PULSE June 2017

Welcome to the PULSE! This quarter J2 has launched our new Career Portal where job seekers can apply online, and we now have TWO blogs: our J2 Thought Leadership blog and Friday Food for Thought. Check out our new site – we’d love to hear what you think! Have a great summer, Sanjay & Vijay Put that pile […]

Listen with Your Eyes

Listen with Your Eyes

A study by Dr. Albert Mehrabian, Professor of Psychology at UCLA, shows that only 7% of all communication is based in the words we say. Of the other 93%, 38% is made up of the tonality we use and the remaining 55% is made up nonverbal ques; body language1. This means that most of what […]

Networking in the Age of the Emoji

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By Sanjay Khatnani, Managing Partner, J2 Solutions Over the course of my career, I’ve forged countless important business relationships that are meaningful to me—both on a personal and a professional level. But lately I’ve noticed a trend in the way “networking” as a business tool is utilized. It seems many of its most valuable elements […]

Creating An Impression

Creating An Impression

It’s holiday season. There are lots of holiday parties, meeting people, pressing the flesh; ever wonder how you come across to other people or what you don’t like about particular people you meet? We still judge people by how they look and act. Studies show that it takes seven seconds to make an initial judgement—but […]

Persistence

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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” —Calvin Coolidge Ever notice how talented Michael Jordan […]

Communications

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“If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.” —Jim Rohn Last week we discussed listening and its importance. I thought it would only be fair this week to discuss the other side of that coin: communication. Communication is both verbal and non-verbal. It is broken down […]