| "How can I get on track for an executive position?" | | | | - Make sure your name is findable in Google. How? |
| Here are top five tips for executive career | | | | Start a blog, write and publish online professional |
| advancement. Even if you aren't interested in | | | | articles, get quoted by the media, give presentations. |
| reaching the corner office, take a look at this list to | | | | What else? Caution: Beware of your "digital dirt." |
| see what you can use to help you move your career | | | | - Proactively build your contacts database by |
| forward. | | | | networking on purpose. Build long term, reciprocal, |
| - Identify 3 to 5 executives you would like to model | | | | professional relationships. Remember the Golden Rule. |
| and start learning everything you can about them, | | | | - Beef up your communication skills. Have you ever |
| their work, their business philosophies, and the | | | | considered learning a foreign language? Business is |
| charities they support. | | | | conducted in a global economy. Become versatile. |
| - Read, read, read. What? Periodicals: Forbes or | | | | Advancing to the C-level team takes strategy, |
| Fortune, Business Week, Harvard Review, The Wall | | | | commitment, persistence and lots of hard work. |
| Street Journal, and The New York Times. Books: | | | | What plan do you have in place to achieve your |
| New York Times nonfiction bestseller list plus some | | | | goals? Get help from a career coach to create your |
| of favorites such as The World Is Flat; Now, | | | | career strategy and stay on track. The time you |
| Discover Your Strengths; A Whole New Mind; and | | | | invest in your career now will pay huge dividends in |
| Primal Leadership. | | | | the future. |