Be The One They Remember At Networking Events

When I speak at or attend networking events, I see people struggling to engage meaningfully with others. Typical questions are asked like ‘What do you do?’ to which the standard reply is a 30 sec elevator pitch which doesn’t take the listener into account, nor does it get them saying ‘That’s interesting – tell me…

Conversation not flowing? Try a different modality!

If you’ve tried everything to get the conversation flowing and yet you keep coming up with a blank wall or conflict, you may be speaking a different ‘modality’ language. WATCH this short video and learn how to modify your language to engage others in their preferred ways of perceiving, processing and conveying information. grasp how…

Why Networking Is Like Dating

Whether we are a solopreneur, small enterprise or employee within a large corporate, the principles of effective networking are the same. A lot has been written about networking but these underlying principles are rarely properly identified, and opportunities to make connections with others are lost because the quality of what we communicate involves much more…

Looking for work in all the wrong places?

Often my coaching clients say that the job market has changed dramatically and job hunting is a whole new ball game. Traditionally, responding to an advert and being the best person for the job was all that was needed. Today, a whole new mindset is required, as we have to compete with a global market…

Solving The Relationship Conflict Puzzle!

What is conflict? Is it about a disagreement or escalation of anger and disappointment with someone else? Does it exist if the other person doesn’t know you feel in conflict about an exchange with them? Is it possible that your ability to resolve conflict within yourself is related to how well you resolve conflict with…

Does your talk match your walk?

Creating a more ethical and humane workplace is hot topic amongst academics and business leaders. Many HR professionals have been imploring leaders for some time to revisit earlier personnel management practices that treated people more than mere units of production. In Strategic Human Resource Development: Strategies and Practices I highlighted the real costs to organisations…

3 Steps to go from Linking to Liking

As our technology has developed, we have evolved from keeping physical address books, rolodexes and contact lists to using sophisticated online databases that discern between our friends, acquaintances and clients. We no longer have to remember birthdays or anniversaries or miss congratulating a friend because we heard about an achievement too late, because now we…