Every industry and profession have their own language and terms that are unique to them. Try these examples: Restauranteur talk about eight-toppers. Insurance guys speak of risk, exposure and not-admitted carriers. IT people speak about plug-and-play and cookies (and IT itself is an industry term–information technology). Estimators are asked to “SWAG” a price. Marketing people […]
When I was a sophomore in high school we were required to run every day at the end of physical education class. After most of an hour of some physical activity (basketball, weights, soccer) we were then told by the toughest instructor at PVHS, Mr Harcus, to take a lap outside the fence line of
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We’ve all been involved in a conversation with a group of people that when the time comes, there are one or two who want to stay and talk about a separate issue not really meant for teh whole group. Do you know when “to take leave” from one of these situations? My case in point
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We’ve all done it: said the wrong thing at the wrong time to someone we thought we knew or knew about. The point here is be careful what you to anybody as they may not be as they seem. A business associate related a story to me the other evening that got me to thinking
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Yesterday was a good day for networking. It started off with a presentation at Dallas’ Jewish Family Services to a group of job seekers. It was great hearing from them and having a great exchange of ideas on what works for networking as you go out into the work of work. We talked about four
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We all need to have someone or several someones to bounce ideas off of. Having a team or contributors helps us gather information and make informed decisions rather than just maintaining in a vacuum. Do you have collaborators or informal advisers? My colleague, Peggy, and I meet face to face about once every two years
Any good networker, sales person or job seeker understands barriers and how to overcome them. But there is one universal stopper we all can’t always come to terms with in how we deal with them–the receptionist. This is the woman or man at the front door or at the desk in outer office of the
It has happened to all of us at some point: you are either going to or coming back from a networking event and your boss/partner/significant other asks: “So what was the value of that event?” Value? Of a networking event? Why, yes, of course, it has value. We, ah, they, ah…..OK, so what value does
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As I was sitting on the roll of carpet taking my cell phone call during the show set up, first one then several others walked by and shook my hand and mouthed hello. Later that day, a former colleague holding her cell phone with the Facebook image I had posted, walked up behind me and
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We don’t do it enough: extend a kindness. And it is really easy, too. I was reminded of this while at the latest trade show I worked. In New York for the National Retail Federation (NRF) I was interacting with lots of friends and colleagues. A few ideas on how to be kind and thoughtful:
