Expert Insights on Networking & Building Relationships

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There's a lot of talk about the significance of networking. And while we may think we know what it is and how to do it, there is an art to building and sustaining these important relationships. It's time to unleash your hidden talent.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Acquire insights on the importance of continually building your network.
    Acquire insights on the three networks that managers need to stay informed and manage their teams effectively.
    Acquire insights on how to build your network with reciprocal relationships.
    Acquire insights on the five steps that can help you improve your networking skills.
    Acquire insights on how to build your network by connecting with people who are different from you.
    Acquire insights on the different techniques for effective networking for building relationships.
    Acquire insights on how to network effectively by making a good impression.
    Acquire insights on how to be successful at networking by making a good first impression and sustaining long-term relationships.
    Acquire insights on the four key ingredients that guarantee success in networking.
    Acquire insights on how introverts can ease their networking anxieties by preparing well for future networking opportunities.
    Acquire insights on why women are not networking effectively.
    Acquire insights on the common mistakes people make while networking.
    Acquire insights on the power of networking within organizations to build a network.
    Acquire insights on the importance of strategic networking to get positive results.
    Acquire insights on how conversations can help in building relationships.
    Acquire insights on the four types of conversations: building relationships, developing others, making decisions, and taking action.
    Acquire insights on how to track your relationships with your key external and cross-functional contacts for effective networking.
    Acquire insights on the five levels of networking relationships.
    Acquire insights on the acronym darling, which includes the seven elements of effective networking.
    Acquire insights on the one-minute rule for building stronger relationships.
    Acquire insights on the common networking mistakes.
    acquire insights on how to write emails that increase the chance of getting a positive response.
    Acquire insights on why follow-up is polite and effective while stalking is aggressive and unsuccessful.
    Acquire insights on the importance of building a diverse professional network.
    Acquire insights on how to take the right steps to overcome a bad first impression.
    Acquire insights on how to respond to a barrage of networking requests with careful consideration.
    Acquire insights on how networking at the top can be difficult.
    Acquire insights on the importance of seeking expert advice when faced with a challenge.
  • Acquire insights on how the scale of progress has adversely impacted businesses globally.
    Acquire insights on why it is important to remove loyalty blind spots to improve your business’s performance.
    Acquire insights on how our interactions define our relationships.
    Acquire insights on how the influence effect can help you succeed professionally.
    Acquire insights on how the power of the informal can help you manage your relationships effectively.
    Acquire insights on how to use the technique of relationship mapping to ensure all the right people are on your side.
    Acquire insights on the importance of keeping your influence group in the loop.
    Acquire insights on how to effectively use your skills and contacts to be successful.
    Acquire insights on how to manage people by engaging them effectively.
    Acquire insights on why leaders must see the world from other people’s perspectives to develop stronger relationships and greater impact.
    Acquire insights on the five steps to building your network effectively.
    Acquire insights on the three types of networks we will all need to build effective relationships in the future.
    Acquire insights on how to build a relationship effectively.
    Acquire insights on how building networks based on your values is more effective than reaching out from self-interest.
    Acquire insights on how to understand your own value to the organization in order to convey it to others effectively.
    Acquire insights on how you can learn how you can deal with office politics in order to make the most of the system with these essential tips.
    Acquire insights on understanding that while gossip is an unfortunate fact of life, it is simple enough to address in an adult manner.
    Acquire insights on what to focus on in the first 90 days at a new job.
    Acquire insights on how to get ahead in the workplace by making sure your boss is getting ahead.
    Acquire insights on introverts at work.
    Acquire insights on building a strong online presence.
    Acquire insights on managing social energy as an introvert.
    Acquire insights on networking for introverts.
    Acquire insights on how to take six simple action steps that can make networking easier and help you to achieve your goals.
    Acquire insights on leveraging your relationships to climb the corporate ladder.
    Acquire insights on how to construct effective support networks.
    Acquire insights on how to build a professional network on linkedin.

