Networking Blog

People often ask me about social networking - and recently about Twitter. I was enthralled when I first started Tweeting - such cool people, such interesting and important stuff floating around, all being fed with links. And then...I became overwhelmed...

Recently, a client who was headed for a 2 week trip to Asia asked me if I have any contacts there. She would be visiting 4 major cities. Personally, I had none, but I was able to tap colleagues in my Leading Women network and pass on recommendations from...

The headline from Britain's Telegraph caught my eye, "Women who want to get ahead must take bosses to pub." It made me wonder if men who have women bosses must take them to a spa... This article was from Australia where the Australian Stock...

"When someone sees me leave the building, I always feel guilty. I'm sure they're thinking that I'm heading off for some frivolous reason." explained Jacqui at a recent workshop focused on external strategic relationships. If you...

Lipstick, diamonds and Gucci won't advance women in their careers. Nor will useful, but insufficient, advice on work/life balance, resilience or authenticity. Women are given abundant advice on how to look and how to be, but it only gets them so far...

Last week I spoke on Enhancing Your Executive Presence at the MASS Conference for Women (save the date for next year: December 9, 2010). It was a blast 5,000 women under one roof. My cab driver wondered with amazement what 5,000 women could find to talk...

Kimball Hall is vice president and general manager of Amgen, RI, a Fortune 500 leader in biotechnology-based human therapeutics. Kimball is responsible for all operations at Amgen's 75-acre West Greenwich Ri campus where a staff of 1000 contribute...

The phone rang. "Susan Colantuono," I said. On the line I heard, "Hello, this is Jane Doe. I'm interested in participating in your branding teleseminar, but the website indicates that registration is closed." (Reframe your inner...