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Networking Obstacles

Networking Obstacles

Chi Chi Okezie – May 2017

Networking is definitely a key component to career, business or academic success. Being able to overcome common obstacles takes focus, skill and dedication. Savvy networkers can be efficient and effective in their endeavors when they are able to make good decisions.

Listed below are helpful tips for maneuvering through common networking challenges.

  Pick and Choose

There are instances when you have two or more events scheduled for the same time. It is impossible to attend them all, thus you have to choose an event. It can be difficult especially if there are opportunities which can arise from one or more events. How do you select the right event to attend? A good suggestion, is to contact the organizer of the event and ask if the event is re-occurring. If the event will take place in the following months then plan to attend at a later time. Another idea is to ask the organizer or host who will be attending. If the guest list matches up with your potential customers, clients or partners then opt to attend that event. Also, check the agenda or program, if possible. Will there be a notable speaker? Will there be a good presentation? By answering these questions, it can give you insight as to how to make the proper decision.

  Time Management

Another great way to scale your networking is to attend functions which are relevant to your goals. Do not attend an event just because you do not have a prior commitment or can afford to make an appearance. Go to a function because you believe it has quality and adds value to your networking advancement. You can also pick events that can benefit others in your networks and expose them to similar opportunities. Definitely take the time to evaluate your processes and make proper use of your time.

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10 Superstar Networking Tips to Grow Your Business

10 Superstar Networking Tips to Grow Your Business

  1) Rock Your Appearance. Let your outfit be a conversation starter. Wear something that makes you feel like a million bucks and helps you radiate confidence.

2) Prepare Yourself Mentally. Know your purpose for being there. Be passionate about what you do and let it shine. What do you want to learn?

3) Show Up Early. Arrive with extra time so you can grab a coffee and get to know a few people before everything starts to get busy. Be on the lookout for people with whom you feel you can connect with and strike up a conversation with them.

4) Be a Giver. Have you ever met someone whom you feel wants to get something from you? It gives off a bad negative energy, doesn’t it? Avoid this from happening to you by shifting your energy to one of abundance and ask yourself how you can best serve others.

5) Ask for Their Business Card. It is always better to ask for the other person’s card. Asking for their card feels better than shoving yours in their hand.

6) Share the Event Socially. Social Media is a great tool for building and maintaining relationships. Take plenty of pics at events to share on social media.

7) Switch it Up. Try sitting with different people.  Sometimes the chit-chat that occurs before and after the event can lead to the best connections.

8) Step Up to the Mike. If there is a Q&A opportunity, step up to the microphone and let your question be heard. You’ll get a chance to introduce yourself to the whole room and get expert answers to your question.

9) Give a Testimonial. If you loved the event or a service, be vocal about it. Tell the event coordinator / service provider and offer a testimonial. You can also place recommendation on LinkedIn, Facebook or your networking site.  Email a written testimonial to the event host / service provider. They may post it on their website and give you exposure!

10) Love ’em Up. There is a Chinese proverb that says “A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.” When you get back home after the event, the most important part is following up with and nurturing relationships you made.  Here it’s a strategy of quality, not quantity.  Narrow them down to the few people you had a real connection with and send a warm, genuine email.

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What I Do At Work Matters!

What I Do At Work Matters!

By Cece Krelitz

How does an employee know if s/he fits into a company? In all the jobs, I have had, I always thought about how what I did fit into the company’s as well as my goals. Lately, I have read about employers in a variety of fields complaining that they cannot find good employees. I say to myself, maybe the employee is not the problem; perhaps it is the employer, the hiring and/or training process.

I believe that most employees don’t know how their skills and expertise fit into an organization’s mission statement, product, service or core values. Without knowing that, how can an employee make sure that the job is the best fit for everyone involved? I have read about creating culture and hiring for culture within organizations. At the beginning it may be about the hours, pay, benefits and culture of the company that keeps people. As time goes on, I believe finding and keeping employees vested in an organization is vital. New hires and long-term employees need to know not only “where they fit in”, but also “how what they do fits in” to serving the organization’s clients, guests, customers or vision/mission.

