Networking – From Awkward to Awesome

Speaker: Les Chantery, Corporate Tutor, NIDA

Networking professionally can be a challenging proposition. The inherent awkwardness of the situation can result in people hanging back, potentially missing out on making valuable business connections, or wanting to avoid appearing too pushy.

It is, however, a wonderful opportunity to establish rapport and develop trusting, authentic and long-lasting relationships that are mutually beneficial. Although the end game is to create business opportunities, it is the focus on the relationship rather than the transaction that will deliver the best results.