S6E3: From Icebreakers to Impact: Mastering Professional Relationships with Diana YK Chan

REVUP Your Business with Hilda Gan

Networking is more than just exchanging business cards; it’s about building meaningful, long-term relationships that drive personal and professional growth. Mastering professional relationships means creating genuine connections, offering value to others, and maintaining trust over time with authenticity. Whether it’s through mentorship, partnerships, or collaborations, strong professional relationships can open doors to new opportunities, foster innovation, and elevate your career or business to new heights.

Diana YK Chan is a renowned Business Coach and Growth Strategist at My Marketability, celebrated for her unique ability to connect people and build influential networks. Known as a super connector, Diana has helped countless professionals and entrepreneurs unlock new opportunities by leveraging the power of relationships. With over a decade of experience, Diana is dedicated to helping individuals establish influential online brands and build thriving businesses.

In this episode, Diana shares tips and strategies on how to get comfortable with networking, how to master meaningful conversations, why networking is about nurturing relationships, and more.

Chapters:

02:55 - Getting comfortable with conversations and the importance of being present

04:21 - Guiding principles for networking, finding common ground, and building trust

06:48 - Breaking the ice and the ABC’s of networking

10:50 - Appropriate conversations for networking

12:57 - CONNECT formula

24:20 - Nurturing relationships

26:59 - Don’t make networking transactional

33:27 - Having fun with networking

34:38 - What’s next for Diana

35:33 - Where to find Diana

Visit Diana’s website - https://mymarketability.com/

Connect with Diana - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/dianachan 

Hosted by Hilda Gan - ca.linkedin.com/in/hildagan 

Visit us at - peoplebrightconsulting.com

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LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/pplbright

Twitter - twitter.com/pplbright 

Facebook - www.facebook.com/pplbright

Instagram - www.instagram.com/pplbright/ 

Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

#Networking #RelationshipBuilding #TrustBuilding

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