers and Xers can Teach Digital Natives

    Effective Workplace Communication: What Boomers and Xers can Teach Digital Natives

    Contrary to common perception, there is much Baby Boomers and members of Generation X can teach members of Generation Y about effective workplace communication – particularly when social media and digital technology are involved. This post discusses ways older workers can help younger workers understand context, channel choices, communication preferences and more.