I love the concept of blocking. Blocking and tackling. Blocking time on the calendar. Chip off the old block. The new block. Not my first trip around the block. Jenny from the block. Chopping block. Blockchain. Off the chain! I heard a fitness instructor use the term...
This month marks what would have been my dad’s 86th birthday. He left me with a lot of simple practices that make big impressions. Little things often lead to big things. These little things may relate to your work, business networking, and how you operate in general....
I’m back in my Rutgers University classroom after taking a year off from teaching my public speaking class. Teaching has been a labor of love of mine for over 20 years! The key to being a “knockout” public speaker, in most cases, is to get your audience’s attention...
To do or not to do. That is the question! Well, not really. In the online business networking world, I may have seen it all! And this goes beyond those in a Zoom meeting multi-tasking and not paying attention. I have seen people walking their dogs, eating a full meal...
Business networking often does not have an immediate business outcome. It takes time to make connections, develop relationships, and translate that into business. Or job search. Or whatever. Great business networkers know it takes more than just showing up at every...
As in a more valuable email intro. Ever get an email introduction and it’s connecting you to someone in the hopes that there’s value? Relevance? A reason for connecting? Other than for the sake of just connecting? Although there may be some value, a “you two...
