Myth Busting: Asking For Help Makes You Vulnerable

''I give and give and give, but little comes back''. I hear this all the time from people who join networking groups ...

Three Levels Of Listening To Own The Room

I’ve been reading a book called Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence ...

Networking Skills: Invite People To Join You

Networking skills, as you know from your own experiences, are about building lasting business relationships ...

Referrals: Have You Heard Of 'Garbage In Garbage Out'?

It's not a term I've heard recently. I remember being introduced to it at the same time I started using databases ...

Networking: I Don't Do Small Talk!

It's a common reason given by people who dislike networking because they see the banality of talking about nothing ...

Marketing Statistics For New And Seasoned Solo Consultant

If we learnt one thing from our response to the pandemic, it was how important other people are to our wellbeing ...

Second Guessing Can Cost You Referrals

It's fair to say that a large proportion of potential referrals to good people running great businesses are missed ...

Referrals: Be Patient!

I've been networking for my business for many years now and observed and worked with people from all sorts of industries ...

Tips For The Start-up Consultant Freelancer

As an independent consultant freelancer, one of the ways I stay out of trouble is to know my own limitations ...

Think Again By Adam Grant: An Essential Read For All Consultants

I started my career in a far less 'PC' era when it was a woman's prerogative to change her mind ...

3 Top Tips When Asking For Advice

Many of us are in the business of giving advice. It's how we earn our living as consultants, trainers and coaches ...

Marketing: Turn A Weakness Into An Advantage

It can be tricky to get your marketing right as sometimes trying to be tricky can be your downfall ...

Positive Regard: Does It Have A Place In Business?

As you can imagine, I get to hear a lot of people's opinions on what other people do wrong when out and about networking ...

I Don't Need Any More Work At Present!

It's a vindication that your marketing is working, yet it is a dangerous place to be and a crazy thing to say networking ...

Here's A Top Tip For Budding Entrepreneurs!

As a budding entrepreneur and starting out in business, I was fascinated by the way people earned a living ..

Business Networking Tips: Plan To Say Thank You

Most business networking groups have a 60-second slot to promote their business and another to thank others ...

Networking Tips: It Takes Three!

When you’ve been doing something for a long time, you forget that there was ever a time when you didn’t know this ...

Not A Natural Networker?

I wasn't a natural networker either. I find rooms full of strangers a daunting experience and am reluctant to go ...