Training

How would you rate the communication and relationship-building skills of your staff, both internally within their teams and externally when networking, managing clients and liaising with stakeholders?

Internally, effective team communication may be challenged by disparate working locations due to remote working arrangements, generational preferences and personality.

Externally, building meaningful and trustworthy connection, through face-to-face and online networking, is a strategy for building collaboration, referrals and a strong opportunity pipeline.

Kirsty runs skill training workshops covering networking, team-building and communication.

Connection and Relationship-building training is offered in-house or off-site as group workshops or delivered via 1-to1 and peer-group coaching sessions. Typical content includes the following areas but bespoke programmes can also be designed.

Networking

Boost networking skills to enable stronger professional relationships, both at events and internally in your organisation.

Personal Brand

Understand personal strengths and values in order to develop an authentic, consistent and confident networking identity.

Team-Building

Build your workplace community by fostering connection, understanding and collaboration between team members.

Communication

Understand personality types and behavioural preferences to improve communication skills and team performance.

Training client feedback

"At very short notice, Kirsty was able to put together a fantastic relationship-building workshop for our multi-lingual team, who had travelled from various countries to meet together, many for the first time. She really listened to the brief and delivered a powerful set of exercises that could get everyone interacting with each other, despite potential language barriers. I would highly recommend and look forward to working with Kirsty again in the future."

Natasha Baker, General Manager, Golden Eagle Luxury Trains.
Bespoke Teambuilding Workshop, April 2024.

"To say Kirsty "Gets Networking" is an understatement. Kirsty recognises that everyone networks for different reasons and makes sure everyone feels that their needs have been catered for."

Samantha Alford, Professional Procurement and Project Management.
Talk on Networking, Altrincham Chamber of Commerce, 2021

"Kirsty's knowledge of networking, and how to effectively do so, is never-ending. I attended her Networking group workshop and gained valuable insights and know-how around the entire subject. The workshop left me with an action plan that I can take back to our business, implement and share with the rest of the team."

Sophy Bostock, Beech Web Services
Networking Group Workshop, October 2023.

"Had a great day learning how to network personably that felt natural to me. Despite knowing everyone in the room, the prompt questions let me find out even more things I had in common with other colleagues and how we could work together to help each other in the future."

Chloe, Sanofi,
Private Team Workshop, June 2024.

"Breadth of knowledge and passion for the subject is just fab. The Networking training was just brilliant. Thank you so much. Glad I found this aspect to the services you offer."

Julie Harris, Julie Harris Photography.
Public Networking Workshop Event, 2021

"Kirsty is really great to chat with and gives some great tips on how to improve your networking skills. I particularly liked her advice on how to build a more strategic network and the importance of keeping networking activity consistent rather than dipping in and out. She also offered advice on how to make business pitches more effective. If you need help on how to network better, Kirsty is the right person for you."

Kate Halewood.
Networking Advice Session, 2019

Boosting Networking and Connection Success

Networking skills and strategy are not often taught within marketing courses. Increasingly business owners, business development professionals, and sales and marketing staff are thrown into scenarios where they’re told they “should” network and are sent out to network and manage relationships without the soft skills support to do this.

The pandemic added additional challenges for networkers, particularly younger professionals, as opportunities to build networking experience and confidence reduced.

Kirsty provides training on both strategic planning as well as networking ‘how-to’ logistics and soft skills that facilitate connection with purpose and boost networking success.

At a time when businesses are time-poor and inundated with marketing messages, what counts more is trust and strong relationships, whether you’re networking externally for business or personal development purposes or within your own organisation for career and skills support.

Building meaningful and trustworthy connection, through face-to-face and online networking, is a strategy for building collaboration, referrals and a strong opportunity pipeline.

Personal Brand Development

Creating a unique identity and reputation that distinguishes an individual from others but aligns with both personal and organisational values is a critical component of business marketing and communication strategy.

Understanding personal strengths and values is required to craft and promote an authentic and consistent reflection who you are, what you stand for and how your expertise can be engaged. After all, people buy from people, not businesses.

Alongside this self-awareness, networking identity and behaviour are integral components of personal branding as they give an opportunity to design a unique personality blueprint founded on consistent visibility.

Kirsty provides training (individually and in groups) that explores the key elements of personal branding, focuses on networking identity and messaging shared via on and offline communication methods, and inspires personal growth, skills development, and confidence.

Team and Community-Building

Community is not just a concept outside the door where your organisation may be based. It is the environment, tangible or virtual, that sits within your workplace and which aims to unite teams and individuals via shared values and purpose.

Integral to team and community-spirit is understanding – of organisational and team structures, of staff roles, and of what motivates, challenges and supports fellow community members

Team and community-building goes beyond away-days and team-building games. It involves a commitment by an organisation to define transparent values and working practice then invest in and support staff to explore thoughts and behaviours, both individually and collectively, in order that teams can work together for mutual benefit and growth.

Effective Communication and Relationship-management

Workplace communication and professional relationship-building are an expected and valuable soft skill that requires willingness to invest both time and energy.

Staff may be increasingly thrown into scenarios where they’re told to work or network with colleagues, clients or other external parties without the communication skills to represent themselves and interact effectively.

Using 17 years of networking and relationship-marketing expertise, Kirsty provides training and support to improve business communication skills, facilitate connection with purpose and boost confident conversations.

Training

Connection and Relationship-building training is offered in-house or off-site as group workshops or delivered via 1-to1 and peer-group coaching sessions. Typical content includes the following areas but bespoke programmes can also be designed.

Networking

Personal Brand

Team-Building

Communication

Training client feedback

Boosting Networking and Connection Success

Personal Brand Development

Team and Community-Building

Effective Communication and Relationship-management

AWARDS

Get In Touch

Phone

Call: 07789852892

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Training

Connection and Relationship-building training is offered in-house or off-site as group workshops or delivered via 1-to1 and peer-group coaching sessions. Typical content includes the following areas but bespoke programmes can also be designed.

Networking

Personal Brand

Team-Building

Communication

Training client feedback

Boosting Networking and Connection Success

Personal Brand Development

Team and Community-Building

Effective Communication and Relationship-management

AWARDS

Get In Touch

PhoneCall: 07789852892

Sign up to our Newsletter

Phone

Call: 07789852892