Networking Ahead: Get where you want to go by making powerful, professional connections - Softcover

McAfee, Kathy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998803200 ISBN 13: 9780998803203

Publisher: Motivated Press, 2017

Synopsis

Networking Ahead by Kathy McAfee is the best guide for building more mutually beneficial relationships to create more opportunities for personal, professional and business growth. Written with a playful automotive theme, this 3rd edition is packed with real life examples, stories, and actionable instructions helping the reader shift into a higher gear of business growth and career development through networking. This is a 'must read' by anybody seeking to advance their career, cultivate higher level prospects and connections, turn a small business into a fast growing success, create a pipeline of fans and supporters, and even land a better job. Networking Ahead provides useful ideas and proven strategies to help you:

1. Identify which relationships should get more of your attention
2. Create a systematic approach to your networking follow-up
3. Perfect your pitch to attract the right kind of new connections
4. Ask for facilitated introductions so you never have to make a cold call again
5. Overcome roadblocks that get in your way from networking success
6. Network with people of influence, money and power to accelerate business
7. Use social media to expand your professional networking
8. Network anywhere, anytime with anyone for greater mutual success

About this title

About the Author

Kathy McAfee is an executive presentation coach and professional speaker, and is known as America's Marketing Motivator. Her mission is to help corporate leaders and business professionals to more effectively use their talent, energy, and influence to create positive changes in the world. She is the author of two books, Stop Global Boring, and Networking Ahead (3rd Edition). She is also the recipient of the prestigious Best Blog of the Year, as awarded by The Women in Business and The Professions World Awards (2014). In her role as executive presentation coach, she helps clients increase their confidence, credibility, and influence by reducing their PowerPoint clutter to better engage their audiences and move them to action. A certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Kathy shows her clients how to clear their limiting beliefs and use more effective strategies to realize their full leadership potential. Over 30 years, Kathy has succeeded in numerous corporate leadership positions. She's brought marketing success to organizations like Levi Strauss & Co., Maybelline, Southcorp Wines of Australia and ADVO. On a three year assignment in England, Kathy led European marketing initiatives for an international vision care company. In 2005, Kathy gave flight to her entrepreneurial dreams and launched Kmc Brand Innovation, LLC, a talent development company offering communication training, executive and business coaching, and keynote speaking services to her motivated clients. Kathy is a graduate of Stanford University in Economics. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, a past board member for the YWCA of the Hartford Region, and an active member of Soroptimist International of the Americas. A resilient woman, Kathy is also an ovarian cancer survivor, and holds a second degree black belt in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do. Kathy and her husband Byron currently live in South Carolina.

Review

“AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR NETWORKING. Kathy's guidance through the maze of contacting to partnering to developing lifelong friendships is stellar! Her book is an excellent resource to often refer to and deepen the practice of effective networking. Kathy illustrates how to strategically and operationally network to make a meaningful difference!" - Marcia Daszko, Business & Innovation Strategist, Author of Survival is Optional

“ONE HOT ROD OF A BOOK. Kathy McAfee has packed a ton of horsepower under the hood of this book. She blended crisp useful descriptions of networking tactics with interesting real life stories that illustrate her points well. She also generously looks out for her readers by continually pointing them to other resources (websites, experts, books and more) that can help further their mastery of networking. Kathy writes like she's sitting next to you having coffee."- Chris John Amorosino, owner, Amorosino Writing, LLC

“POSITIVELY NETWORKING. Kathy's networking book is filled with simple straight forwards ideas. I always wanted to do successful networking. This book gives me clear directions how to do networking. Already, I have a couple of "coffee" meetings." – Robert King, CPA, Managing Partner, King, King & Associates

“TRANSFORM HOW YOU APPROACH BUSINESS NETWORKING. Kathy transforms networking from a dreaded activity to a compelling life strategy, while providing actionable guidance on how to get it done. This book should be an essential item in every professional's career toolbox.”- Mark Yaphe, Sr. Vice President of Product Development

"IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAREER, YOU'LL READ THIS BOOK." Kathy's principle on networking will help you leverage the power of connections to create exciting new possibilities in your life." - Judith R. Rosenthal, reemployment specialists, and founder/volunteer for The Schmoozer Job Network

"EXCELLENCE IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. I loved reading Networking Ahead as it provided me with insights about excellence in building relationship for multilevel purposes. The personal story format kept my attention while the content focused on how building one's own distinction creates opportunities." - Juli Ann Reynolds, Executive Coach, CEO Advisory Board Leader

"FILLED WITH INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES. Networking Ahead is a welcomed departure from other books on the topic. Filled with innovative strategies, entertaining stories, Kathy McAfee will get you thinking and networking in a whole different way." - Steve Harper, Speaker and Author of The Ripple Effect

"A MUST READ FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS AND LIFE. Kathy creatively uses the analogy of driving to teach the strategy of networking in an extremely effective and motivating way." - Lynn Ward, CEO, Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce, Connecticut

Edition details

• Publisher: Motivated Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0998803200
• ISBN 13: 9780998803203
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 272