Today's guest blog is an extract from Andy Lopata's book, "Connected Leadership", about the seven stages of professional relationships. When we picture a network it’s easy to visualize a fla...

Your business thrives by networking. Staying in touch is an important part of the networking process. Networking is much more than making contact with others and getting new business from them....

With so many businesses and entrepreneurs quickly transitioning from face-to-face interactions to digital, networking has completely changed. Instead of meeting people at in-person events or ven...

I’ve asked Robert Skrob to write another guest blog for my site. Today, he is sharing the topic of Jim Collins' Good to Great. “Good is the enemy of great” rallied players of the 2004 Tampa Bay...

The technology that exists today is great.  When I started BNI 35 years ago, we couldn’t do any of this.  We all had to quickly learn how to utilize the net as part of your networking strategy t...

Do you suffer from "butterfly-itis" at the very mention of networking at business functions? If you answered yes, you are not alone. Many entrepreneurs get a bit uncomfortable when it comes righ...

Are you suffering from "networking withdrawal", missing networking at business functions? If you answered yes, you are not alone. In only a few short weeks, an entire technology, vocabulary, cul...

In the business world, handshakes are the staple of networking in many cultures. However, during these days of Covid-19, we are keeping a physical distance from each other and have avoided hands...

There are some people who are positive and supportive individuals. Over the years, I’ve recognized that these are the people that I really want to be around. They are solutions focused when it c...

The philosophy of Givers Gain® is about giving to other people first. Within this context, the giver cannot and should not expect an immediate return on their investment based on another’s gain....