For example, years ago I went from working for a regional pharmaceutical wholesaler as a salaried customer service supervisor, to working for a national pharmaceutical wholesaler as an hourly order filler. After a few months at the national wholesaler, my mother would frequently ask me “when are you going to stop schlepping boxes for a living?” Schlepping is the Yiddish word for hauling or carrying something. I said “I do not just schlep boxes for a living. I fill orders that go to hospitals in the five-state area and when I do my job properly those patients get the medications they need.” Like only a mother can do, she raised an eyebrow at me and the conversation was over.

About two weeks later, we went and visited one of her friends at the hospital, which happened to be one of my company’s customers. As soon as I walked in Joanie said “Cece, look I have my Duragesic patch and my morphine pump.” I smiled at her and said “I noticed and you know they came from my company.” We continued with the visit. When my mother and I were driving out of the hospital’s parking lot, I said “those drugs she mentioned, my hands touched. I received them into my area of the warehouse, I put them away, and when the hospital made its daily order, I filled it. I do not schlep boxes for a living. I make sure that the hospital has the medications that it needs to treat patients, people who are someone’s parent, relative, child, friend, or co-worker. She never asked me again when I was going to stop schlepping boxes for a living. I knew how what I did mattered and how I fit in. I was never just an order filler. I considered myself an important part of helping someone get well, live better or die easier.

It was the essence of what we did as a wholesaler: put the right pharmaceuticals, in the right box, in the time allotted and get them delivered to the right hospital. I think businesses have trouble finding and keeping employees after the basics of compensation and benefits are taken care of, because they do not distill it down to how each action of the employee has an impact. It is the collective action of all those employees each day, repeatedly, which makes for successful companies.

Companies spend millions of dollars training employees and it is usually good training. What I am suggesting is taking it deeper and showing the employees how what they do fits in. Using the pharmaceutical wholesaler as an example, if I had been the warehouse supervisor, I would have taken every hourly order filler to the hospitals and to the people who ordered the pharmaceuticals. I would have walked them through the different wings of the hospital. I would have shown them the Pyxis drug distribution systems within the hospital where the product s/he put in the box went and were distributed from.

Let me give you another extreme example of I knew “how what I did fit in” while working at a restaurant. I took a call from a woman who wanted her brother to be part of her wedding and wanted it to be through her cake. Little did I know that her brother had died; all I knew was that she wanted some of his doodles on her cake. When she told me about his death, at first shock and awe hit. How can I do this and not disappoint? After a few conversations, I felt I understood her need. The night of the wedding the server took the cake out to all the guests and I never heard a word, good or bad from him or her. A few weeks later, an email arrived thanking me for bringing her brother’s doodles into the wedding. She said it was exactly what she had hoped for. I still have that email.

As a pastry chef, I was always in the kitchen and rarely spoke with the guests or ever heard from them. It did not matter. I knew “how what I did fit in.” Every day when I went to work, knowing each item I baked was going to be part of a celebration, a business event, a wedding, a birthday, and even a break from work mattered. I did not need to meet these guests because I knew if I did my job they would become repeat customers.

In both those fields being on one’s feet all day, working under pressure, having the ability to prioritize, and time management are critical skills necessary to complete the work. Knowing how what I do fits in requires those skills and more: compassion, patience, attention to detail, and valuing one’s work for its connection to others. The next time I hear someone complain about being unable to find good employees, I am going to ask: Do you train and hire employees in how what they do fits in to the company’s vision and mission? If not, maybe now is the time to start.

