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Career, featured, Leadership, Learnings & Insight292 Comments

Career Poker: Knowing When To Cash In Your Chips

March 26, 2013April 14, 2018 adriandparker

Perform a quick Google search for advice on exiting or entering a job and you’ll find millions of articles dedicated to helping you make the critical hold ’em or fold ’em decision. Most of this guidance, however,  provides a very … Continue reading Career Poker: Knowing When To Cash In Your Chips

featured, Leadership, Learnings & Insight10 Comments

The Top 7 Distinctions Between Weak and Strong Leaders

March 17, 2013April 14, 2018 adriandparker

Leading people is one of the most critical and challenging skills on this planet.  Aside from parenthood – which has many similarities – there aren’t many competencies that universally possess equal amounts of hope and horror depending on how you wield their … Continue reading The Top 7 Distinctions Between Weak and Strong Leaders

Leadership, Learnings & Insight2 Comments

What To Do While You’re Waiting To Be Discovered

March 13, 2013April 14, 2018 adriandparker

Most of us are waiting, wanting or wishing for something.  I am.  I’m waiting to meet my firstborn son in a few months.  I’m waiting for what lies ahead in my career.  I’m wishing for a better me. I’m not … Continue reading What To Do While You’re Waiting To Be Discovered

Leadership, Learnings & Insight, Love & Stuff2 Comments

Why The World Deserves A Better You

January 19, 2013April 14, 2018 adriandparker

The world needs a better you. Why? Because I need you and you need me. My goals and my gifts are the very answer to the question you didn’t know you had. I need your art, your beauty, your voice … Continue reading Why The World Deserves A Better You

Leadership, Learnings & Insight5 Comments

10 Career Commandments to Learn in Your 20s

January 15, 2013April 14, 2018 adriandparker

Modern life is rife with opportunities to make your mark, forge your own path or even fall flat on your face.  As knowledge work becomes the norm, there is no playbook for young professionals who have yet to learn how … Continue reading 10 Career Commandments to Learn in Your 20s

Leadership, Learnings & Insight

Why Leaders Should Learn By Walking, Not Watching

January 10, 2013April 14, 2018 adriandparker

It’s easier to learn by watching. You observe and inquire, research and report.  Gathering information and adding it to your own experiences is how many ideas are sparked.  It’s a mental exercise. But learning by walking is different.  You have to … Continue reading Why Leaders Should Learn By Walking, Not Watching

Innovation, Leadership, Learnings & Insight1 Comment

3 Steps To Discovering Your Personal Brand

July 18, 2012April 14, 2018 adriandparker

In its simplest form, your personal brand is the answer to this all-important question: what do people think about me? Or, stated a more complex way, what equity does my reputation have in the minds of those who matter? For … Continue reading 3 Steps To Discovering Your Personal Brand

Leadership, Learnings & Insight27 Comments
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8 Lessons For Leading Change

July 6, 2012April 15, 2018 adriandparker

At the beginning of 2012 I resigned  as Director of Social & Digital Strategy at RadioShack to embark upon a new challenge with Intuit.  As if the task of building an enterprise-wide social practice for one global brand wasn’t enough, … Continue reading 8 Lessons For Leading Change

Leadership, Social Media1 Comment

Staying Social Fresh

February 8, 2012April 14, 2018 adriandparker

Yesterday was my first time in Tampa and though it was a quick trip, it was a good one.  Jason Keath invited me to speak at Social Fresh, a bi-annual conference specializing in enhancement tools for people in the social … Continue reading Staying Social Fresh

Leadership, Social Media7 Comments

Elevate: Launching and Leading A Social Media Practice

February 7, 2012February 9, 2012 adriandparker

On June 7, 2010 the late Steve Jobs took the stage at the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco to announce Apple’s latest break through release, the iPhone 4.  The tag line read “This changes everything. Again.” He wasn’t … Continue reading Elevate: Launching and Leading A Social Media Practice

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