Will K.
How To Become A More Confident And Effective Networker
Professional Value
Will , a networking coach, helps senior accountants and partners in UK professional‑services firms become confident, effective networkers to secure new client contracts. His proven step‑by‑step room‑working and follow‑up system has generated measurable client acquisition, with dozens of senior partners reporting pipeline growth within weeks. He primarily serves UK‑based financial and legal practices handling multi‑million‑pound client portfolios.
Selected Clients
Executive Profile
Will has qualified as a chartered accountant in 1971, aged 23, and stayed in practice for the following 30 years. He ended his accountancy career as the senior partner on merger with a national firm on 31 May 2000. The next day, he set up his company in the UK to show people in the professional, financial, and service-based communities how to attract more business and clients.
He achieves this by helping them become more confident and effective networkers. "Marketing, selling, and promotion is anathema to and uncomfortable for these people, I show them just how easy it all is", says Will. "And, as a result of the new knowledge gained, they get all the new business they want."
In today's highly competitive world, being a confident and effective networker sets you apart from the crowd. You become more visible, always feel in control, and will always create more business opportunities than the average. 99% of people dread this vital activity; this session will help you overcome all your fears and concerns.
Will helps people in the professional, financial, and academic communities get more business by showing simple step-by-step processes on how to work a room and follow up potential opportunities. It's not selling, it's relationship building, and, yes, it can be great fun when you approach it with a positive mind.
Will's specialties include:
- How to become outstanding at business networking
- How to work a room
- How to feel comfortable making the follow-up call
- How to run a profitable and successful event
- How to present with passion, power, and poise
His clients include:
- Allied Irish Bank
- Hammonds
- Alliance & Leicester
- HSBC
- Baker Tilly
- Institute of Chartered Accountants
- Bank of Ireland
- Lambert Smith Hampton
- Barclays Bank plc
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Bibby Factors
- Middlesex University
- BT Scotland
- NatWest Bank plc
- Cobbetts, Solicitors
- Pannone Solicitors
- Daily Telegraph
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- E.C Harris Property Consultants
- Royal Bank of Scotland plc
- Ernst & Young
- Skipton Building Society
- Eversheds
- Yorkshire Bank plc
- Girobank
- Hundreds of SME's
- Grant Thornton
- Bank of England
- Lloyds TSB
Core Competencies
Business Development
Will enables individuals to develop business by providing guidance on networking and relationship building.
He helps them become confident and effective networkers, allowing them to attract new business and clients.
This is achieved through simple step-by-step processes on how to work a room and follow up potential opportunities.
Strategic Planning
Will assists owner-managed companies in strategic planning by utilizing his 30 years of experience in accountancy.
He helps them maintain direction and achieve their goals through tailored advice and guidance.
His expertise enables businesses to stay focused and move forward.
Team Building
Will believes team building is based on mutual respect, requiring good listening and reliability skills.
He emphasizes the importance of following three golden rules: doing what you say you will do, doing it when you say you will do it, and communicating with team members if you cannot meet a deadline.
This helps create a perfect team.