Podcast 32: Becoming a Networking Ninja by Relying on Your Soft Skills, Part 1

Dr. Tobin Porterfield and Bob Graham explain how to
become more effective as a networker, what soft
skills you should be applying and how you can
overcome your fears and reluctance to make
connections that can enhance your career.


 


LinkedIn.com in 2016 found that 85% of all jobs
come from networking. Therefore, our ability to be
successful at formal and informal networking can
play a huge role in our career enhancement and
opportunities.


Among the topics they discuss are:


How to approach networking

Networking for introverts or reluctant
networkers

Negotiating your way through formal networking
events

Ways to win at informal networking events

Networking as a means of building trust, which
can may lead to business

What your network can do for you and others in
your network

How networking can help you better understand
your customers

Taking advantage of opportunities that come
through networking

Getting ready to be successful at networking

The soft skills that underpin successful
networking

Why “I can help you” won’t work

The wingman approach to networking

Six things help you to gain trust in seconds



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Next week


We will dig deeper into becoming a Networking Ninja
by playing through some typical scenarios that face
people who are networking like how to end a
discussion without upsetting anyone.









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