Good Advice  From Ted Langs, MBA/GM
Executive Director / International Business Development

From my own experience, there is strength in numbers and forming your own small focus network is a "must do". What I have discovered is that
you can have a support group at your own career level to offer guidance and support in your search. Doing it on your own is not a viable option
in this business environment.

If you can envision a pyramid I recommend the following at the top:
  • Build your network of solid people from a diverse background versus similar industry backgrounds;
  • Do this through attending network organizations and personal connections;
  • From people you are introduced to at these meetings, select a few diverse people that you feel will benefit the focus group you are
    building, no more than 7 in my opinion;
  • Meet once or more a month as needed and get to know one another as this is you core;
  • The goal of the focus group is to build relationships, not a casual network and help one another;
  • What you will find is friendship, mentorship and a confidential group of people that can offer guidance before, during and after you land a
    position.
  • This group is the crème of your overall network. You will do for them what they will try to do for you;
  • This is also your "life" relationship from here onward. Life relationships encompass business and personal.


One level down on the pyramid is your secondary group:
  • This group can be organized as industry specific or diversified, both seem to have its benefits;
  • Keep this network group to maybe 20 people
  • What falls outside of the tier one group will probably benefit the this network group
  • Maintain this group perhaps on a quarterly basis and when opportunities present themselves;
  • This is also a network group to keep close and meet occasionally



The last level in the pyramid is your base group of people:
  • These are casual network contacts that need periodic attention at 3, 6 or at a minimum of 12 months;
  • Staying in touch with casual contacts can be every bit as important as your core group;
  • You will find occasionally, that there are people in your network that contribute to your job search outside your core group regularly. I would
    recommend raising their level of contact and contribute to their search in kind.

In the past, an executive could expect to work for a company for 20 years and there was such a thing called company loyalty, which has long
since left the business environment as re-engineering became the buzz word and the cause. Today, you need to have strong personal
relationships with other executives to secure your next position.

I hope this provides some help and direction for those in transition.


Ted Langs, MBA/GM       Executive Director / International Business Development

Oceanside, California      Mobile: 760-908-1542

http://www.linkedin.com/in/tedlangs

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Ducks Quack - Eagles Soar

No one can make you serve customers well....that's because great service is a choice.
Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point.

He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi was polished
to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to
open the back passenger door for Harvey .

He handed my friend a laminated card and said: 'I'm Wally, your driver.
While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd like you to read my mission statement.'

Taken aback, Harvey read the card.. It said: Wally's Mission Statement:
To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment...

This blew Harvey away. Especially when he noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean!

As he slid behind the wheel, Wally said, 'Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.' My friend said jokingly, 'No,
I'd prefer a soft drink.' Wally smiled and said, 'No problem.. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, water and orange juice...' Almost
stuttering, Harvey said, 'I'll take a Diet Coke.'

Handing him his drink, Wally said, 'If you'd like something to read, I have The Wall Street Journal, Time,
Sports Illustrated and USA Today.'

As they were pulling away, Wally handed my friend another laminated card, 'These are the stations I get and the music they play,
if you'd like to listen to the radio.'

And as if that weren't enough, Wally told Harvey that he had the air conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for him. Then he
advised Harvey of the best route to his destination for that time of day. He also let him know that he'd be happy to chat and tell him about some of
the sights or, if Harvey preferred, to leave him with his own thoughts.

'Tell me, Wally,' my amazed friend asked the driver, 'have you always served customers like this?'

Wally smiled into the rear view mirror. 'No, not always.. In fact, it's only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my
time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard the personal growth guru, Wayne Dyer, on the radio one day.

He had just written a book called You'll See It When You Believe It. Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you'll
rarely disappoint yourself.
He said, 'Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar
above the crowd.'

'That hit me right between the eyes,' said Wally. 'Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change
my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the
customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time.
When my customers responded well, I did more.'

'I take it that has paid off for you,' Harvey said.

'It sure has,' Wally replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I'll probably quadruple it. You were
lucky to get me today. I don't sit at cabstands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on my
answering machine. If I can't pick them up myself, I get a reliable cabbie friend to do it and I take a piece of the action.'

Wally was phenomenal. He was running a limo service out of a Yellow Cab. I've probably told that story to more than fifty cab drivers over the years,
and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like ducks and told me all
the reasons they couldn't do any of what I was suggesting.

Wally the Cab Driver made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles.

How about us?  Smile, and the whole world smiles with you... The ball is in our hands!
A man reaps what he sows. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up... let us do
good to all people.

Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar

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