You don’t need to sell out to get known online. Building your LinkedIn brand shouldn't change who you are. Show up as yourself and let people get to know you. Here's how.

You can hire new technical wizards, demand more documentation, launch a new app, even, hell, replace an entire leadership team, and the old code will persist. “It's almost a betrayal.

If you feel that you’re a drainer, it’s okay. What’s important is that you know. Your life’s not going to change unless you know what’s wrong.

But, one expert suggests, before you decorate the traditional conifer — or conifer-like plastic apparatus, whatever you’re into — take a moment to ask yourself if your tree is really, well, you.

• You rehearse with the goal of making your message flow naturally, not of being perfect. Choose empowering words, and you can step on stage with confidence, clarity and presence.