Strategic Connections
Description
Today’s organizations are collaborative. With old command-and-control methods replaced by openness and transparency, networking has become an essential professional skill—expected of everyone, at every level.
Unveiling eight indispensable competencies for the new Network-Oriented Workforce, Strategic Connections provides practical advice for building better, more productive business relationships.
Specs
Readers will discover how to:
• Commit to a positive, proactive networking mindset
• Align networking activities with individual and organizational objectives
• Leverage their contacts by organizing them into strategic groups
• Earn trust—a prerequisite for collaboration
• Boost their social acumen and increase their likeability
• Master conversational skills and deepen interactions
• Employ storytelling to make communications memorable
• Use networking to deliver value to the company