We’ve all been there. You recognise someone, you know you’ve met them before, but no matter how hard you try you can’t remember their name.
In his new business TV show on yourBusinessChannel, business expert Andy Lopata explains that this situation is not only embarrassing, it can acutally have a negative effect on your business networking strategy, because the fear of forgetting names can discourage you from cementing new relationships.
Fortunately, help is at hand. There is a range of business networking advice available regarding this very common problem.
In this business TV show, Lopata gives some simple practical tips and pointers on remembering names and enhancing your current business networking strategy.
It is critical to any business networking strategy that you follow up with new contacts. Any obstacle to doing this, such as the fear of forgetting names of people you have met before, will therefore put your business networking strategy at risk.
In his business networking advice, Lopata shares with viewers some tips to get you business networking strategy back on track.
First, he says, recognise that we never forget the names of the people that we are close to and that we talk to often. This may seem self-evident, but bear it in mind when planning your business networking strategy. The more you talk to a person, the easier it is to remember their name.
Lopata’s next piece of business networking advice is that honesty is the best policy. So, when you meet someone that you have met previously, and can’t remember their name, it is okay to say so.
Lopata recommends using a line like: “I’m sorry, I know we’ve met before but I’m struggling to remember your name. Can you please remind me?”
He goes on to give
business networking strategy advice including techniques for avoiding this situation altogether, for example using repetition to ingrain the name in your memory.
