Successful Networking: How to Build New Networks for Career and Company Progression

by Frances Kay

Successful Networking gives essential advice on handling any social or workplace situation, helping the reader to improve the chances of keeping their job or getting a new (better) one, learning how to get along with others and improving personal effectiveness and company performance.

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 3, 2010

About the author

Frances Kay is a children’s playwright who was born in London and now lives in Ireland. She has worked with gypsies, prisoners and children in the U.K. and Ireland. She is married to musician Nico Brown. They have two daughters.

Reviews

[Leonidas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although targeted at career progression as the title implies, networking is suggested across the board as a personal life-long initiative. It covers most of the fundamentals from motivation, selection, finding networks and groups, to first impressions, rejection, the 30 second pitch, following up, and sharing networks. Additional topics include virtual networking and managing growth beyond a certain point.

Rating: 3.5/5 - The main feature for a quick-read are the key-points provided throughout the chapters, which are brief and theoretically concise. The chapters themselves consist of multiple large paragraphs, that seem drawn. There is nothing overly innovative, but rather fundamental, yet timeless. Some images, charts, graphs would've done wonders.

Food for thought:
"When I took office, only high-energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the worldwide web… Now even my cat has its own page."

- Bill Clinton

[Wilbert Mutoko · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book on networking to increase contacts and keeping them for the sake of increasing one's networth