“In five years, you’ll be the same person—except for what you learn and the relationships you build”. This quote, often attributed to Charlie Jones, is a truth about life. Jones does not mean “passive” learning or “passive” networking… he emphasizes the need to be active in pursuit of ideas and active in engaging with inspiring … Read more
Build Strong Foundations before you grow higher. Are you investing in your own Foundations – or are you building the house of your life on sand? Leadership coach Luis Soares shared the story in the video below a few years ago on a leadership retreat for Vistage Spain. There are two metaphors in the video: … Read more
Webinar Recording: How Leaders Network for IESE Business School Alumni Learning Program Here is the full recording of the How Leaders Network webinar from February 9th for the IESE Alumni community. We had 520 people connected to the zoom call, and some great questions. We didn’t get round to answering all of the questions, so … Read more
A Strong personal network doesn’t just happen. An attitude of service might just be the most important thing you can bring to the table. If you are interested in networking you might also like 9 Habits to Develop a Strong Network and The #1 Reason you don’t have a strong Network.
This is the detailed guide to boring others. In this video from Portugal, I share the 5 best ways that you can develop an ability to bore the people around you. The 5 Specific Areas to Develop to Be Boring Negative Attitude No Interest in Others Stay in your Comfort Zone Be a People Pleaser … Read more
It is not that you don’t go to enough “networking” events. It is not that you don’t approach strangers at these “networking” events. It is not that nobody ever told you that a strong network is important. It is not that you have too few connections on LinkedIn or Facebook, or twitter or Google+. (Connecting … Read more
If someone asked you, “What is your job?”, what would your response be? Go ahead, take a minute to think about your answer. I asked a similar question a few weeks ago in my post Become Indispensable: Solve Interesting Problems) Professor Fred Kofman tells a story about a question that changed his outlook on this … Read more
Reid Hoffman says it took him 15 years after graduating from Stanford to figure out what he wanted to do with his career. Hoffman eventually founded LinkedIn, a $19 billion public company. On graduation, he thought he would become an academic. Then he started some companies. Several failed… then he created LinkedIn. It didn’t fail … Read more
Daniel Shi gives a simple but profound answer to “How can I learn to be more Influential?” over on Quora: I think that you can certainly become influential without having to do something “extraordinary.” 7 Steps to become more Influential Connect with many people. Learn that just because someone may not be important today, it doesn’t … Read more