IN THIS COURSE

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    1.  Your Network is Your Net Worth
    3m 32s
    The importance of networking can never be underestimated. Glain Roberts-McCabe discusses why you can never stop networking and how you can continually build your network. FREE ACCESS
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    2.  Managers Need Three Networks
    2m 22s
    Managers need an operational network to get things done; a personal network of friends and colleagues; and a strategic network of internal and external relationships that helps you stay informed of events you may not be aware of; and connect the dots. FREE ACCESS
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    3.  Building Your Network
    3m 47s
    Networks are made up of reciprocal relationships. People with the most relationships are the most influential. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Five Steps to Building Your Network
    4m 2s
    Everyone agrees that a good network is important; so Scott Eblin offers five tips to help you improve your networking skills. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Building Your Network: Create Depth and Breadth
    3m 17s
    You need a posse—a half dozen people you know well and can call on for immediate help. The problem with the posse is; they’re all like you. You also need a big ideas crowd—people who are different from you. That requires that you to go outside your normal network. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Techniques in Networking
    2m 15s
    Treat networking as the start of a relationship; not as a hunt for prospects. Help others and they will help you. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Networking: Making a Good Impression
    1m 58s
    All of life can be considered a networking event if you have the right perspective. Three simple tips help you make the most of unstructured and structured events. FREE ACCESS
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    8.  The Right and Wrong Way to Network
    3m 40s
    Success at networking takes effort; but these five simple steps show you how to make a good first impression and sustain the relationship for the long term. FREE ACCESS
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    9.  The Four Key Ingredients
    1m 54s
    The ingredients that guarantee success in networking are 1) visibility; you have to be seen by the people who matter; 2) credibility; deliver on your promises; 3) social capital; help others and they will help you; and 4) personal branding; be known for what you do. FREE ACCESS
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    10.  Networking for Introverts
    2m 44s
    Introverts and others can ease networking jitters by preparing for networking opportunities before coming face to face with them. FREE ACCESS
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    11.  Women and Networking
    2m 56s
    Although networking is important; women either aren't doing it or they're doing it wrong. FREE ACCESS
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    12.  Networking Mistakes
    2m 13s
    1) Pay attention to the pecking order; be careful when making requests to meet people more powerful than you. 2) Give before asking to receive; offer value up front. 3) State your value proposition explicitly; what’s in it for the person you want to meet? FREE ACCESS
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    13.  Relating: Building a Network
    2m 33s
    Deborah Ancona discusses the power of networking within organizations to build a network. Google and W.L. Gore are examples of organizations with a focus on networking. FREE ACCESS
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    14.  The Importance of Strategic Networks
    2m 29s
    Internal networks produce no new information. Managers are aware of the importance of external strategic networks but don’t work on them; because they’re busy or they think networking is sleazy. It’s important to reach out to people who are not like yourself. FREE ACCESS
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    15.  Conversations Are About Relationships
    1m 31s
    We used to think about conversations as information. Rather; it’s about building relationships. We form impressions of people within the first 0.07 seconds; before we say anything. View conversations as gardens where we nurture and grow relationships. FREE ACCESS
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    16.  Four Types of Conversations
    3m 24s
    The four types of conversations are building relationships; developing others; making decisions; and taking action. FREE ACCESS
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    17.  Track Your Relationships
    2m 8s
    List the contacts in key external and cross-functional groups; the depth of your desired relationship with each person; and how you’re going to do it; e.g.; once a month over dinner with these two; coffee with those five twice a year. Then measure your progress. FREE ACCESS
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    18.  The Five Levels of Relationships
    2m 37s
    The five levels of networking relationships are 1) identify; become aware of someone; 2) engage; start talking; 3) strengthen the relationship offline; 4) collaborate; help each other; and 5) inner circle; the relationship is now personal. FREE ACCESS
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    19.  Seven Elements of Effective Networking
    5m 22s
    Networking is more than just attending events, and the acronym DARLING can help you remember seven key points to making it effective. FREE ACCESS
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    20.  The One-Minute Rule for Relationships
    2m 46s
    Laurie-Ann Murabito's one-minute rule helps you build stronger relationships, trust, and loyalty in only 60 seconds. FREE ACCESS
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    21.  Networking Mistakes
    3m 30s
    Before you attend your next event; be sure you are not making these common networking mistakes. FREE ACCESS
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    22.  Writing Emails That Get a Response
    2m 2s
    Use these four simple tips to write an e-mail that increases the chance of a positive response to your request. FREE ACCESS
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    23.  Follow-Up, Don't Stalk
    1m 31s
    Follow-up is polite, stalking is aggressive and nearly always unsuccessful. FREE ACCESS
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    24.  How to Build a Diverse Network
    2m 51s
    Without diversity in your professional network; you risk becoming narrow-minded and missing opportunities. FREE ACCESS
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    25.  Turn Around a Bad First Impression
    3m 22s
    A bad first impression can be difficult to overcome; but it can be done if you take the right steps. FREE ACCESS
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    26.  How to Say No to Networking Requests
    3m 18s
    Responding to a barrage of networking requests requires thoughtful consideration and intentionality. FREE ACCESS
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    27.  Networking at the Top
    2m 33s
