Recently, I delivered a two-hour networking skills workshop to a group of moderately seasoned sales professionals at a financial services company. One brave soul raised his hand and shared his biggest sales hurdle. He said, “I simply don’t know enough about the people I’m reaching out to or what’s going on in my city.” Heads […]
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#MentoringMonday
Lest this sound like a paid advertisement (it is not), for the record, let me state I’m not typically fan of the practice of “speed networking.” That’s where several [hundred] people gather in a room with lots of tables or desks. They visit about who they are for about 5-10 minutes and then move on […]
Snow Day
“It’s too cold to look for a job.” That was the line I heard stated by the person being interviewed by the NPR journalist a few weeks ago. True, we are currently in the throes of “snowmageddon” or “the polar vortex” or whatever you want to call this season’s freezing cold temperatures. And, hey, I’m […]