Now that the New York Primaries have clearly told us who the two likely nominees are in our Presidential election I decided to stop watching the various news channels providing saturation coverage obfuscated by the various contradicting pundits opinionated views on the candidates, and to dig a little deeper into each of the two presumptive nominees. Cable new channels mostly produce noise, with the anchor rounding up experts from each side, all of whom cannot help but shout at each other uncontrollably, producing a harsh cacophony of confusing messages! Honestly, I learn more about the candidates on the late-night comedy shows than I do watching the 24-7 news channels!
Reverting to LinkedIn to learn about the candidates seemed like a good idea!
So, I started with Hillary Clinton. Yes, she has a website and she is also on LinkedIn. Her website was not of much help other than what I see and hear on TV every day from her. I wanted some specifics and what she considers to be her key leadership traits described clearly with examples of accomplishments that I could relate to, not just her activities in her various roles. So, when I first looked at the Headline: 2016 Presidential Candidate, I was struck by its imposing banality.
Next, I scanned her Summary. And, here it is in its entirety: Wife, mother, grandmother, women and kids (sic) advocate, FLOTUS, FLOAR, Senator, Secretary of State, dog person, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, 2016 presidential candidate.
Wow! With all the resources Hillary has from her campaign staff and knowing what constituency she is appealing to through her Profilehighly educated professional working class with wide influencing power and some 50 million or more in the US alone (my guess) likely to be looking at her Profile, I was both surprised and disappointed. She could have also used a copy editor before posting her skimpy Profile Summary (two errors of grammar in that short fragment). Her entries in the Experience part are no different: Just the positions she held at different times and nothing else!
Hillary Clinton is listed as an Influencer on her LinkedIn page. As a career coach, who works with clients to show them how to showcase their value to a reader visiting their LinkedIn Profile, I was struck by how poorly her Profile comes across for anyone interested in checking out her accomplishments, not just her positions, stints, bona fides, and her activities. Hillary still has an opportunity to upgrade her Summary and list what her agenda is for her first term as our next POTUS with a credible list of her actual accomplishments, not just her duties. When she states herself as FLOTUS or FLOAR I have no idea what that entailed on her part to deliver something of value to her constituency and how she leveraged that position to benefit her rsum for future roles, especially as the future President of the United States. Knowing the spirit of what LinkedIn messages convey about its members to the community that relies on their ability to deliver value Hillarys Profile needs serious rework, especially as a LinkedIn Influencer.
To be fair to Hillary, she at least has a presence on LinkedIn, skimpy and disappointing as it is. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders do not have any. Each of the candidates has their Facebook page, but it is no different from watching the TV newsfeed or YouTube videos.
For all the candidates running for the highest office in our land this still is your chance to communicate to an important constituency your message and to convince us why we should vote for you.
I think a Presidential campaign deserves more than what these candidates and their campaigns have done to inform the curious public wanting to cast their informed votes for the most important job in our country and the world!
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Dilip has distinguished himself as LinkedIn’s #1 career coach from among a global pool of over 1,000 peers ever since LinkedIn started ranking them professionally (LinkedIn selected 23 categories of professionals for this ranking and published this ranking from 2006 until 2012). Having worked with over 6,000 clients from all walks of professions and having worked with nearly the entire spectrum of age groups—from high-school graduates about to enter college to those in their 70s, not knowing what to do with their retirement—Dilip has developed a unique approach to bringing meaning to their professional and personal lives. Dilip’s professional success lies in his ability to codify what he has learned in his own varied life (he has changed careers four times and is currently in his fifth) and from those of his clients, and to apply the essence of that learning to each coaching situation. After getting his B.Tech. (Honors) from IIT-Bombay and Master’s in electrical engineering(MSEE) from Stanford University, Dilip worked at various organizations, starting as an individual contributor and then progressing to head an engineering organization of a division of a high-tech company, with $2B in sales, in California’s Silicon Valley. His current interest in coaching resulted from his career experiences spanning nearly four decades, at four very diverse organizations–and industries, including a major conglomerate in India, and from what it takes to re-invent oneself time and again, especially after a lay-off and with constraints that are beyond your control. During the 45-plus years since his graduation, Dilip has reinvented himself time and again to explore new career horizons. When he left the corporate world, as head of engineering of a technology company, he started his own technology consulting business, helping high-tech and biotech companies streamline their product development processes. Dilip’s third career was working as a marketing consultant helping Fortune-500 companies dramatically improve their sales, based on a novel concept. It is during this work that Dilip realized that the greatest challenge most corporations face is available leadership resources and effectiveness; too many followers looking up to rudderless leadership. Dilip then decided to work with corporations helping them understand the leadership process and how to increase leadership effectiveness at every level. Soon afterwards, when the job-market tanked in Silicon Valley in 2001, Dilip changed his career track yet again and decided to work initially with many high-tech refugees, who wanted expert guidance in their reinvention and reemployment. Quickly, Dilip expanded his practice to help professionals from all walks of life. Now in his fifth career, Dilip works with professionals in the Silicon Valley and around the world helping with reinvention to get their dream jobs or vocations. As a career counselor and life coach, Dilip’s focus has been career transitions for professionals at all levels and engaging them in a purposeful pursuit. Working with them, he has developed many groundbreaking approaches to career transition that are now published in five books, his weekly blogs, and hundreds of articles. He has worked with those looking for a change in their careers–re-invention–and jobs at levels ranging from CEOs to hospital orderlies. He has developed numerous seminars and workshops to complement his individual coaching for helping others with making career and life transitions. Dilip’s central theme in his practice is to help clients discover their latent genius and then build a value proposition around it to articulate a strong verbal brand. Throughout this journey, Dilip has come up with many groundbreaking practices such as an Inductive Résumé and the Genius Extraction Tool. Dilip owns two patents, has two publications in the Harvard Business Review and has led a CEO roundtable for Chief Executive on Customer Loyalty. Both Amazon and B&N list numerous reviews on his five books. Dilip is also listed in Who’s Who, has appeared several times on CNN Headline News/Comcast Local Edition, as well as in the San Francisco Chronicle in its career columns. Dilip is a contributing writer to several publications. Dilip is a sought-after speaker at public and private forums on jobs, careers, leadership challenges, and how to be an effective leader. |
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