Here’s a really interesting article for Linked in novices about using it to build a solid, helpful and valuable network.
LinkedIn SVP Deep Nishar’s Three Career Tips For Novice Networkers | Fast Company.
From the ever excellent Fast Company Magazine.
Understanding the ‘stroke economy’ Claude Steiner suggests that, as children, we are all indoctrinated by our parents with five restrictive rules about stroking. we don’t get them all, necessarily, just the special combination that our parents had etched into them by theirs. But the ‘menu’ includes being taught- not to give strokes when we have…
It’s a scene that happens so often. You’re chatting and having a lovely time at a work event. The someone asks you what you do. What do you do? There are, broadly, 3 options available- Start talking about you and notice that after 45 seconds your questioner has glazed over and moved into ‘I’ll keep…
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