What happens when the novelty of working from home wears thin? Heather Greig-Smith of Flexible Boss magazine has a few solutions up her sleeve to make sure isolation doesn’t set in: Working from home is, in some ways, like a relationship: those heady early days when you are released from the bounds of the office […]
Being driven mad by spending too much time alone? Create your own ways to connect with likeminded people. (No networking required!) Yesterday I had a Skype call with Holly Worton of Socially Holistic to record a podcast for her popular series of interviews with women in business. Holly asked me what I consider to be […]
Now on a screen near you – Bath Jelly filmed by The Guardian The latest video on The Guardian Small Business Network – Bath Jelly attendees talk about the benefits of Jelly and what happens at a Jelly coworking event. When the editor of The Guardian Small Business Network asked me about a Jelly her […]
How to enjoy networking more Networking – does the very word strike fear into your heart? Lots of home workers tell me they feel they must go networking but dread it. Because so often they’ve had to endure sales pitches. And worst of all, the ‘meerkats’, who keep looking over your shoulder when you’re talking […]
No need to be nervous about networking! Stuart Russell is so convinced of the benefits of networking that he set up the site FindNetworkingEvents.com to help business owners all over the UK find a local event. In this guest post he gives his tips for nervous networking newbies: Working from home is a great way […]
