Network Is Not a Verb: The Authentic Way to Build Meaningful Professional Relationships

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If you are among the tens of thousands of people who want to move ahead at work yet worry you dont have the right connections, you are not alone. Are you starting your career but dont know how to meet people who can help you get that first job or move beyond that entry level position Are you mid-career and feeling stalled because the people you do know dont seem to be positioned to assist you Do you spend countless hours at events or receptions shaking hands and handing out business cards but wonder why nothing positive ever seems to come of it

In Network is not a Verb, Ellen Poole explains that not only is networking not the answer to these dilemmas, its very value in our culture is a complete myth. Instead, Poole offers a new, core principle for relationship-building success: become someone whom others want to add to their own professional networks.

Poole provides ten clear, actionable tips that anyone can use to become a desired connection for others, and teaches readers how to create their own value-based relationships for career enhancement and success. Extrovert or introvert, account manager or accountant Pooles guidance will work for you whatever your personality or profession.

Network is not a Verb will show you new approaches to use in your everyday life to enhance your appeal as a valued member of others professional networks. The reader will learn how to develop meaningful new relationships, how to maintain them, and how to avoid common missteps that could unwittingly alienate your new connections.

Achieving career success in todays highly competitive world requires more than strong skills and hard work. Network Is Not a Verb is a road map to developing a rewarding network of colleagues and friends who will help and support you throughout your lifetime professional journey.

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Ellen Poole teaches people at all levels of their careers effective strategies to build networks and nurture relationships for professional success. Her audiences have included nationwide corporate teams, law students, and state, local and international professional and trade associations. After graduating from the George Washington University Law School, Poole moved cross country to practice law in Arizona. Despite knowing almost no one when she arrived in her new, adopted state, within six years she had become the fourth woman in U.S. history to be chosen as CEO of a state bankers association and was named by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of its ten most influential people under 40. More recently, Poole spent almost 15 years as a multi-state government relations executive for Fortune 200 company USAA, where she built a professional network spanning the country. She also has worked for the Arizona state legislature and is a graduate of Virginia Tech. Pooles success with a unique approach to building relationships puts a new spin on the meaning of networkand how to build and sustain strong and meaningful relationships in business and in life.