Why Are LinkedIn Discouraging Genuine Connection and What Can We Do About It?
A recent change on LinkedIn seems designed to discourage genuine connection and leaves standard users with a tough choice.
A recent change on LinkedIn seems designed to discourage genuine connection and leaves standard users with a tough choice.
The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is quoted in today’s Times as advising young people that working from home was not going to help them in their careers. It’s easy to view the Chancellor’s statement through a Covid-19 tinted lens and either praise or damn his advice depending on your appetite for risk or desire to see a return to normality. However, I think it’s important to take a different perspective.
I recently wrote an article for First Voice, the magazine for members of the UK's Federation of Small Business, on how leaders can get support even when working remotely.
Six simple steps to making the most of your LinkedIn presence
So many people go through the motions of 'relationship-building' on LinkedIn, prompted by random suggestions from the site itself.
It's very important for leaders to develop a strong network across a range of stakeholder groups, from clients to suppliers to senior colleagues and more. But are you in danger of missing the most important relationships? The ones closest to home.
The Business Independent published this review of 'Just Ask'
My recent column for The Business Independent in which I look at how networking will adapt as we return to a more normal way of life post pandemic.