Are you fed up with trawling round networking events that take vast amounts of time for little return? Do you feel queasy stepping into a room of total strangers to represent yourself or your business? Then this is the book you've been waiting for. Networking is something that can really improve our career prospects, but it is something that many people actively dread. With advice on how to conquer your nerves, ask the right questions, find out about the right events (and work out which ones to avoid), this book offers a straightforward approach to networking that will build confidence in basic skills, as well as tips to hone the skills of the most seasoned networkers.

CONFIDENT NETWORKING FOR CAREER SUCCESS by bestselling author Gael Lindenfield and her husband Stuart is a practical and accessible self-help book everyone will benefit from. Good networking is vital in today's world of work. This book will enable you to build your confidence and develop the essential personal and psychological qualities and skills you need in order to build contacts, enjoy beneficial relationships, and develop a successful and exciting career. Packed with information, advice and anecdotes, including quick-fix solutions for common problems and guidelines for extroverts and introverts, CONFIDENT NETWORKING FOR CAREER SUCCESS will help you to overcome shyness, anxiety and low self-esteem and develop your communication, emotional management, organizational, relationship and electronic skills so that you can easily generate new contacts and enjoy the working life you want.

Are you fed up with trawling round networking events that take vast amounts of time for little return? Do you feel queasy stepping into a room of total strangers to represent yourself or your business? Then this is the book you've been waiting for. Networking is something that can really improve our career prospects, but it is something that many people actively dread. With advice on how to conquer your nerves, ask the right questions, find out about the right events (and work out which ones to avoid), this book offers a straightforward approach to networking that will build confidence in basic skills, as well as tips to hone the skills of the most seasoned networkers.

Whether you want to meet new contacts to further your career or find new customers for your business, this essential guide to networking will help. It offers down-to-earth and practical advice to build confidence in basic skills, as well as hone the skills of the most seasoned networkers.

IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner and the author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation, have written a powerful and compelling book on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us. Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the "creative types." But two of the leading experts in innovation, design, and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative. In an incredibly entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO, the Stanford d.school, and with many of the world's top companies, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives, and allow us to innovate in terms of how we approach and solve problems. It is a book that will help each of us be more productive and successful in our lives and in our careers.

Learn the secrets of successful networking and overcome obstacles to meeting new people. This book is much more than a dry treatise on networking, as it actually gives you the necessary tools to become that popular person that people just naturally want to know. If you find it hard to make new contacts or friends or gain new clients (for business), this book will show you how to change your mind (literally) and become one of those people who others seem to just flock to. This short manual will teach you how to: Increase your confidence Overcome low self-esteem Exude a charismatic personality "Change your mind" from negative to positive Open a channel of conversation and Keep the conversation going & finally... Make new and lasting connections If you have always wanted to increase your circle of friends, or network of contacts (for example, when trying to find jobs), or increase your client database (if you own your own business or are in charge of procuring new clients), or if you simply want to be that person who makes friends easily and someone who people just seem to really want to get to know, then you need look no further. This book, written in a fun and easy to follow manner, will take you on a journey that just may change your life. Within the pages of this short book you will learn the secrets that many popular and successful people have known and used for ages. You will learn how to attract people like a magnet, people who want to talk to you, who want your recognition and who want to be your friend. You will learn how to approach others with confidence, open up a conversation with them (even those timid ones) and draw them out of their shell (so to speak). Once you have finished reading this book and putting the techniques and tips to use, you'll be surprised how easy it actually is to create a network of hundreds (maybe even thousands) of people who will remember you fondly and recognize you as a mover, as someone who they simply like to talk to, to be around and to know as a friend or associate. How would you like to walk into a room and have peoples heads turn as the clamour to greet you. How would like to be the one that people always gather around, wanting to get close to. If you want to be that person that others actually seek out to make their friend, then this book will get you there. This is not some hyperbole, or an exaggeration. This book will actually make you that person, all you have to do is believe in the principles outlined in this book and then put those into action. So, don't wait another day! Buy this book, read this book, read it 2 or 3 times (it's not that long), then start creating that network that will last you a lifetime!