What do you do if your personal brand isn't benefiting from networking in team building?

To enhance your personal brand through team building networking, refine your strategies: set clear goals, build relationships proactively, contribute to team success, seek feedback, and expand your network. Active participation, relationship-building, and ongoing self-improvement are key to boosting your personal brand and achieving career success.

Clarify your brand by taking some time to reflect on your unique skills, strengths, values, and professional goals. Define what sets you apart from others and what you want to be known for in your industry or field. Having a clear understanding of your personal brand will guide your networking efforts and help you communicate your value effectively.

If you're not getting more business from networking during team building, think about how genuine your relationships are. Being truly engaged with others entails more than simply self-promotion. You can develop relationships with colleagues that are beneficial to your career and personal life by being genuine and engaging with them. By strengthening your network and giving each connection greater meaning, this strategy enhances your personal brand.

If your personal brand isn't benefiting from networking in team building, focus on creating valuable content and engaging with your audience online. Build a strong online presence through social media, blogs, and industry forums to showcase your expertise and attract potential clients.

If my brand is not building within my team, I would first reevaluate how I’m engaging with team members. Are my contributions reflective of my strengths and core values? To diversify my approach, I’d initiate cross-functional projects to demonstrate my skills and collaborate more closely with different team members. Proactively offering help or mentoring can also display leadership qualities and deepen my connections within the team. Success comes from not just being visible, but being indispensable and aligned with the team’s objectives

Should your brand not contribute effectively, you have choices - you can keep going the way you are, and see if ultimately there is a match on your style and the team receiving your approach, or you can completely flip-flop your approach to where you speak first when you usually sit back and wait, or you listen thoroughly if you tend to jump in to see the response, or you can ask a few team members you like, admire, trust and respect for feedback, and thank them, and follow their guidance. It's up to you, as, like your brand, it is your choice, and your impact!

First is to acknowledge the reality, we can’t be everything to everyone in brand building. Next is to define the tribe we want to be associated. Thereafter is to check the gap and understand the gap. Address the gap using problem solving methodology. Validate the current work done for brand building. Remember brand building is a WIP journey and not a destination.