November’s Not Just About the Grind – Here’s How ‘Extra’ Connections Can Fuel Your Success!
Susan Elford
I help multi-passionate women build the career or business they dream of so they can feel fulfilled at work and at home. Founder, The Aligned Leader and the Aligned Business Collective.
We’re in the thick of it, aren’t we? November. Halloween’s over. That means we’re SERIOUS now. It’s a hard push until Christmas with lots of client deliverables, performance reviews, holiday season shopping and the kids are pushing through the homework, projects and studying for midterms.
It would be easy to skip over or not attend those “extra” events – like professional development lunches, coffees just to “catch up,” or those mentoring sessions you promised yourself you would do with those more junior employees.
However, I invite you to consider another perspective – what if all that “fluff” wasn’t just, well, fluff? What if it would:
Yup, that starts now.
This past month, I’ve been focused on NETWORKING. Meeting new people, mentoring the more junior and loving the dialogue with seasoned professionals. I must admit, I do find it to be a lot of fun – because I go into it with a genuine desire to connect and meet people. It’s not all business to me. It’s about enjoying my professional life, and the beautiful bonus? I’ve made a lot of friends along the way with this approach.
My work life is rich with relationships and depth that would not be there without my desire to get to know people for who they are – not for what they might be able to do for me.
So – I invite you to press the “SIGN UP” button for any event that interests you in the coming days. (Heaven knows there are plenty of options!) And see what relationship-building and networking can do for your professional and personal life.
Free Meet Up November 19th! (Nov 20th Downunder)
It’s that time of year when we start to think about what we’re going to do differently in business next year. We’re evaluating what we loved and the struggles we had over the year. I’ll soon be opening registration for the next cohort of Elevate Your Impact - the mastermind-focused small group training, learning and coaching community inside the Aligned Business Collective.
Every month we offer:
Curious to learn if this is the thing you’re looking for to boost your business success in 2025?
I’m holding a free Meet-Up on Nov 19 in North America and Nov 20 Downunder for you to take a peek inside the community where we’ll walk through what a “day in the life” of an Elevate member is all about, and best of all – the potential results of growing your business inside a powerful community like this one.
We’ll reveal our plan for 2025 and give you the opportunity to secure one of the limited seats and access early signing bonuses.
? Let’s cross that to-do item off your list right now, and know you’ve got your business growth plans all sewn up for 2025. 2025 is the year to get aligned, focused and in action.
Let me know what interests you about this and I'll send you the link to sign up!
From My Reading Nook
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
This month I’m re-reading Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown. Brené (I feel like I can refer to her by her first name. ;-) ) Is one of those authors whose work speaks to you differently, every time you read it, depending on your mindset and stage at the time.
I’ve been paying particular attention to her thoughts on connection and belonging. (Cue my reference to networking in my intro.) Brené says: “Face-to-face connection is imperative in our true belonging practice…Social media are helpful in cultivating connection only to the extent that they’re used to create real community where there is structure, purpose, and meaning, and some face-to-face contact.”
There is plenty of research and anecdotal evidence of how face-to-face contact can make us healthier and happier. Take a read and let me know what you think!