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Hailey Heimbach
on Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Tip: Network with purpose; use the 5-3-1 formula.
The end of summer is a time when people start gearing up for a more work-mode mindset. Of course, you probably worked (and worked hard) over the summer, but September brings thoughts of refreshing and recharging connections.
Social scientist Kasley Killam, "The Art and Science of Connection", offers this formula, the 5-3-1 model of ...
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Hailey Heimbach
on Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Tip: Connecting with colleagues outside of work, tricky?
“Studies show that connecting outside of work can help leaders and employees thrive in their work and improve team performance.” So how to do this, without the risks: “In the wrong setting, these encounters can lead to uncomfortable interactions that tarnish work relationships or potentially jeopardize a professional image that’s taken ...
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Hailey Heimbach
on Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Tip: Can you have a personal networking style?
The Indeed
website in their career guide section offers lots of good networking tips, but we don’t think this one is completely possible:
“Find a suitable networking style. Different networking tactics work for different people. To find the best networking method for yourself, you may want to try a few different tactics. For example, an ...
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Posted
by
Hailey Heimbach
on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Tip: One simple line to personalize your LinkedIn page.
We recently facilitated an online training course and after the session we shared our LinkedIn information so we could continue to be connected with the participants. Pouyan Asgharian took us up on the invitation and we loved how he concluded the short LinkedIn ‘snapshot’ of himself.
Here is Pouyan’s “About" section on LinkedIn. We have ...
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Posted
by
Hailey Heimbach
on Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Tip: Make asking for favors easier.
One of the reasons we build networks is so that we can support each other, but mentally it is a big leap to ask someone for a favor. Joe McCormack, who runs The Brief Lab offers these three barriers:
1. Fear of rejection
2. Not wanting to be a bother
3. Not having ever done the other person a favor first
For most of us, these are most definitely ...
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Posted
by
Hailey Heimbach
on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Tip: How many people do you REALLY know at work?
An immediate answer might be fairly easy. It’s the people on your team, those who work in close proximity, and who you go for drinks with after work.
But upon reflection, when you consider the number of people in your company, how many of those people:
● do you know what they do?
● can you say hello to by name?
● do you have a good level ...
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