Basketball legend Michael Jordan once said: “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

I recently worked with a client, Peter, in financial services, who said he was spending a lot of time trying to grow his business through LinkedIn but found he was wasting so much time that he gave up and decided to just focus on his old sales methods.

In 1988, an Australian woman called Leisa Campbell took the world by storm. She was an Australian body builder from Victoria. She won Miss Australia, Miss World and Miss Universe. Leisa travelled the world, competing and living in Europe and the US.

Kylie and I were recently at an event where there was a buzz around LinkedIn’s new feature called the Social Selling Index (SSI).

Last month, I found myself looking for a new car. It was late on a Friday and I was rushing around, trying to find the best deal. I’d done all my online research and ended up at a particular dealer.

Kylie Chown Started her company and soon realised that she was far better off branding in her own name. Not only saving costs but making her easily searchable and easy to find! So it was – Kylie Chown Consulting.

This week I was interviewed on Channel 9’s ‘Mornings’ with David Campbell and Sonia Kruger. If you’re busy at work you possibly missed it, but it could be helpful if you’re trying to make a move!

Are you struggling to compete with bigger players? Hard to stand out from the crowd? Difficult to compete with your competitors pricing? I’ve worked with hundreds of clients to help them create personally branded businesses.

One of the complaints I hear from career practitioners is how reactive to client demands the work is and that it’s difficult to proactively sell career services. Repeat client cycles can last a year or two, they’re on a tight budget and charging a premium can feel like a pipedream.

Allison, a law graduate called me because she needed help to increase her persuasion in interviews. This was her last of 11 interviews that year and the pressure was on. She wasn’t sleeping, feeling anxious and emotional at times.

With over 347 million people now on LinkedIn, the noise can become a little overwhelming. I don’t know about you but I’m now removing some people from my feed or being skeptical of their motivation for attempting to connect.

Have you watched someone speak at a conference or watched a blog video and struggled to watch past the first 10 seconds. An attendee at a recent event I spoke at shared one such video with me.

This week I worked with an inspiring doctor called Sarah. She trains students and speaks at conferences on identifying particular conditions that can easily be overlooked. She is an avid art lover and told me about a painting she purchased online from the US last year.

I recently attended an event of a spiritual speaker and two thirds of those questions asked were about how to make a break from their jobs into their own businesses. And this was at a spiritual event.

In the sea of overwhelm with information, it can be hard to know what to do with LinkedIn for specific industries. Thought Leaders have a unique opportunity to showcase themselves and their perspective on LinkedIn far more than any other profile.

I don’t know about you, but after seeing the issues that celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence had with their personal photos being leaked led to me being really concerned about private files. Not that I have anything bad (I don’t think!), but it prompted me to go and get some more detailed advice.

I worked with a client called Jason. He’s spent 15 years in corporate life as a Business Analyst and enjoys the work he does but finds he gets itchy feet every 18 months or so. He finds it hard to connect with his boss as he always cancels his 1-1 meetings and he’s not really feeling like he’s achieving his potential.

Earlier this month Don Meij, the CEO of Dominos, shared this image. Don and a team outside one of his company’s European branches with the caption “Enjoying Europe store visits… Claude worked for us in operations for 10 years and is now a new Franchisee”.