Meet Michelle
Michelle Griffin, CW3 Speaker
The 6th Key to Financial Wellness: Network of Advice
Michelle served as Senior Vice President of Northern Trust for 25+ years, serving her clients with a high standard of excellence, in not ONE but 3 different business units. Throughout those years, she continually negotiated between the needs of the Bank, her clients, and her own limited time. All of which prepared her to launch an amazingly successful consulting practice 3 years ago – MDG Consulting Services.
Michelle’s Topic
The 6th Key to Financial Wellness: Network of Advice
“The Currency of Real Networking is not Greed But Generosity”
– Keith Ferrazzi
Deliberate activity to build reinforce and maintain relationships of trust with other people to further your goals.
Per the wise words of Bonnie Marcus, ForbesWomen, …” We’ve all heard the advice that networking is important for our careers. Regardless of your profession, your industry, or demographic, the message is loud and clear. If you want to be successful, you need to spend time networking.” It’s great advice. But the critical missing piece to this advice is exactly how to network. And while networking is certainly essential for professional success, it is also a skill important to the world of academia for students at all levels, and advantageous to a retiree building a network of experts to organize their finances and estate plan.
Join this session for a general conversation about Networking 101, Why it is Important, and Benefits over Time.
Fun facts about Michelle
Did an internship in France at the age of 20 years old, and went on an African safari in Tanzania.
Michelle possessed the curiosity and confidence to change her area of expertise, which meant “starting over” – 4 times.
Michelle and her identical twin attend their family reunions on the shores of western Lake Michigan every 3 years. These reunions have 55 – 75 family members in attendance. Michelle loves traditions!
