One-to-One Support for Business Professionals and Executives
Often the most effective vehicle for professional development and personal effectiveness is to work with a coach or mentor one-to-one over a period of time.
The very idea of ‘networking’ makes your heart sink, but you have to get on with it because it’s part of your job. You find yourself standing in the corner drinking coffee and waiting for it all to be over. You do talk to people, but mostly it ends up with them trying to ‘sell your their stuff’, which is a complete waste of their time and yours and if that’s what you have to be like to succeed in networking*, it’s just not you and you want nothing to do with it.
(* it isn’t, by the way).
You walk into a room of strangers at a conference or a business show and know exactly what outcome you want from your limited time there. You feel prepared and confident. You know how to strike up conversations with people. You know how to guide the conversation so it’s productive for everyone. You know how to move on. You know how to make the best use of the opportunity without being sidetracked or monopolised. And you leave knowing you’ve made some great connections, helped some people and you’re looking forward to seeing how these new relationships develop.
Business Networking — Why It Matters
As a career progresses, so the expectations change.
One of the biggest challenges is being told to get out into the business world, meet people, and create opportunities.
In short, to get out and go networking.
Here’s the thing, though.
Most people dread networking. They hate stepping into a room where they know nobody but nevertheless have to strike up conversations with complete strangers and try to ‘sell them stuff’.
Let me put your mind at rest on that last point: networking is NOT about selling.
Networking IS about being proactive and being visible. Building relationships, making connections and helping other people get what they want.
Learn to be a confident, purposeful and effective networker and you set yourself apart from the crowd. You become more visible. You create more opportunities for your business. And you create more personal and professional opportunities for yourself.
Whether you’re at a conference, or a training course, or a networking event, or a business show, or even starting a new job, your networking skills allow you to get involved and create opportunities where other people hang back and miss out.
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It’s no accident that there are so many networking opportunities made available. But for many people it is an accident if they get much from them!
So set yourself apart from the many: build your professional networking skills.
We’re so lucky now that we have online platforms like LinkedIn to help, but the truth is that business is all about real-life relationships. Getting to know people and exploring ways to help. Shaking hands. Sharing coffee. Conversation. Finding common ground.
It’s taken me twenty years of networking and learning about psychology, group dynamics, speaking skills and rapport building to put this workshop together, so if you want to fast-track yourself to becoming a Power Networker, don’t wait! Book your place or get your company to book an in-house training!
(by the way, I wish I’d had these skills when I was working in big companies – those are networks too!)
Get proactive, get purposeful and get visible!
See you there.
THE POWER NETWORKING WORKSHOP — WHAT YOU GET
This One-Day Power Networking training gets you over any hurdles that might hold you back as a networker, and gives you the skills to network effectively and professionally.
First, you’ll learn simple and effective ways to overcome the Five Big Fears that make networking so uncomfortable for so many people, specifically:
Second, you’ll learn practical, proven skills and strategies to comfortably engage with people and create lasting relationships:
Networking is a powerful way to create business opportunities, it’s an essential part of everyday business life, and if you’re looking for a change it’s the only way to open up the 75% of job opportunities only found in the elusive ‘hidden jobs’ market!
That means developing your networking skills is perhaps one of the most important investments you can make in your personal and professional development — and my Power Networking workshop is the best way I know to do it.
So don’t wait: book your place now…
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Ludovic P
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“Great for beginners such as myself. Thorough, interesting, positive and helpful.”
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“Engaging, stimulating, relevant, worthwhile. I’ve had an illuminating day – and learned how better to approach something I felt intimidating previously.”
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How It Works
Power Networking is a highly interactive one-day workshop!
You’ll be learning from two decades of personal networking experience that has generated business from some of the biggest names in the world as well as local businesses and individuals. Networking has been directly responsible for creating the most amazing opportunities and winning business that has taken me all over the world.
There will be plenty of discussion, sharing of experiences and role-play exercises: this workshop is designed to give you the experience of trying out the skills and strategies for yourself. It is most definitely not about hosing you down with PowerPoint and wishing you luck!
And there will be plenty of opportunity to network with your fellow participants.
And of course you’ll leave with a handbook you can refer back to, and a handy pocket-sized checklist you can take with you next time you head off to an event, so even if your mind goes blank, you’ll have a discreet prompt to help you get proactive and get visible!
What To Do Next
Option 1: Book yourself (and your team) on my next public Power Networking workshop…
Option 2: Let’s talk about running this workshop in-house for your company…
Let us know your enquiry and we’ll be in touch shortly by phone or email — usually the same day, sometimes right away:
If you prefer, you can phone, email, or schedule a specific time for a call.
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We provide business skills training supported by coaching and mentoring, in our specialist areas:
7 Bell Yard, Holborn, London WC4A 2JR
020 3397 4407
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