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Here you’ll find inspiration and practical advice all focused on your communication skills development, managing public speaking anxiety, improving your confidence in the workplace, developing effective leadership skills, knowing how best to find a new role or career, learning how to get promoted and understanding your strengths, skills and values.
Ten top tips for networking (how to speak to strangers)
Great questions to develop rapport, the Dalai Lama telling it like it is and the mighty power of a handwritten card.
You know how it goes, your manager’s keen that you go to that networking event, get the word out about a new service and come back with a host of eager customers that want a follow up meeting.
But networking doesn’t quite work like that. It’s about creating connection, solid listening skills and being helpful to others. Here are real, practical ways to successfully network and be a good asset to others in your network.
How to find a career that matches your values and vision
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a powerful question. But asking that question on a regular basis means that your job stays in line with your values and the vision you have for your life.
As a career coach, when I work with my clients, we dig deep into what makes them who they are, what’s important to them, the skills they just love to use and what kind of work really lights them up and has them jumping out of bed in the morning.
But first - an example of what can happen if you realise that the job you’re doing is not what you want it to be. At all. And it’s an episode from “The Marvellous Mrs Maisel” a show set in the 1950s.
How to improve your visibility and value at work
A website’s a place to announce things, isn’t it? And I’ve just done one small thing that’s made a big difference.
Chosen words to shape a message and get clearer about what I do and the benefits I bring to others.
Which leads me to this question and short exercise that you can do to strengthen your profile and raise your visibility to others…
How to increase your value by talking to invisible people
Raising your visibility and value at work. Deepening your engagement with your clients and stakeholders. Developing more trust and connection with colleagues. These are big, bold asks. And you can improve all of them by doing this one thing. And, speaking from direct experience: not many people do this at all.
I used to work as a receptionist. A role that mostly gets ignored by folk. You’re in the background in many ways. Almost invisible, really. And not many people really talk to you.
But one person did.