tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526240535489687796.post291219250848561235..comments2021-05-19T15:24:32.126+01:00Comments on Mike Ritchie Media - Comes A Time: CONSIDERING CONSIDERATIONMike Ritchiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015120776706721532noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526240535489687796.post-77007528539004963922010-05-17T09:35:35.425+01:002010-05-17T09:35:35.425+01:00Thank you all very much for the feedback.
My folk...Thank you all very much for the feedback.<br /><br />My folks always insisted that their three sons were polite, courteous and mannerable. My three sons - aged 31, 28 and four (this week) - have great manners. My youngest says "please" and "no thank you" as readily as he refuses to get his shoes on sometimes.<br /><br />It is easier to be well mannered than not in my opinion - in business, too.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to read my views and commenting on them.Mike Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15015120776706721532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526240535489687796.post-42081544964823463522010-05-14T13:04:58.259+01:002010-05-14T13:04:58.259+01:00Oh I love this - thank you for raising the topic M...Oh I love this - thank you for raising the topic Mike (and Dilly). I had a situation once where I was having a great conversation with a couple of people I had just met. Another lady joined us and after waiting only a few moments launched into why she thought what I was saying was totally wrong. The 3 of us who had been talking originally were so taken aback that we listened to her and then when we realised what happened ( it took a minute or 2 to register) we just dispersed and left her. That felt really rude - but was actually a natural response to her rudeness!Jackie Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561693922454971156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526240535489687796.post-11673040613092140442010-05-14T13:03:16.370+01:002010-05-14T13:03:16.370+01:00I was attending an event for small businesses and ...I was attending an event for small businesses and one of the workshops was an overview of the Women into Business network which does some fantastic work in the West of Scotland. I was sitting in the workshop with five other women, listening to the female presenter describe the group, when a man in a business suit came in and sat down. He began to interrupt the presenter with a plug for his own networking group. I won't name names, but it's the group which has a reputation for cultlike behaivior, and this man had definitely drunk the Kool-Aid. Every sentence began with "At (group) we..." "At (group) we..." in a childish display of trying to one-up everything the presenter said.<br /><br />I cannot begin to tell you how crass it is to barge in on a womens' networking overview to plug your own group - not because you're interested in networking, but because you have a quota to bring in. If that was his idea of presenting an advertisement for his networking group, it was a pretty poor one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526240535489687796.post-39008435599103605962010-05-14T12:44:13.532+01:002010-05-14T12:44:13.532+01:00I heartily agree! (But then I would, wouldn't ...I heartily agree! (But then I would, wouldn't I?) Networking is not about advertising yourself on a billboard it is, as you say, about building relationships. I like the notion of an 'all about me spiel' as we've all suffered under that one. As you say, this comes down to good manners - and perhaps organisations working with their staff to become good ambassadors for their companies, rather than full-on sales people?<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />DillyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880009792418746302noreply@blogger.com