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FOCUS – A Power Word for Every Day

FOCUS – A Power Word for Every Day

  In April 2008, I bought a book at the airport as I was boarding a long haul flight. It was entitled, ‘The Power of Focus’ by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Les Hewitt. I read it cover to cover on the plane, not realizing how much it was literally going to change my outlook on both my business and personal life. I learned that,“It’s all about focus. The main reason most people struggle professionally and personally is simply lack of focus.”

I learned that, ‘my habits will determine my future’ and that ‘it takes focused action, personal discipline and lots of energy every day to make things happen’.

The word ‘Focus’ became my mantra for 2008 and it guided me through what turned out to be an extremely challenging but rewarding year.  Another best selling author Brian Tracy claims that, ‘Your ability to focus is the most important success skill you can ever develop.’ Over the last 8 years, I have continued my journey both personal and business, learning the power of focus, seeing both successes and failures but all the while learning more and more the fact that much more is achieved when we focus instead of spreading ourselves too thinly or trying to target everyone, ending up targeting no one.

Focus is potent, undiluted and it attracts.

JF Kennedy said, “Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”

It is timely that now for 2016, ‘focus’, meaning having a central point of attention, is one of our key words to drive our business growth across our Business over Breakfast (BoB) Club network in Australia and New Zealand.

Focus clarifies, cuts out the distractions and provides a constant reminder of what you set out to do, who you set out to be and where you set out to go and it is focus that keeps you on the track to get there. Focus narrows it all down, brings a simplicity and a strength. It un-complicates you and your brand. When you have focus, others can see that and are attracted to the power that brings.

Focus is and will always remain in our list of key words to drive us forward both personally and professionally. If you have not embraced ‘focus’ and its power in your personal and business life, then I strongly encourage you to do so today. We welcome comments and questions.

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INSPIRE – A Power Word for Every Day

INSPIRE – A Power Word for Every Day

Inspire

In 2011 this word came crashing into my life as being central to everything I am about. I had the privilege of meeting Thomas Power from the UK, in person, in Sydney. Thomas spent an hour with me taking me through a guided session that resulted in bringing everything that drives me down to two words.

Those 2 words were: Inspiring Solutions.

Thomas’ instructions to me were to treat those two words as key to everything I do and I started from that moment on to build my personal brand around ‘Inspiring Solutions’.  A few months later I set up my first LinkedIn profile and used my new ‘core words’ to create the following statement:

  “Passionate, energetic and dynamic, I am all about inspiring solutions through international business development and helping others network and connect effectively.”

  From 2011 and even more so today, ‘Inspiring Solutions’ is my benchmark for everything I share on-line, everything I tweet about, like, re-share, post, comment on and for offline face to face networking conversations, discussions, topics I will talk about and even people I choose to associate with. If it is aligned with inspiring solutions, I am there. If it is not then I politely choose to exit or change the subject and I like to think I honestly manage this most of the time.

  The simple word ‘inspire’ and all its variations, inspiring, inspiration, inspirational, have taught be more about life, about attitudes towards business and pleasure, about people, about positive change that focus on 2 key words brings, than I ever would have thought possible.

My favourite definition of the verb to inspire is

To fill with an animating, quickening or exalting influence; to fill with enlivening or exalting emotion

  I have discovered the power of choosing to become inspiring and have been on a mission for the last couple of years to inspire others to choose the same. This personal purpose statement that I created at a workshop led by Jan Haldane is a powerful reminder: ‘My purpose is to express my passion, energy and drive to inspire, connect and build engaging networks with people and businesses.’

  I could write all day about this amazing little word inspire but I will choose to finish off with some of a key note that I wrote and delivered as part of a Corporate Series led by Cam Calkoen in 2014:

“Inspiring people are attractive. They ooze something which the rest of us want – they feed us, challenge us, and energise us. We want to follow them, know them, and be associated with them.

In choosing to become inspiring, you will choose to become one of those people who others gravitate towards. They will share your posts, like your blogs and updates, will connect with you, follow you, meet face to face with you, attend events you are at, introduce you to others and look to build some kind of relationship with you.

