Business Networking Strategy

When speaking about networking, I talk about the importance of avoiding preconceptions and getting to know people before making judgements about how well you want to know them. However, whatever our best intentions, we are naturally likely to judge people based on the first impression they make on us, and the majority of that first impression will come from how we look and how we sound, not on what we say. What is the first impression that you make on other people? Have you looked at how well your clothes suit you? What message they send about you?