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How to fall in love with networking: feel calm, confident & ready to connect

Walking into a networking event can feel a bit like stepping onto a stage—you want to make a great impression, but nerves and uncertainty can easily take over. “What do I say?”  “Who should I talk to?” “What if I get stuck in an awkward conversation?” The truth is, great networking doesn’t start when you […]

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It’s my birthday!

Well, Partners With You’s birthday … we’re 24! Entering our 25th year … a quarter of a century! I set the business up with the strap line “helping companies to stop annoying their customers” and over the years that’s exactly what we’ve done. Whether we’re helping you to present your plans to others, your salesmen

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Not putting your client’s needs first is costing you money.

I recently found a eulogy my father had written for a family friend and colleague who he originally met when they both worked for Kurt Salmon Associates; a highly successful independent Management Consultancy founded in 1935 and as of 2016, part of Accenture. According to the eulogy Kurt Salmon’s tenet for the business was “Always

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How far does a smile go? Further than you might imagine.

I’ve been meeting a lot of receptionists this month, and bank staff and shop assistants. Not intentionally, but I just seem to have been out and about more than usual. And overall, I’ve enjoyed the human connection … however I can’t tell you the difference a smile has made to the interaction. Don’t get me

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Make sure you have space in life for your big rocks.

Stephen Covey relays a story in his book “7 Habits of Highly effective People” about how important it is to put the big rocks in life front and centre. In his analogy the big rocks are family, friendship, health, projects that will move you forward etc and the pebbles are the minutiae of life –

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