So inspire those around you and find others who inspire YOU. Build your network around these 2 points and you will have loyal connections who will bring others who they think would be inspired by or resonate with you AND you will be doing the same for those connections who inspire you.

It’s all about GIVE and TAKE. Giving comes first.”

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CREATE – A Power Word for Every Day

March 31 , 2016 – Jayne Albiston

This year we have 24 key words that we are applying directly to our business. They have particular meaning because we have taken them from our personal collection of words that we use to inspire and drive our lives forward.

  In no particular order, I am commenting on one of these words every couple of weeks and they appear in our company newsletter each month. These comments are my own and I would welcome any additional insight, inspiration or feedback that you may have on them, including any experiences that you may have had along your business journey so far.

  The 4th word is: CREATE…

  There is a reason this word made it to our collection of inspiring words. Create implies there is always an opportunity for something new. It also screams of being proactive rather than reactive.

  Some people sadly live their lives in reaction – life happens TO them and their time is spent dealing with the consequences.

  Many years ago I read an article which made so much of an impact on me at the time that I used to share it with every class of students I taught. It was all about choosing to be proactive rather than reactive and to choose to live your life like that.  In other words we have the power to create our lives and if we don’t like the life we have, then we should set about designing another one.

  Since that time, and since The Secret alerted us all to The Law of Attraction, there have been many people encouraging us all to create Dream Boards, to write up our dreams and turn them into goals – reiterating that thoughts, become words which then become actions. Your habits become your life.

  The word create for me is potently positive – it is the end of excuses, the motivation to get moving, the wiping clean of whatever slate you have in front of you and the notion that endless possibility does exist if you but take the time to design it, to create and as the dictionary says, ‘To bring something new into existence.’.

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RESPECT - A Power Word for Every Day

February 25, 2016 – Jayne Albiston

This year we have 24 key words that we are applying directly to our business. They have particular meaning because we have taken them from our personal collection of words that we use to inspire and drive our lives forward.

In no particular order, I will be commenting on one of these words every couple of weeks and they will appear in our company newsletter each month. These comments are my own and I would welcome any additional insight, inspiration or feedback that you may have on them, including any experiences that you may have had along your business journey so far.

  The second word is RESPECT…

When thinking on the word, respect a few things come to mind straight away. Firstly the thought that we all like to be treated with respect and secondly that we all like to be respected and we often enjoy respecting someone else. The interesting thing is that the definition of respect in the dictionary has those two meanings of respect round the other way.  It has the feeling of ‘deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities or achievements’ first and ‘due regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others’, second.

I would like to suggest that the dictionary has the meanings listed in the wrong order and even go so far as to say that perhaps it is actually our focus often on the first dictionary meaning that has resulted in a lack or absence of the second dictionary meaning and perhaps it is time we focused on re-prioritising how we embrace respect and proactively include it in our personal and business relationships and lives.

I have very rarely met anyone who has respect, as in deep admiration, for someone who does not exhibit or display due regard for the feelings, wishes or rights of others. In my personal and business experience, physically showing respect for the way in which you treat someone (the second dictionary meaning) is an absolute pre-requisite to building a successful relationship of any sort and not showing respect can do insurmountable damage in a heartbeat.

There is an old saying that is often repeated in both personal and business circles; Treat others as you would have them treat you. We know it and many of us practice it. Ever since becoming an iMA Practitioner 4 ½ years ago and learning that actually only about 25% of the world is really on the same wavelength as me in terms of how they prefer to be treated, my mantra has changed quite dramatically. I now live by ‘Treat others as they would like to be treated’, which more often than not is very different to how I would like to be treated,  given that when it comes to communication and connectivity, 75% of the world is on a different wavelength than I am.

