Everyday Leadership – what does it really mean to you? When did you first know that you were a leader? These are intriguing questions. One that you should spend some time reflecting upon. During the 2011 Leadership Summit, the members of the ALPFA Hartford, the association for Latino business professionals and students living and working [read more]
Here’s another helpful resource for you to deepen and enrich your networking relationships.This exercise is called CONNECT THE DOTS and helps you think through how well you know certain people and selected organizations. The goal is to awaken your mind and motivate you to move these relationships further along. This exercise is also good to [read more]
Have you ever felt stressed out about networking? Do you find yourself being too formal or stiff when meeting with new people? Perhaps you just need to relax more when you network. This week’s networking tip comes from my good friend and client, Rosemarie Burton. Rosemarie recently retired after serving as President of Klingberg Family Centers [read more]
Last week I visited with a former client and good friend of mine, Susan Nolte, founder of the May Cookie Co. Her latest success story prompted me to write this week’s networking tip. Her wisdom is something we can all learn from… The back story I met Susan at the University of Hartford’s Entrepreneur Center [read more]
This week’s business networking tip was inspired by a question that radio host Mary Jones of the Mary Jones Show posted on her Facebook page with her August Challenge to “Watch your speech”. The Facebook conversation thread led to the mention of a New York Times article written by Peggy Klaus. I looked it up [read more]
This week I had the pleasure of seeing Olympic Figure Skating Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton speak at the National Cancer Survivor Celebration Day held at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Scott has survived both testicular cancer and a brain tumor….and is still skating strong through life. Scott is an outstanding keynote speaker and author of the book [read more]
Adversity is one of those special occasions that can bring you closer to the people in your personal and professional network. You only need to have the courage to connect and to tell them what’s going on in your life that’s not so great. Then and only then can they help you get through it. [read more]
It’s easy to build networking relationships in the good times, when business and health are on the upswing. It is more challenging to do during the down times – when business is soft and/or people are sick. Yet, it is at these times when you can really make the most difference in other people’s lives. [read more]
