I recently completed a course in collaboration with Harvard University, examining the significance of a culture encouraging healthy practices within companies. A part of the course focused on how you can embrace personal health and wellness to ensure strong relationships to flourish. Although, these skills may seem simple, they are often forgotten! I found Dr Elizabeth … [Read more...]
5 Types of People Every Entrepreneur Needs in Their Network
We all know that building a network is important. Yet thoughtless networking can be a time drain with no results. The key to building a successful network, like anything in life, is knowing what you want and why you want it. Your network is like food: it can be nourishing and make you feel great, or it can be junk with no nutritional value. Like food, a good network is … [Read more...]
Strategic Networking is Key for Women Professionals
Strategic networking can be quite time consuming and requires commitment to attend various gatherings. Often, this marketing activity isn’t even at the top of women professionals' to-do lists. With a crowded set of appointments on the calendar, adding a networking event at the end of a grueling day with strangers somehow loses its appeal. Yet, strategic networking can be a … [Read more...]
Networking Advice for Young Female Entrepreneurs
Sponsored by Kabbage Inc.: At this point in time, many male entrepreneurs are on average more successful at growing their businesses than the average female entrepreneur. However, this is often not due to a difference in talent, ingenuity, or drive, but rather a matter of networking. Although women have the same abilities to network and grow their businesses, they are often … [Read more...]
The Unspoken Rules of a Handshake that You Should Know
If you thought the handshake was just a customary way of greeting someone, think again. There is more to a handshake than the verbal interaction that takes place during the meeting of hands. The concept of a handshake dates back at least as far as Ancient Greece, when shaking hands was more socially acceptable than bowing or curtseying. Shaking hands was a way for both … [Read more...]
3 Things To Consider When Business Networking
Do you dread those business breakfasts where you have to put on your best suit, best smile, walk into a room where there is no one you know, and then try to make conversation without being pushy? Is that the way business networking plays out in your head? Or do you see it more as a way to make new relationships with people who may or may not want to buy from you … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Networking Events
Sponsored by Signal Events: Often confused with selling, networking is actually the art of creating and strengthening mutually beneficial relationships over time. More than just building a good reputation, networking is critical for professional growth and business development. Networks includes peers, industry associations, business groups and even personal contacts like … [Read more...]
3 Steps that Can Change Your Career
Whether you own your own business or work for a company, developing networking skills is extremely important. There are several barriers to networking that many people face. One is fear. They are afraid to walk into an environment where they don’t know anyone. Another barrier is they don’t know what to say. The good news is you can learn how to effectively network! It’s … [Read more...]
The Board Candidate’s Guide to Networking
Great networkers have a variety of people they connect with on their professional journey. Some people have prestige and can open doors; others will be mentors and guide you with insightful commentary. Here are four key types of people to connect with and build your board-level network: 1. Foundation Foundational supporters run the gamut from friends to business peers. … [Read more...]
Inquiring Minds Want to Know about Board Evaluations
Fundamentally, a board evaluation is an opportunity for boards as a collective body to increase their effectiveness based on feedback the evaluation provides. Continuous improvement and development of board and board committee processes and procedures is imperative to ensuring board effectiveness. Today, there is an increased level of acceptance and sophistication in board … [Read more...]