Post by Mark Taggart FCIPD

‘I never win any of these prizes’ he says… …5 mins later. Here’s me, grinning like a demented cat having won a prize in the business card draw, at the Collaborate MK - Business Networking Community monthly catch-up. I did think in advance that a night club was an odd choice for business networking, but Popworld in MK proved to be perfect. Loads of space, a very generous goodie bag, and best of all – aircon! I forgot what it was like to be slightly chilly… What did I win? Well, for anyone who knows me, titter ye not. Two Club Red tickets to an MK Dons league game next season. I'd better bone up on my football before then! (They don’t use bicycles, right?) As ever – lovely to meet some new and familiar faces. Name check to Jagath Abeysinghe, Kavitha Dathen, Steve Lloyd, Kaytee Lee, Sue Pardy, Dipti Bilous, Maria Pata, Dr AJ Yates, Davina Farrer, Tony Snell. Thanks again to Tim Lee, MK Dons and Federico Quiroz for providing my winning prize – and to Jane Russell for the winner’s grin photo. Can’t wait for next month. I have my eye on some champers ☺️ 𝘐'𝘮 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘈 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘙 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘙 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. #leadership #coaching #talent