This has a huge impact on what it means to show ‘respect’ in terms of having due regard for the feelings, wishes or rights of others. Even though  we all communicate and connect in many ways each day, at our core, all of us have a preferred way of being treated. It naturally follows that that preferred way of being treated is also our most natural way of treating others and communicating with them (possibly stemming from the idea that it is best to treat others as we would like to be treated).  How shocked I was to learn and realise that all those times I had treated someone else the way I would want to be treated, many times I was getting it very wrong and even rubbing them up the wrong way simply by being myself. What I considered to be respectful of their feelings was not and how I thought they wanted to be treated was not taken or received in the way that I had intended.  In short, I had been disrespectful, just by being my natural self.

It has been an incredible eye opener for me over the past few years to learn tangible, simple strategies through iMA (identify a person’s preferred way of communicating and being treated, modify your message so it is more effectively received and adapt to and appreciate the differences in others) to enable me to learn how to really show respect for others. It will take me a life time of practice but I now have the skills to be able to show respect in the way I connect and communicate with others. This is, in my opinion, the crucial first step to building both personal and business relationships and getting to know, like and trust someone. If we are putting the definitions of respect in their true order, showing regard for others should definitely come first.

This second word respect is an extremely important one and my constant challenge is to put it first in every interaction I have, whether personal or business. How about you?

  Jayne Albiston Director Business over Breakfast (BoB) Clubs Australia & New Zealand

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TRUST - A Power Word for Every Day

February 25, 2016 – Jayne Albistion

This year we have 24 key words that we are applying directly to our business. They have particular meaning because we have taken them from our personal collection of words that we use to inspire and drive our lives forward.

In no particular order, I will be commenting on one of these words every couple of weeks and they will appear in our company newsletter each month. These comments are my own and I would welcome any additional insight, inspiration or feedback that you may have on them, including any experiences that you may have had along your business journey so far.

The first word is TRUST.

  TRUST…

For some, trust is a loaded word and often one that can be used way too lightly or even flippantly. Jo-Anne Randall from Staples Rodway provided a timely reminder last week in her business tip at our Britomart BoB Club in Auckland that telling a client or even worse a prospect to just ‘Trust me’ before time has been taken to truly build a relationship is a big no no. To trust, or to have a ‘firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something’ takes time and may involve shared experiences, dinner, wine, coffee, doing a great job or producing a great result over a number of months. The dictionary itself tells us that ‘relations have to be built on trust’. This is true because when you really think about it, none of us can ever know everything about a person or a professional or even a company, regardless of how much ‘research’ we might do, and let’s face it, we can do quite a lot more now than we ever could before, especially with all the online resources and platforms available. In the end there is always that gap, that gulf, that ditch that can only be crossed through trust or blind faith as some of us may call it. The risk can be small or large and the consequences also. For those of us who approach life with a glass half full attitude and who always strive to look through slightly rose tinted glasses, we have most likely experienced both. The positives we will have grabbed with both hands while the negatives we will have put down to learning experiences and we will have moved on. But what if those risks could be minimized in some way? What if that gap, that gulf, that ditch could be narrowed and blind faith did not have to come into play so much? I recently read and re-read an article which talked about ‘real social networks’ and the Village Effect. According to Susan Pinker, a Canadian Clinical Psychologist, the benefits of ‘social integration with a regular diverse group of people and social intimacy – being with people you can depend on, the ones who have your back when the going gets tough’ are phenomenal and some claim are pointing towards being the secret of living a long and healthy life.

When thinking on TRUST and the premise that ‘relations have to be built on trust’, it naturally makes sense to see that including organized social integration and intimacy in one’s personal and business life would have positive outcomes and repercussions.

Susan Pinker says; ‘Whether you live in a village, a city or the country, you have to have a diverse group of people you meet on a regular basis’.

