Would you be enticed to hire or work with someone who encourages you, who is entertaining and always energetic, who endears themselves to you, who enthusiastically enjoys life and not only encourages you to succeed but enables you to succeed, who engages you in conversation, whom you would entrust your deepest darkest secret and who [...]

Networking is building personal relationships and one of the main ingredients necessary for building a personal relationship is contact. You need to reach out and touch someone as often as possible without it feeling forced. One way to ensure contact with others is for you to create opportunities for that contact. One way to create [...]

LISTEN UP doesn’t just teach you how to NETWORK we look at NETWORKING AS A SCIENCE. You will often hear us talk about bringing the Orchestra. What that means is to remember and use the hundreds of tiny skills required to truly and interpersonally connect with others. The ability to blend the entire compilation of [...]

LISTEN UP is continuing to expand. Beginning with the new group LISTEN UP NETWORKING. Please join and interact with others as we share our insights and experiences regarding all aspects of networking. We want to know what you think so please answer our first question involving the ABC’s of NETWORKING. You will be glad to [...]

My name is Donald Wayne McLeod, Founder of LISTEN UP LLC. The purpose of this blog is to share with you my insights regarding relationship building and interpersonal communication skills. Please visit my website at www.LISTENUP.biz to learn more about what I do and why I do it.