Ideas that help you understand yourself, build your story and grow your personal brand.
The Brand You Build is the home of Identity Intelligence. Every article explores identity, story, personal branding and professional growth through practical ideas, original research and real-world experience.
Whether you're discovering your professional identity, strengthening your reputation or learning how to communicate your story with greater clarity, start wherever your curiosity takes you.
What 3,593 LinkedIn Professionals Reveal About Personal Branding, Identity and Story
We thought we were building a personal brand assessment.
What we’ve realised is that something much bigger is h...
Two people can experience the exact same event and walk away with completely different futures.
Not because the event was different.
But because the story they tell themselves about it is different....
Discover Your Brand Identity Archetype
Most people know personal branding matters.
Far fewer know where to begin.
That’s exactly why we built the Personal Brand Assessment.
Over the years, I’ve wo...
One of the biggest challenges in personal branding is figuring out where to focus.
Should you build around your skills?
Your passions?
Your experience?
Your values?
The answer is all of them.
Bu...
Most people can tell you what they’re bad at.
They can list their weaknesses.
Their mistakes.
Their insecurities.
Their self-doubt.
What they often struggle to identify is something far more impo...
Most people spend their lives trying to unlock their strengths.
And that’s important.
But there’s another side to growth that often gets ignored.
Understanding what’s holding you back.
Superman wa...
Most people think their career is defined by their résumé.
Their qualifications.
Their job titles.
Their experience.
Their achievements.
And while those things matter, they rarely explain what ma...
Most people spend years building a career.
Far fewer spend time building the person behind it.
That’s why I created The Brand You Build.
A 52-week journey designed to help you build the only brand ...
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Every article in The Brand You Build™ explores one part of Identity Intelligence. Your Personal Brand Archetype Assessment reveals how those ideas apply specifically to you.
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