I am privileged and honoured to be the Australia/NZ Director of an amazing organization called ‘Business over Breakfast’. I literally get to meet every day for breakfast with an incredibly diverse range of people and over time we form quality relationships through a process of getting to know, like and trust eachother. The know and the like ALWAYS come before the trust and reminding myself of this fact has paid off for me personally and business wise in many ways over recent years. Whether it is a Business over Breakfast (BoB) Club or another group of people or business professionals you meet with on a regular basis, building relationships over time has an astounding impact on the size of that gap, that gulf, that last leap of faith in trusting someone and then also in trusting those who they introduce you to. I think if we are honest, all of us recognize TRUST as being an important, often crucial element in our personal and business success. Many of us steer away or try to avoid it, having experienced ‘broken’ trust in the past.

  Recognising that quality relationships and social connectivity are literally the fibre of our future, it makes sense to take a fresh look at trust; how we use the word, how we build trust or break it, how we make it part of the glue in our personal and business brands and in our approach, communication and interpersonal relations. So how about taking the challenge this year to embrace trust, find ways to meet up regularly with a diverse range of people and professionals and start to build those quality relationships, the kind that will see you living a long healthy life and benefiting from the business success that can only come through trust that stands the test of time. Let me know how you go.

  Jayne Albiston

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Keith Kietzmann from Trustees Executors joins Papamoa BoB Club - Better Business Networking

Keith Kietzmann, Trustees Executors – Papamoa

Trustees Executors

Financial Planner

54 Levers Road Tauranga 3110

+64 021966484

021966484

www.trustees.co.nz

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Member of the Papamoa BoB Club

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Robert Charbine from Minuteman Press joins Narre Warren BoB Club - Better Business Networking

Robert Charbine, Minuteman Press Narre Warren

Minuteman Press Narre Warren

Printer

4 / 4 Vesper Drive Narre Warren 3805

8790 5611

0411195462

www.narre-warren.minutemanpress.com.au

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Member of the Narre-Warren-Melbourne BoB Club

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Gehan Gunawardena from GG Life Coaching joins Narre Warren BoB Club - Better Business Networking

Gehan Gunawardena, GG Life Coaching

GG Life Coaching

Life Coach

19 Belle Circuit Berwick 3806

0425709454

0425709454

www.gglifecoaching.com

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Member of the Narre-Warren-Melbourne BoB Club

                          I believe the meaning or purpose of life is all about becoming our best version. It is the journey of expanding what we believe about ourselves through creations, contributions and ultimately wisdom. It truly is a journey of evolving through purpose, faith, perseverance, determination and love. It starts with self-awareness and ends with self-awareness at a deeper level.

Sometimes all we need is a conversation with someone who truly understands us and is able to share an insight that will elevate us to the next level.

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Alana Datson from Bayleys Real Estate Mairangi Bay joins Albany BoB Club - Better Business Networking

Alana Datson – Bayleys Real Estate Mairangi Bay

  Bayleys Real Estate

Real Estate

396 Beach Road Mairangi Bay North Shore

021 750 575

www.bayleys.co.nz/Franchises/Bayleys-Real-Estate-Ltd/140/Mairangi-Bay

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Member of the Albany BoB Club

                  Alana Datson has a firm footing in the real estate industry and the invaluable experience of having been on both sides of a property transaction.

Alana has joined the expert local team at Bayleys Mairangi Bay after four years spent as the Marketing Executive within the Bayleys City and Fringe commercial team. Alana was an integral member, focused on boosting the profile of her team and their successes, through designing their new dedicated team website, creating and distributing quarterly marketing brochures containing recent transactions, current properties available and a snapshot of the market looking forward and capturing the teams’ annual capabilities.

Now, specialising in the sale of residential and waterfront properties throughout the sought after East Coast Bays suburbs, Alana is driven to deliver results and to earn the trust and referral business that comes from a memorable sale. Alana is now working alongside Jackie Smith, a well established and highly regarded residential and waterfront specialist, whom is consistently a top performer nationwide.

Alana is known for her charismatic personality and transparent approach. She is direct and straight forward in her communication, preferring not to sugar coat the facts but to keep her clients at the forefront of any developments.

