Network better mini podcast: The story of the hospital
In this story, Jeremy Marchant recounts how his business obtained work through networking, referral and not selling.
Duration: 7:23
Network better: Taking a leadership approach to networking
en-gbMay 07, 2019
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About this Episode
Series 2, episode 5 /
0:00 Why leadership is helpful to networking
0:41 ‘Serve to lead’ (Royal military academy, Sandhurst)
1:16 What does being ‘in service’ mean—and not mean?
1:41 Why is this useful in networking?
2:13 What do leaders do that people who aren’t leaders don’t so?—they create a facilitating environment
3:50 Leadership is showing the way
4:50 Example: story of charity CEO
6:55 Example: how Red Arrows debrief and admit errors
8:21 How this benefits networking and one’s networking group
9:39 The flip side—how politicians don’t adopt leadership positions—it’s not about telling people what to do
11:10 Women ought to better leaders than men
Total duration 13:24
jeremy@emotionalintelligenceatwork.com
www.networkbetter.org
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