Jan Vermeiren and Bert Verdonck, authors of How to REALLY use Linked and leading authorities, are offering a free webinar on LinkedIn. For a review of their book, see the Career-ology Reading List page.
Unless you are an expert using LinkedIn, this will be time well spent. Below is a copy of the email I received with details and a link to register. Continue reading
Which does your organizaiton resemble? (source: Bonker's World)
It is critically important to understand how your own organization functions. Do you think that an Apple employee will have a different experience than one from Oracle, for example.
Does your organization have no discernible structure as implied by the diagram of Facebook? Is there a very neat and tidy hierarchy like Amazon or a very complex, multi-connection structure like Google? Or do you work in a “dog-eat-dog” organization where business units are pitted against one another for resources, customers and revenue?
As an employee, working in each of these organizations is vastly different experience. You’d better understand the playing field– organizational intelligence is the key.
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