Staying on track in 2015: Make these your goals
Staying on track in 2015: Make these your goals I know that it is the second part of January already and that the year is well underway. But I think that it is still early...
Starting the year off right: Renew your contacts in the right way
Starting the year off right: Renew your contacts in the right way For years I have been a bit of a scrooge during the traditional year end holiday seasons. (Normally the term 'scrooge' is for...
Let’s call the whole thing off!: Sometimes you have to fire your agents
Let’s call the whole thing off!: Sometimes you have to fire your agents Though I am in the networking business and I want to see all of my customers find their matches inside of our...
Building relationships are always better than ad hoc business
Building relationships are always better than ad hoc business In the kind of networking we do we are often asked to introduce someone somewhere due to the fact that another of our members needed help...
Your long-term strategic goals should include ‘Who’s’ as well as specific outcomes
Your long-term strategic goals should include ‘Who’s’ as well as specific outcomes Successful people and successful companies have one thing in common: goals. And goals need plans, which in the mid- to long-term are known...
If you don’t take ownership of your network it will disown you
If you don’t take ownership of your network it will disown you Many business people will work very hard to build a network and wonder why it doesn't give much juice to their business. I...
When you blow your own horn make sure the song fits the audience!
When you blow your own horn make sure the song fits the audience! In my line of work I come across every kind of networker but the two basic poles are the open networkers and...
The kind of party animal you don’t want at the party: a yak!
The kind of party animal you don’t want at the party: a yak! The world is made up of many people and because of that it is made up of many kinds of people as...
Positive signs I saw last week
Positive signs I saw last week My write up won't be very long this week. I just got back from two AGM's of our groups (XLProjects and AerOceaNetwork) in Budapest and so rather than go...
