The Financial Times Guide to Business Networking is a must have resource for both online and offline networking. If you’re a busy professional, networking is the fastest and most effective way to build your business or career. Networking is a skill you can’t afford to be without. But what’s the best way to do it? The ...…
In his book Sweeping Changes, Gary Thorp tells us about everyday spirituality, finding joy in every day tasks. Thorp says “When you bring energy and attention into each of your activities, you are no longer engaged merely in maintenance. You’re involved in taking care of things.” Lawns should be mindfully mowed “with every fiber of your ...…
Mari Smith outlines a proven nine-step program for building a sizable, loyal network comprised of quality relationships that garner leads, publicity, sales, and more. The pressure is on to shift your approach to using social media marketing, to better understand the new soft skills required for success on the social web, and to improve your ...…
The Tipping Point talks about three agents of change in the tipping points of epidemics. The Law of the Few – connectors, mavens and salesmen – it takes all three to make up the 20% who do 80% of the work – such is the 80/20 rule we hear so much of. Connectors, as the ...…
Malcom Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, tells us that spontaneous decisions are often as good as—or even better than—carefully planned and considered ones. Described as “thin-slicing”, this spur-of-the-moment action is often a gut reaction that feels right … because it is. Gladwell says that, in an age of information overload, he finds that experts ...…
Sue Clement recommends Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People as an inspirational personal development guide, a classic in the self-development category. With more than 15 million copies sold, this book has been around for over 70 years, and is still as valid today as the day it was written. One of the first best-selling ...…
The Likeability Factor – Tim Sanders explores the Likeability Factor and how it affects business today. It’s a popularity contest out there! How likable you can make a profound difference to the success of your business. Your “likeability” is your L-Factor. Is your L-Factor genuine? Do people really like you for who you are, or ...…
Sue Clement’s book Insider Secrets to Referral Success is a step-by-step guide. It shows you the exact formula for developing referral relationships that will send you all the clients you can handle and probably more! Sue’s breakthrough approach helps you get clients without cold calling and hard-selling – and that’s becoming more and more important in ...…
Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus is the story of Stripe and Yellow, two caterpillars on a journey. A journey that has them questioning the value of the struggle in the “climb to the top”. The cover, so rightly, states ”a tale–partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope for adults and others ...…
Practical advice and clear examples make this book a valuable tool in your communication toolbox! Of course the emphasis is on networking for business and talking to people you don’t know very well. In this guide for professionals who are shy or need improvement in their social skills, you’ll find tips to speak to people ...…