Whenever people talk about you they will normally add a tag line to you, for example, these are the suffixes that are typically applied to me: [quote]‘really knows her stuff’[/quote] [quote]‘author of ‘the FT Guide to Business Networking’[/quote] [quote]‘passionate and enthusiastic’[/quote] In the interests of balance, I am aware that occasionally the suffixes which are …
If you take a look at my diverse skills set, it’s very difficult at first glance to make sense of it – let alone seem credible for what I do. [quote]How does someone with an engineering degree, end up being an executive coach, organisational development consultant, award-winning writer, mother of two young children, business networking …
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I thought my presentation was going OK, then 1 person killed it at the end. How you can learn from my experience Do some people put you off? Have you ever had to give a presentation and been afraid, or thought that it wasn’t quite hitting the mark? I have found out that it isn’t …
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One of the many benefits of having two business coaches within our company is that occasionally we swap clients. (With the client’s full permission). We have found that sometimes it’s useful for our clients to hear (very often the same thing) it from a different person, who has a different slant on the problem. Anyway, …
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After training over 200+ professionals in the last 6 months on their networking skills, I noticed that there was a common theme to what people found hard to do when networking. This theme, went something like this: “how do I start and maintain an interesting conversation, whilst not being boring, but use this conversation to …
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A phrase that typically follows me around is ‘how do you find time to do everything? (The answer is I don’t, I just prioritise very well!) But, it left me thinking about how to find the time to network when you have no time to network. I have two young children, a business and far …
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Your personal brand is heavily influencing your career and career progression. Have you really thought about it?
