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Newsletter May 12, 2010 Your Network is Your Net Worth |
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Where does networking sit on your professional and career development list of "To Dos"?
No? Let me convince you that it should be. I am presently conducting a 4 part workshop series - How To Be A Successful Manager From Day 1 - I had to choose the 4 key issues for new managers. The 4 I chose were:
A number of people made the comment that they were surprised that I saw networking as one of the 4 most important things for new managers to master. They really believed that there would have to be something more important and couldn't really understand why I'd included it. Ever Go to a School Reunion and See the Class Nerd of 15 Years Ago Networking the Room like a Pro and Wondered: How Did He Ever Learn How To Do That? Somewhere along the way, this guy discovered that having his head inside a book all the time was not going to get him where he wanted to be. He obviously stepped right outside his box and developed his interpersonal, communication and people skills and brought them to his networking. He was right. If you want to advance your career, if you want to have a profile and reputation in your industry or professional sector, if you want to have connections with the people who matter and who can support your career growth and development, then you need to be good at networking. Networking is not about, as many people think, selling and sealing a deal. It is about making connections and building relationships. It is, as I've said in the headline to this newsletter, about creating your net worth. The people you have in your network are worth an enormous amount to you, especially if you put much energy into building genuine and supportive relationships with them over a period of time. So that's why I think networking is one of the most important issues for new managers. If new managers can get out there and build relationships with people who matter, people of influence, if they can join the right committees in their professional or industry group, if they can demonstrate their competence by becoming involved or asking intelligent questions at events, they will develop profile and reputation in their professional or industry group. They will become the highly sought after professional or industry leader. They will become imprinted in their colleagues' consciousness. If they ever want to leave the job they are in, they will have a whole network of people to whom they can approach for opportunities to advance their careers further. That's why networking is so important. So if you are not doing it, now is the time to begin building your net worth. Do it today! 
Maree Harris. PhD.
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Workshop Series Facilitated by Maree Harris. PhD. How To Be A Successful Manager From Day 1. Soft Skills for New Managers. Geelong CPA Branch has sponsored a series of four workshops for new managers as part of its on-going commitment to the development and enhancement of the Soft Skills of professionals Next Session - Wednesday, 26th May, 2010. Note the change of date. Kirrewur Court, Prospect Road, Geelong. How To Successfully Negotiate the First Three Months. On Friday, you were a member of the team, but now it is Monday and you are the leader of the team. What's that feel like? How do your colleagues feel about you now? How to manage that transition within yourself and with your team is just the start of your new journey as their manager. This session will look at the challenges new managers face and the pitfalls to avoid. It will address how to approach this first three months in such a way that at the end you have all your people doing what you want them to do, when you want them to do it - and liking it and you! For further information and bookings about this second session and the following two sessions - 29th July and 23rd September - go to http://peopleempowered.com.au/files/CPA_Geelong_Vic_Marchmanager.pdf While this workshop is being sponsored by the Geelong CPA it is open to everyone.
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Today's Tip. The World's Most Powerful 60 Second Habit. This is a gem from Perry Marshall, internationally renowned marketer and Google Adwords specialist.That's not the only way he has achieved such enormous success. As a member of his Renaissance Club for a number of years I get access to his reflections and learnings. This was one I have put into practice myself that I want to share with you. One of the things people asked for in the survey I did early in the year was tips and strategies. So here is one worth taking up.
He suggests that we take 60 seconds at the start of every day to write down in this little book one positive thing or victory or success from the day before - one a page. We can read back over them from time to time and remind ourselves every day that life is good. The most important thing, however, is what happens to our perspective on life over time. It takes on a much more positive, pro-active and dynamic sense. That 60 seconds can change our lives. Give it a try. Leave the book on your desk and pick it up from time to time and remind yourself of your successes and achievements. ________________________________ New OnIine Mentoring Program Coming Soon. Soft Skills for Accountants Given that I have been doing more work with accountants in the Soft Skills area in recent times than with any other professional group, I am establishing an online mentoring program for accountants. It will be a 52 week program and participants will get an e-class every week on some topic or theme. It may be in webinar form, teleseminar, conference call with some expert or a workbook type exercise. While it is directed at accountants, the material will be very applicable to other professional groups. I'll certainly be encouraging everyone to have a look at the free introduction to the course. If people want to go ahead after the introduction, there will be an introductory fee of $49 AUD per month, with people having the option to stay for as long or a short a time as they wish. More information will be coming soon. |
Is it one of your top priorities?
This little notebook - 8cm X 10 cm - is your motivation and positive focus notebook. Perry says that we are challenged and knocked about every day. These knocks bruise our confidence, sometimes even shatter it. After a while we begin to focus on all the negatives in our life and work, and forget all the positives, victories and successes in our lives.