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Follow These 6 Steps to Get Invited to the Next Women’s Business Enterprise Party

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1. SHOW UP

Attend Regional Partner Organizations (RPO) events & seminars. This is one of the best ways to rub shoulders with other like-minded professionals. Remember to put your best foot forward, and don’t forget to bring business cards.

2. GET INVOLVED

Join a committee and volunteer, contribute and sponsor. Attending an event and meeting people is great, but what will truly make you stand out is volunteering and helping others get involved. This is a great way to meet speakers and other sponsors behind the scenes, and up your game as an authentic contributor.

3. DO YOUR HOMEWORK 

Research the prospective company and get to know their business. This is what attendees forget the most! Do your homework, know who will be in the room and the brands that will be represented. If you want to make the greatest impact, preparing before the event will not only set you apart as an informed influencer, but garner you recognition for being “in the know”.

4. KNOW YOUR OWN LIMITS

What’s your sweet spot? Realistically, can you scale up to be a prime or are you better suited as a tier two supplier. The keys to success is knowing what your business does best. Are you a global enterprise that can handle partnerships with fortune 500 companies, or are you a second tier partner that is building up towards prime status? Knowing your strengths and points of differentiation among other diverse suppliers is critical to winning business and meeting high-potential connections.

5. NETWORK, PARTNER & COLLABORATE

Get to know other WBE’s, determine how you might partner together or share resources. Remember your parents saying “sharing is caring”? Well the same principle applies to professionals, too. Colleagues who collaborate and partner are more likely to succeed than those who don’t. Be sure to think about who you could build mutually beneficial relationships with, and nurture them.

6. PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD

Lead with your core competencies and pursue opportunities that play to your strengths. Again, know what your organization is best at and lead with it. WBE’s want to partner with the best, and being the best means you know what your strengths are.

If you are interested in learning more about what it means to be a WBE partner and part of the WBENC, checkout us out by clicking below.

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COVID-19 Update

Covid-19

CTL continues to remain open for business to support our clients and their supply chain needs.

 

Although our warehouses are located in an area where the local government has instituted a Stay-At-Home Order or a closure of non-essential businesses, CTL employees have been classified by the state as essential workers (transportation and logistics). While so many Americans are required to work from home, the CTL team is continuing to work hard to meet the demands of our customers. That’s why we’re taking all the necessary precautions to make sure our employees remain safe in the workplace. We conduct daily temperature checks, supply masks and other personal protective equipment, and we make sure that proper social distancing is maintained throughout our warehouse and offices. All of these measures are important to ensure that our clients can meet consumer demand now and in the future.

 

To ensure that our employees are safe and our client-partners serviced, CTL continues to closely monitor the latest reports from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). 

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