ChairX: Leveraging your network

Our CEO Caroline Hayward talks about ways to launch your portfolio career and how to leverage your network and new ones.

Essentially, you’ll need to engage new and relevant people on an ongoing basis – connect and follow up in person or Zoom to build trust and maintain the relationships.

80% of your business will emanate directly or indirectly from your personal network and your connections.

Creating trust and respect is essential- coffee, lunch etc. to learn more about your network , and they you, to create the opportunity for referrals.

Be prepared to collaborate where possible – offer helpful interactions and connections  and be open to new connections and not introspective.

Be selfless up to a point- be open and helpful, as this can pay dividends.

Keep your network fresh- people retire and change roles.

Ideally you can become a thought leader and build your personal brand to differentiate yourself. ChairX can support you here.

Join the best networks and groups and try to engage and get involved where possible – Zoom meetings, coffees, lunches, networking events etc. It’s now part of the day job and not an optional extra.

Collaborative International business networking such as ChairX is ideal.

You can watch the video here