Articles
Brenda has authored hundreds of leadership, coaching, and branding articles, published worldwide. This library brings them together in one easy-to-access location.
Browse articles by topic, and check back regularly for new insights.
Reprint & Exclusive Articles
Articles are available for reprint with permission. Brenda also provides original or exclusive articles upon request, subject to availability. For inquiries, please contact Brenda’s team at info@BrendaBence.com.
Excellence in Leadership
- How To Develop Your Executive Leadership Brand – Get Clear on the ‘Experience’ of Working with YOU
- Do You Need a Brand as a Leader?
- Think You Don’t Have Time to Build Your People? Think Again
- Does Being the Boss Mean You Get to Tell People What to Do?
- The Single Worst Question a Leader Can Ask
- How Adaptable Are You As a Leader?
- The Four Major Styles of Leadership – Plusses and Minuses
- Discovering Your Authentic Leadership
Build Your Brand Through the Power of Self-Leadership
- Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Vision for the Future Becomes Reality
- The Power of Your Thoughts as a Leader
- When Busy Becomes “Bad” – and Some Sage Advice from Winnie the Pooh
- The 15 Most Important Characteristics of Executive Presence
- Self-Leadership Challenge #1: What Does It Mean to Be a Great “Self-Leader”
- Self-Leadership Challenge #2: The Two Biggest Time-Wasters that Great Self-Leaders Avoid
- Self-Leadership Challenge #3: The Most Important Question to Ask Yourself as a Self-Leader
- Self-Leadership Challenge #4: Why Great Self-Leaders Know Arguing is a Good Thing
- Self-Leadership Challenge #5 – How to Self-Promote Without Bragging
- Self-Leadership Challenge #6: The “Secret Sauce” of Powerful Executive Presence
- Self-Leadership Challenge #7: How Great Self-Leaders Influence Others – Even Without Title or Authority
- Self-Leadership Challenge #8: How Your Thoughts Impact Success
- Self-Leadership Challenge #9: Small Talk is a Big Art-How to Become a Master
- Self-Leadership Challenge #10: Tough Decision-Making Made Easy
- Self-Leadership Challenge #11: How to Avoid Saying “Yes” When You Really Want to Say “No”-Strategies for Success
- Self-Leadership Challenge #12: How Adaptable Are You? Take this Quiz and Find Out
- Self-Leadership Challenge #13: How Well Do YOU Manage this Critically Important Balance?
- Self-Leadership Challenge #14: How to Successfully Manage Up to Your Boss and Across to Your Peers
- Self-Leadership Challenge #15: Why You Probably Aren’t Getting Enough Feedback… and What To Do About It
Personal Branding for Faster Job Search Success
- The Top 10 Job-Search Personal Branding Mistakes
- How Personal Branding Can Get You More Interviews … and a Great New Job
- How Personal Branding Can Help You Ace Your Job Interviews
- After the Job Interview: Stay Consistent With Your Personal Brand
- Attention College Grads! How to Use a Post-Interview Thank You Note to Land the Job You Want
- Your College Graduate Personal Brand: The Most Important Things Recruiters Say You Should Do Before Your Interviews
- How to Build a Strong College Graduate Personal Brand: Recruiters’ Tips for What You Should Do During Your Interviews
- How to Build Your College Graduate Personal Brand: Your Work Isn’t Over Even After an Interview
- Unexpected Riches: The Six Advantages College Grads Have in a Job Search
- Do YOU Make Any of These Top 5 Job Interview Mistakes? Recruiters Vote on Grads’ Worst Fumbles in Job Interviews
Original and/or Exclusive Articles
Brenda does provide original and/or exclusive articles on request, depending upon her schedule and availability.
If you are interested in an exclusive article by Brenda or would like permission to reprint any of these articles in part or in full, please contact info@BrendaBence.com.
Executive Coaching for Better Leadership Success
- Nelson Mandela’s Leadership Personal Branding Principles
- Top Five Behaviors That Can Damage Your Leadership Personal Brand
- Would YOU Want to Work for YOU?
- The Top 10 Reasons Why Leaders Should Celebrate Wins
- The Executive Coach: Your Company’s Partner in Leadership Development
- Executive Challenge #1: “I Have No Work / Life Balance!”
- Executive Challenge #2: “I Just Can’t Seem To Find Time To Exercise.”
- Executive Challenge #3: “I’m Unsure Where My Career Is Heading.”
- Executive Challenge #4: “I’m Struggling with an Extremely Tough Decision.”
- Executive Challenge #5: “There Just Aren’t Enough Hours in the Day to Get Everything Done.”
- Executive Challenge #6: “I Really Need to Get More Organized.”
- Executive Challenge #7: “I Know I’m Not Delegating as Much as I Probably Should, But.”
- Executive Challenge #8: “I Feel Guilty Saying ‘No’.”
- Executive Challenge #9: “I’m Generally a Positive Person, But It’s Easy to Turn Negative in This Economy.How Do I Avoid That?”
- Executive Challenge #10: “At My Level, I Rarely Get Honest Feedback, So How Do I Know What I Need to Improve?”
- Executive Challenge #11: “I Get No ‘Real’ Holiday Time Because I’m Always In Contact With the Office’
- Executive Challenge #12: ‘It’s lonely at the top – who can I turn to for an objective perspective?’
Personal Branding for Greater Career Success
- Can People Be Branded?
- Personal Branding Quiz: How Are YOU™ Doing?
- The Top Ten Secrets to Mastering Your Personal Brand
- Need Employment Insurance? Master Your Personal Brand
- Personal Branding – It’s Not What You Think
- Personal Branding Myth #1: Personal Branding Is All About Self-Promotion
- Personal Branding Myth #2: Personal Branding Is All About How You Look and Dress
- Personal Branding Myth #3: Creating a Personal Brand Is Being Fake
- Personal Branding Myth #4: Personal Branding Is All About Me
- The Power of Personal Branding: How to Improve Your Company’s Bottom Line
- Traveling Around the World With Your Personal Brand in Tow
- Customer Do’s and Don’ts
- Top Five Behaviors That Can Damage Your Leadership Personal Brand
- YOU and Your Company: Making the Corporate Brand / Personal Brand Connection
- You Are What You Think – Face a Weak Economy with a Strong Personal Brand
- Personal Brand Damage Control: 8 Tips to Stay on Top at Work
Marketing Your Business or Brand For Increased Profitability
- Customer Complaints: Why Your Brand Can’t Survive Without Them
- Assume the Position! How to Use Positioning to Make “Your Brand” Irresistible
- Marketing on a Shoestring Budget™: Empty Pockets, Full Marketing Plan
- The Power of Personal Branding: How to Improve Your Company’s Bottom Line
- The Top 10 Branding Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
- Key Marketing Terms and Phrases – What Do They Mean?
- Smarter Branding without Breaking the Bank Part 1
- Smarter Branding without Breaking the Bank Part 2
- Smarter Branding without Breaking the Bank Part 3
- How to Tackle Social Media: Get Back to the Basics
- How Well Do You Know Your Customer?
- Low-Cost Positioning – How to Make Your Brand Irresistible
- Go for the Low-Cost (Branding) Gold – Leverage Your Existing Customers
- Low-Cost Ways to Earn “Brand Bragging Rights” – Use Your Products and Services
- How to Create Low-Cost, Walking-Talking Advertisements for Your Brand
- How to Build Your Brand “Gangnam Style”
