There are over 740 million people on LinkedIn worldwide. Even if half of them are active, that’s a lot of potential for networking across geographic regions, time zones, industries and levels of expertise. No matter what time of day or night, there is activity happening in real-time on LinkedIn, and the best way for me to conceptualise LinkedIn, is as a 24/7/365 networking event, conference or workshop.

I don't know how many people I have written off in my life because of communication styles. I know it's probably a lot though. I suspect I have been written off by a lot of people for the same reason. We all fall into conversation traps that can cause us to misunderstand and disconnect from each other.

Businesses spend a lot of time creating and working on their brand - their logo, value proposition, offerings to various different stakeholders, their differentiators, social media presence and voice, the "personality" of the business. In essence, businesses create the image and experience that they WANT to be known for. Just like businesses, as an individual managing your career like a business, you have the ability to create your brand... and should be doing so. Why? Read

Moving into the world of work is exciting, terrifying, awkward, fun, the start of earning independence and the beginning of realising how little you know! Well that was my experience! I got my first real job just after I completed my Master's Degree. I sent my CV out to about 50 companies and went for a few interviews. I received two job offers - the one I took was from a mining consultancy that paid my flight costs from Cape Town to Joburg for the interview. I remember s

"I can categorically state that I hate marketing and networking. I am not good at it. I don't like it." I used to say these words all the time. I am not quite that categoric these days thankfully. I first started to notice a shift in my approach to marketing after a conversation with a friend. I had said something on Facebook about being surprised at how much I enjoyed an evening of networking - and I really was surprised because I really had found myself chatting eas