This article is by Mimi Spangler, a partner at Harding & Company.  Some of the material in this posting appears in  the second edition of Ford Harding’s book, Rain Making, which will be published in February and contains about 40 percent new content.   

This is the sixth in a series of eight blog posts on networking for women. These entries originally appeared as an article in Management Consulting News.

6. Ask for Mentoring

Many of the women interviewed had sought out both male and female mentors from within and outside their organizations. A principal with an international consulting firm said that when she started getting revenue targets from her firm she asked one of her clients who was a senior executive of a Fortune 500 company for advice on how to bring in business. To her pleasant surprise, he responded, “You should ask me more often. I know a lot of people who I can introduce you to!” And he did!
 

Mimi Spangler is a partner at Harding & Company, which helps professionals learn to develop business. She has worked with consultants at many firms, both large and small. For more information, visit the company’s web site at http://www.hardingco.com/ and blog at www.hardingco.com/blog. Spangler can be reached at mspangler@hardingco.com.
  

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