Comments on: Gurus and Thought Leaders

By: Twitted by HRGumbo

Twitted by HRGumbo — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:33:05 +0000

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By: Stephen Geraghty-Harrison

Stephen Geraghty-Harrison — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:22:21 +0000

Great points Sharlyn! There are so many hacks out there selling social media seminars and they know no more than the average person. Our community is where to get the help needed!

By: Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:36:43 +0000

It used to be enough to be knowledgeable and helpful. Then you could succeed by being an expert. But Peter Drucker was called a “management guru” and soon everyone wanted that title. Now, it seems, “thought leader” is the new guru.

Fact is that most of us who write and speak for a living have enough stuff out on the web that you can get a good idea of what we do and how we do it. Just use those tools you just listed and get a sense of who we are and don’t worry about the titles. I wonder what will replace “thought leader?”

By: Jessica Garvar

Jessica Garvar — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:12:23 +0000

This is such wonderful needed advice. Thank you so much for your insight~

By: Lisa Rosendahl

Lisa Rosendahl — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:12:17 +0000

An area HR group was looking for panelists and speaker on using social media in HR. They ran the list of potential panel members and speakers requesting to present and promptly crossed off the ones not on Linked In. I am so easily put off by the “expert” label and agree wholeheartedly with your statement that the best people to learn from about social media applications are fellow users. That’s who I am learning from!

By: Elliot Ross

Elliot Ross — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:53:03 +0000

Well said –

Because it is only obvious if think about it!

http://elliotross.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/its-only-obvious-if-you-think-about-it/

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:17:08 +0000

Good general rule of thumb, if a person labels themself a guru or expert, most lkely they aren’t