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Are You Toxic in Networking Situations?

According to Psychology Today, less than 10% of us listen effectively At the weekend I often go walking where I get to reflect on my week and integrate any learnings from the positive and negative experiences that I’ve had. This week brought up a critical area. Not just in business, but also in life: listening. Do … Read Full Article…

The Mistake You Can Never Take Back

What Was The Worst Mistake That You Made That You Wish You Could Take Back? The odds are that you made it in a highly-charged, emotional state. When emotion is high, logic is often low. In this zone the likelihood of making a painful mistake through our need to be right or have the final … Read Full Article…

Getting Feedback on Your Funding Pitch Is Essential Before Doing It Live

I come across many people who have been looking for funding Most of them thought it was a good idea to go for it by themselves, with no coaching or awareness of how most funders like to be approached. I hear horror story after horror story of people doing the same things wrong. Having sat … Read Full Article…

Reflections on Life…And From The Sun On My Head!

According to my Myers-Briggs profile I am an introvert Only just, but 52% introvert none-the-less. For someone who loves people and public speaking, this also means that I love my down time and am very good in my own company, and in silence! Quite often I find myself in a situation where people talk at … Read Full Article…

How To Approach An Investor

Do you know how to approach an investor? Whether you are looking for funding yourself or want to work as an introducer in the funding world, it is a busy market where many people are making the same mistakes. The transition for me from job to entrepreneur was interesting. When I first left nursing I … Read Full Article…

All Feedback Is Positive, Even When It Seems Otherwise

I was once in a training programme where we learned the importance of feedback We had various tasks to do, which brought up a few personal issues for some people in the room. We then had the opportunity to take the stage and share what we had learned. One of the students used every opportunity … Read Full Article…

How to Be Interesting And Stand Out…

Do you know someone who is interesting? More importantly, when was the last time that you heard someone say something at a business networking event that made them stand out from the crowd? I have been to other business networking events where I have been asked to speak about networking skills. I always enjoy proving … Read Full Article…

Dementia and Death – Dealing With a Family Crisis

Last week I was asked to speak about stress at work at a company away day Because of a personal family crisis leading up to the talk, I changed the content at the last minute to reflect this. The timing was too perfect for such a talk so I decided to use myself as a … Read Full Article…

The 5 Business Networking Crimes

I know, before I start that there will be those of you reading this who do not agree with me on my definition of business networking crimes Indeed the amount of people who I have met at other business networking events who will see this as the “to do” list still surprises me. It certainly feels … Read Full Article…

Can Your Mobile Phone Help You In A Business Networking Event?

What is Business Networking and Can Your Mobile Phone Help You? Recently I hosted one of many networking groups that I have been running. It was in the evening and a small group of enthusiastic networkers came along. Because I had not known whether I would be able to host it or not, due to … Read Full Article…

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