How often do you get to tell people what really drives you; your passion in working; your most meaningful accomplishments; where you want...

Following one of my recent presentations someone asked me a great question about LinkedIn endorsements. These endorsements have always pu...

Such a simple question yet so many people hesitate to ask, especially with those outside their inner circle. Overcome your hesitancy by t...

You can meet anyone, anyone! But why would you want to? Identify that “why,” the first step in using the 3 W’s of strategic networking. I...

With so many choices and your time so precious, how do you select which organizations to join from the long, long list of business, civic...

Do you think of strategic networking and personal branding solely as an external strategy for building connections with people outside yo...

Can C-suites and boards of directors diversify beyond 30%, even if they want to? Several decades ago, Economics Nobel Laureate Thomas Sch...

You meet somebody; exchange names; almost always the next question: What do you do? Most people answer simply with the title on their bus...

I attended a luncheon this week hosted by the City Club, a Chicago organization. As often the case when you don't buy a full table, I wa...

Until September 1, 2014 LinkedIn offers you a great free tool to visualize your network: inmaps.linkedinlabs.com. Here's what mine look...

You often have the opportunity to discover connecting points prior to a planned or chance encounter with a person you want to meet. Peopl...

Strategic Networking: A plan to strategically build a social network of relationships for achieving specific goals. The core benefit, s...

"'Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business,' she says as her mantra" (Sallie Krawcheck, January 31, 2014, Wall Stree...