The Truth About Networking
By Sarah Lochead-MacMillan, a believer in networking, a connector and a director of SLM
Group Ltd. June 2009
You have seven seconds to make a good impression when you walk into a room.
What a scary thought, why would you ever bother to network? However, in today’s
climate many of us do not have an unlimited pool of money to spend on our
professional development, on marketing ourselves and our products, or any form of
advertising.
Sarah Lochead – MacMillan is a former senior relationship manager for New Zealands largest Bank, founder of the professional women’s network The Very Early Lunch Club and founder of the largest NZ Banks’ internal women’s network. She now runs her only successful company the SLM Group, teaching others effective networking, undertaking regular mentoring for business owners, financial planing and forecasting and helping businesses communicate with their own Bank.




