Business networking is necessary to ensure that we know what is happening with our career and company. But business networking is still a work in progress for most people — we’re not that good at it. I’ll have some later thoughts on how to do business networking right.
But it is much more fun to see some ways to do business networking wrong. My friend Heather Gardner has a seriously great article on how not to do business networking — Bad Naked.
The serious message:
I encourage everyone to continually be “networking” into their next position, employed right now or not. But remember it takes building relationships over time and adding value to them. You can quickly destroy an opportunity by ineffectiveness. Your reputation is everything and a first impression of “rude” won’t be easily forgotten.
But check out the five wrong ways. You don’t see any of your business networking practices in those five wrong ways, do you?
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Everyone with any neworking experience agrees with this. But it’s a little like listening to a minister preach on the evils of sin. When he (it always is “he”) finishes, my response is that I now know what not to do. . . what should I do? —to network successfully.
Hi Dan and thanks for stopping by again. To start learning how to do networking right, I’d suggest this link: http://cuberules.com/category/business-networking/ ;>))
Plus, I’m working on a networking course…
Everyone with any neworking experience agrees with this. But it’s a little like listening to a minister preach on the evils of sin. When he (it always is “he”) finishes, my response is that I now know what not to do. . . what should I do? —to network successfully.
Hi Dan and thanks for stopping by again. To start learning how to do networking right, I’d suggest this link: http://cuberules.com/category/business-networking/ ;>))
Plus, I’m working on a networking course…