Clients can feel confident that a job in Alana’s hands is a job well done. She holds herself to high moral standards and believes in the value of hard work in all areas of her life.

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Carl Cachopa from RSM New Zealand joins the Mairangi Bay BoB Club

    RSM New Zealand

Chartered Accountants

Unit C3, 17 Corinthian Drive Albany North Shore 0752

09 4146262

www.rsmnz.co.nz

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                    Chartered Accountants in Albany and Highbrook, Auckland, New Zealand

RSM NZ, Chartered Accountants provide a full range of accounting and advisory services to its clients. We have offices in Albany on the North Shore and Highbrook in East Tamaki which enables us to service clients Auckland wide. RSM NZ have been in business for over 65 years and during this time have built a team that is strong in technical ability, focussed on helping clients achieve sustainable growth and committed to building enduring relationships with their clients. At RSM NZ we acknowledge that each client operates in a unique environment and that they have varying business and personal goals. For this reason we tailor our services to the needs of each client.

We are able to offer our clients access to additional expertise through our membership of NZ CA – an Association of Independent Chartered Accountants, and globally through our international affiliation with RSM International. These alliances allow us to support our clients as they grow on a national or international level.

RSM NZ provide a complete offering of services across all industries. While being strong in compliance, we also offer specialist services in Audit, Tax (including Transfer Pricing documentation and reviews), Business Consultancy, Due Diligence, Valuations, Cash Flow projections and Growth Options reporting to name a few. We are big enough to assist no matter what you do but are small enough to provide a personal service and to provide access to staff  from accountant to Partner.

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Emma Boyd from BNZ Banking Joins Te Atatu BoB Club - Better Networking

Emma Boyd, BNZ

  BNZ

Banking

30 Mahuhu Crescent Auckland

021 246 2730

www.bnz.co.nz

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Member of the Te-Atatu-Peninsula BoB Club

Business Description

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Vik Sidhu from Thexton Armstrong joins Takapuna BoB Club - Better Business Networking

Thexton Armstrong

Business Coach

49 Eskdale Rd Birkenhead Auckland 0626

022 191 2234

thextonarmstrong.com/sidhu/

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Do you want results for your business and want them fast?

Vik loves fostering long term relationships by doing exactly that. He enjoys helping teams and businesses take their performance to levels they didn’t think possible.His secret is to use a Project Management based approach and to focus intensely on the major issues at hand. Where most skim the surface, Vik dives deep into root causes of challenges.

Vik has nearly 15 years’ experience in Process Improvement. This experience spans across the US, India and New Zealand. Vik has helped improve processes in IT, Finance, Supply Chain among other areas. His experience includes working for competitive, results-driven organisations such as GE and Dell. In 2014 one of Vik’s projects was short listed a semi-finalist for the Project of the Year award at the CI (Continuous Improvement) NZ Forum.

Vik earned his MBA from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. He holds certifications in Project Management (PMP – Project Management Professional) and is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from the American Society for Quality.

Here is a sampling of some of the projects Vik has worked on

Increased the productivity of a call centre by nearly 20%.

Reducing project lead times in a Consulting company by 25%.

Streamlining Supply Chain operations in one of  NZ’s largest hospital to the point where there was 99.9% stock availability. A critical improvement area until then.

Helping teams reduce the amount of rework they were doing (but didn’t know they were!) by over 50%.

Helping IT teams set up processes so they could be more productive by focusing on what was important. Rather than go from fighting one fire to another.

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Debra Taylor-Hayhurst Joins Christchurch BoB Club

  Debra Taylor-Hayhurst, Canterbury Training Services Ltd

Canterbury Training Services Ltd

Management Development & Training

261 Loburn Kowai Road RD 2 Rangiora 7472

021 863 877

021 863 877

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Business Description

Business and Personal Coaching and Mentoring provided