How do you feel about networking? The kind where you purposely attend events with the goal of meeting new people. Love it? Hate it? Somewhere in-between? In life in general, women typically have more expansive networks than men. Yet, in the working world, networking events are typically dominated by men. This may be because women...Read More

Imagine this – you are seeking promotion and at a business event you happen to meet just the right person at just the right moment. Unbeknown to you, this person is looking for a professional HR manager/consultant/director, which is at the forefront of their mind. You start up a conversation that is perfect in tone,...Read More

You’ve woken up one morning, stretched and said “I’ve had enough – my career has got to change”. If this is you, then I have ten things to say that will change your life forever – and within 3 months. If you want to learn the real secrets to short cutting your way to a...Read More

To gain the most from being a homeworker you will need to engage in the complexity of how to network from home. Create a process that works for you. Consider the list of distant communication tools here for you to use: Group conference telephone calls Personal telephone calls MSM Emails Stuff in post The internet...Read More

As women in business, when setting our sights on raising our leadership-rank in firms, we will weave our way up and sideways navigating the corporate landscape to make our mark. While our networking prowess makes savvy business sense when working for someone else, its career currency tends to drop when we begin working for ourselves,...Read More

A lot of us consider networking to only be a way of finding a new job or attracting external interest to our current employer. We don’t really consider how powerful networking can also be actually within the workplace. We all want to have influence at work, although the degree to which each of us wants...Read More

The world of business is very challenging these days. Companies are being put under extreme pressure to satisfy shareholders, employees are been squeezed to the maximum in terms of performance. It is easy to just put your head down and “just get on with it”. Throw experience into the mix, and we pick up very...Read More

Nowadays social media is becoming a key element to one’s job search campaign. Making sure that you are making use of social media effectively to harness it’s potential and benefit to you can really help you move forwards in your job search. There are a few key things to be aware of and to keep...Read More

You know what your business is all about. You have defined objectives,measurable, specific detailed goals and actions that you refine regularly. You’ve decided to expand your traditional ways of marketing to your customers and embrace conversational marketing. You’ve decided to add a Social Media component to engage in Web 2.0 dialogue with your customers and...Read More

Have you been made redundant or find yourself on gardening leave and need to kick start your networking? Have you worked extremely hard and performed well in your job over many years at the expense of your personal networking? My quick guidelines below will get you started but there are two points you need to...Read More