Posts Tagged: relationship

4 Tips for Building a Network That Works

As a recruiter, business mentor and career coach, I’ve spent over 16 years encouraging people to invest time and effort into building their networks.

‘Networking’ was traditionally viewed as a business related activity. Commonly the remit of senior executives in an organisation and, more often than not, male ones at that, networking wasn’t viewed as an integral part of life-working, or, rather of making life work.

Women are natural relationship-builders. We often overlook this strength as it comes so naturally to us. Networking is merely another label for what we do naturally. So, get out there and do what you do naturally and brilliantly – and network.

Sell Me Right

I find the sales pitch process to be painful. If I’m putting forth the effort to have a mutually beneficial working relationship, the least a salesperson could do is meet me halfway.