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Relationship Capital in the Workplace

By Adam J. Kovitz, CEO, Editor-in-Chief

With 2009 here I wanted to revisit Relationship Capital (RC) and look back at the Laws of Relationship Capital Series I ran from October, 2007 – August, 2008 and expand upon a few of their points. In fact, I realize (in hindsight) that I never suggested an actual means by which we might calculate RC, although I hope to show how we already do this consciously or otherwise when we “size people up”…more  

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Regional Reports


The Friends of Mel Foundation Call it “Word of Mouth”
By Noelle Southwick, New England Bureau Chief
I met Pauline Aligherie, President of the Friends of Mel Foundation, at the Massachusetts Women’s Conference in Boston. The Friends of Mel Foundation sells colorful bracelets to raise money to fund creative and promising projects that impact cancer patient care. The foundation began as a way to honor a dear friend, Mel Simmons, who died of breast cancer in 2005...


The Riddler
By Danielle Lum, Hawaii Bureau Chief
Ask questions. That’s the advice good networkers will give newbies to the networking world. Ask lots of questions and people will think you’re a great networker. Unless you’re “The Riddler”...

Columns


Beyond Networking: Being with Ron Sukenick
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In Previous Articles, we identified and discussed your intentions for your life. With attention, we go into the world and engage with others. As you engage with others, some individuals stand out more than others as people you would like to know further. You may not know “why” but you sense that they connect to one of your intentions...
Make the Connection: Connecting the Dots


Career Management with Jason Alba
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Wow, what a year! According to speculation we're headed into a rough and bumpy 2009. Not great news for those in a long job search, not to mention those in wounded industries (banks, mortgage, etc.)...
Managing Your Career in Turbulent Times


Dealing with Giants with Claudine Halpern
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In this new column we will look at how a small and mid-sized entrepreneurial business can do business with the largest and best-established firms (known in this column as the Big Boys, no offense to my female readers) to the entrepreneurs benefit. We will also take specific business problems from you, my readers, and answer your questions to help you accomplish your business goals...
Networking with Large Companies


Entrepreneurial Networking with Lydia Sugarman
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Just like everyone else, I'm being bombarded by media from all sides and in all forms with regards to the worldwide economic emergency we are experiencing. It isn't always easy to see the relationship between seemingly disparate events that are coming at us from every direction but add up to a global crisis...
Networking Comes in All Styles and Flavors


Sales and Marketing with Bill Doerr
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As the VP of Customer Experience for Palo Alto Software, Jake Weatherly has a very important role to play and objective to achieve: build revenues and market share by developing customers who are loyal evangelists for Palo Alto Software...
Taking Care of Business = Taking Care of Customers


Power Thought of the Week with Patricia Parham, Ph.D.
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Each week, Dr. Patricia Ann Parham shares her views on using your own personal power for more effective NetWorking...
Unlikely Connections, Part 1

 

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