You’re on your way home from a networking event, and you’re rather pleased with yourself. Not only were you able to collect several dozen business cards while handing out a similar number of your own, but two individuals you met actually gave you “leads.” Now you have in your proud possession the names and contact information for companies your networking friends think might be able to use your products and services. What could possibly be …
One + One + One + One = Success
Have you ever been DISC-ed? The DISC Personality Profile is an indispensable tool for my work as business adviser and personal coach. One interesting thing I found out while studying under Dr. Robert Rohm is that most of the world’s major corporations use the DISC to form effective teams. In today’s fast-paced, global business environment, that’s how most of the work gets done – it’s assigned to project teams. Teams, of course, are made up …
The Three Stages of Business Growth
In a sense, I’ve always been about business, and today, quite a number of entrepreneurs look to me as their business advisor. But sometimes, when people first find out I’m a Certified Human Behavior Consultant™ and hear me talk about “going beyond networking to connection,” they don’t get it. “C’mon, Ron,” they say, “Gimme a break. I’ve got a business to run!” One small business owner put it like this: “I barely have time to …
Going Beyond Networking – In Style!
Before starting out on a journey, it helps to think about how things might look at our destination point. You and I, remember, are going into the Beyond Networking zone (beyond traditional networking, that is) and on to connection, and then further on, to relationship. And we don’t want to just get there – we want to relish the trip itself, every step of the way. When I was studying under Dr. Robert Rohm to …