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Your LinkedIn profile is more than a static resume. It’s time to forget boring, black Times New Roman text and embrace all the dynamic visual features LinkedIn offers to showcase who you are. Because there are so many different ways to incorporate imagery into your LinkedIn profile,...

Here at McMillion Consulting, we love cheering clients on and celebrating their wins. Our Anatomy of a Win series showcases stories from professionals who experienced a notable business victory as a result of implementing a tool or strategy they learned from our work together.

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Success doesn’t happen alone. Behind every championship win, startup success, and box office hit is a team of people working together. Whether you’re a solopreneur with an army of contractors supporting you or a large corporate company with thousands of employees, your team matters....

 A great attitude, leadership ability, a collaborative spirit—these are all things that any company would be lucky to find in an employee. And yet, they won’t show up in a GPA, an aptitude score, or a code test. “Soft skills,” as they’re known, might be...

If you appreciate the aesthetic of a clean drawer, an uncluttered desktop, or a tidy hard drive, I have good news for you, my friend. LinkedIn recently launched a new messaging feature, and I have a feeling you’re going to love it. 

The Focused Inbox is an optional LinkedIn setting....

When you log in to your LinkedIn account and start perusing your feed, do you like what you see? Your LinkedIn feed doesn’t have to feel like a noisy room of updates and work anniversaries (unless you want it to). Thanks to a couple of key LinkedIn settings, you can “train” your...

On your LinkedIn profile, you should always be the star of the show. Your profile is not the same as your company page, where a broader, team-centered approach should be the norm. Anyone visiting your page wants to know about you first and foremost. Still, there are a few narrow times when...

Speaking to live audiences is easily one of the best parts of my job. There’s nothing like the rewarding feeling of seeing how new knowledge can create confidence and excitement for people right before my eyes. Whether I’m providing a custom training session for top performers or a...

News flash! LinkedIn recently unveiled a post-scheduling feature. I’m so excited about the way this new tool can help my clients create a consistent rhythm of content. Let’s take a look at how to harness this powerful feature from the desktop version of LinkedIn. 

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Are you in a position of leadership in your organization? If so, you’ve probably spent at least some time considering your leadership style. You might have even read books or watched TED talks that invite you to consider questions like, what strengths do you bring to the table? Or, how can...

New to Sales Navigator? If you’ve spent any amount of time on LinkedIn, using Sales Navigator will probably feel pretty intuitive. However, given the upgraded toolset this premium subscription offers, you’ll find that there are plenty of features and workflows for which the free...

Because “following” and “followers” have different meanings on different social media platforms, figuring out how to make the most of the LinkedIn version of following can be a bit confusing. Luckily, following people on LinkedIn is pretty straightforward—and...