In this exercise, you will draw together the threads of your thinking in the earlier exercises in [intlink id="3379" type="post"]How to Develop Your Network[/intlink] and begin to form a coherent approach to minimising your investment (in time, energy and stress)...
Having a strong and vibrant network brings access to resources, political intelligence, friendly support and, frankly, enjoyable and rewarding relationships. In many ways, success is likely to be short-lived if you haven’t got the support of a network around you. The...
To build your network as quickly as possible, you need to align your activities with the [intlink id="3382" type="post"]purpose[/intlink] you have set for your networking. If you do not do this, you will probably go to a few networking meetings, wish you were back at...
The first step is to consider the question – why are you networking? You’ll need to move beyond the reason that you’ve been told to do it or it came up on your performance appraisal. Try to get a clear notion of the purpose for all this work. This way, you can use it...
The map we described in [intlink id="3381" type="post"]Mapping Your Network[/intlink] shows the big picture of the sort of people you need to network with. The second approach is to consider the people you already know and look deeper into these relationships and the...
There are two ways to start analysing your networking. The first is to consider all the different groups of people who could play a part in achieving your purpose. It is important not to name people at this stage so that you can keep an open mind to new connections....