Do You Dress For Success When You Attend Networking Events?

Networking is such an important aspect to business.  Many people don’t put enough value in networking.

Networking isn’t just about meeting for a meal or drinks.  It’s about sharing information, tapping resources, leveraging your work with thought partnership with others.  To dress for success at networking events you need to be prepared to find resources that will benefit you and make use of them.

You need to meet people with other expertise than your own to grow in your business.

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Are You Stuck In A Double Bind Personality Type In Your Company?

Many females lead their teams in sports or their organizations in college.  They are capable and self assured and show that.  They are mentors to their team members.

Then they enter the work force.  Reality suddenly changes.  In most companies, unfortunately, they are still male dominated.  There is a new personality type to contend with now.

If you sit a female employee next to a male employee holding the same position, and they answer a question identically, the male employee will be seen as confident, while the female employee will be seen as assertive.

This is referred to as a double bind, which means when women act like women they are discounted as weak and if they act like men they are seen as aggressive.

Are you stuck in a double bind personality type in your company?

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Are You Staying In Contact With Your Connections For Business and Money?

After you meet people, you need to stay in contact with those connections.  Connections are important for all businesses.  Without them it takes you longer to grow your business and business and money go hand in hand.  Your connections will help you in both aspects.

Keeping in contact with people you meet can make the difference when you need help.  Not only should you stay in contact but if you come across a resource that would help your contact, let them know about it.  Connections are all about helping each other.

Are you staying in contact with your connections for business and money?

Ways to stay in touch are: Read more…