    The higher you go up the professional ladder, the harder it is to connect with people you need to meet. FREE ACCESS
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    28.  Seek Expert Advice
    3m 17s
    When faced with a challenge, the first question you should always ask is, "Who can help me?" Get SET with strategic, emergency, and tactical experts. FREE ACCESS
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    29.  The Scale of Progress
    2m 51s
    The scale of progress has turned business from long-standing, face-to-face relationships to cost-conscious transactions that are void of the human touch and bad for the bottom line. FREE ACCESS
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    30.  Eliminate Loyalty Blind Spots to Improve Performance
    2m 24s
    What impression do your words and actions convey? If you don't know, you could be unwittingly driving away employees and customers. FREE ACCESS
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    31.  Interactions Define Relationships
    2m 41s
    Our interactions define our relationships. What kind of relationships will you build? FREE ACCESS
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    32.  The Influence Effect
    2m 47s
    Just as wearing an off-the-rack suit can be uncomfortable, being political in a way you don't like is also going to be uncomfortable. FREE ACCESS
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    33.  The Power of the Informal
    3m 15s
    The power of the informal is putting relationships to work for you. FREE ACCESS
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    34.  Relationship Mapping
    2m 52s
    Whatever change you desire, you can use the technique of relationship mapping to ensure all the right people are on your side. FREE ACCESS
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    35.  Keep Influence Groups in the Loop
    2m 46s
    Don't leave your influencers wondering what happened. Maintain momentum for your initiative by looping back to the people who support your idea. FREE ACCESS
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    36.  How to Use Skills and Contacts
    4m 5s
    When you draw on assets from different areas of your life in both skills and contacts, you can expand your circle of successes. FREE ACCESS
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    37.  Manage People for Who They Are
    3m 2s
    Research indicates that the more engaged a person is at work; the more engaged they are at home; in their family; and in their community. Engagement begins with the relationship. FREE ACCESS
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    38.  See The World From Other People's Perspective
    3m 32s
    Jeffrey Pfeffer encourages leaders to see the world from the perspectives of others; enabling these leaders to build stronger relationships and have greater influence among those people with whom they work and interact. FREE ACCESS
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    39.  Five Steps to Building Your Network
    2m 15s
    To build your network; 1) make it relevant for others by 2) stating your goal or need; 3) making a clear request; and 4) offering to help the other person. This 5) builds and sustains trust over time. FREE ACCESS
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    40.  The Three Types of Networks We will All Need
    1m 51s
    In the future we will need three sorts of networks: a posse—a few people we can contact quickly to help us solve problems; a big ideas crowd—people who are different from us; and a regenerative community—people we love and who love us. FREE ACCESS
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    41.  How to Build a Relationship
    1m 15s
    To build a relationship ask yourself; for every interaction; however long; whether the other person feels more competent; capable; powerful; and able to execute at the end of the interaction than when you started. FREE ACCESS
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    42.  Build Networks Based on Your Values
    3m 54s
    Looking for people to help your own career cheapens both of you. When a person inspires you; record when and why. Offer to help that person in a way that is consistent with your values. Sincerity is key. This is more powerful than reaching out from self interest. FREE ACCESS
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    43.  How to Tell Your Story
    2m 12s
    To better understand your own value to the organization and how to convey that value to other people; ask friends to describe you in three words; write down experiences that were important to you; and relate your past to the future you desire. FREE ACCESS
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    44.  Office Politics
    2m 51s
    Office politics are unavoidable, but you can learn to make the most of the system with these essential tips. FREE ACCESS
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    45.  Dealing with Gossip
    2m 21s
    Gossip is an unfortunate fact of life, but it is simple enough to address in an adult manner. FREE ACCESS
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    46.  The First 90 Days: Relationships
    3m 31s
    In the first 90 days at a new job, you should focus on building relationships. FREE ACCESS
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    47.  Influence Senior Management
    1m 45s
    To get ahead, make sure that your boss is getting ahead. FREE ACCESS
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    48.  Introverts at Work
    2m 50s
    Introverts are valuable employees, but they are often misunderstood. FREE ACCESS
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    49.  A Strong Online Presence
    2m 8s
    To build a strong online presence, focus on gaining expertise in a specific niche. FREE ACCESS
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    50.  Managing Social Energy
    2m 24s
    Heading to an extrovert-oriented event? Prepare ahead to manage your energy level. FREE ACCESS
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    51.  Networking for Introverts
    3m 21s
    You can do a lot of networking in just a little bit of time. FREE ACCESS
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    52.  Make Networking Work for You
    4m 15s
    Following six simple action steps can make networking easier and help you to achieve your goals. FREE ACCESS
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    53.  Leveraging Your Relationships to Climb the Corporate Ladder
    3m 13s
    Regardless of your career goals, it’s who knows you and who you know that will lead to opportunities. And it’s the strength of those relationships that leads to your success. FREE ACCESS
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    54.  Constructing Effective Support Networks
    2m 41s
    People who are exceptional under pressure are exceptional at recruiting support. Find out how to construct effective support networks. FREE ACCESS
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    55.  How to Build a Professional Network on LinkedIn
    1m 24s
    With already 625 million users, LinkedIn is an excellent social platform for building a network. Find out how to build your professional network on LinkedIn. FREE ACCESS

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