Course: Engaging Your Network
Successful professionals know that WHO you know is as critical as WHAT you know, and that a key to success is building, nurturing, and leveraging your network. In this 1-hour course, we share with you a process and a set of best practices for doing exactly that. Grow your networking muscles like a career athlete, and you will find that more career development opportunities will come your way, your personal brand will improve, your reputation will precede you wherever you go, and your career aspirations will be increasingly within reach.
In this course, we focus on:
- Establishing your network in an intentional and focused way
- Engaging your manager as an ally in your career development
- Exploring your career aspirations and amplifying the Law of Attraction through your network
- Nurturing your network on a year-round basis, so that you are continually generating opportunities
If you're a professional who feels that career development opportunities are not just falling on your lap by the bucketful, and you want to start making your own luck, you're in the right place. Use this course to help you start flexing your networking muscles and attract more of the opportunities that will help you achieve your career aspirations.
Your Instructor
Gus has been helping organizations improve the capabilities and performance of their leaders and workers for over 20 years. For 15 of those years, he has run his own learning and development consulting practice and has worked with hundreds of client organizations ranging from pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare product companies to brokerage, banks, and insurance companies, from IT startups to long-established telecommunications service providers as well as law firms, retailers, hospital systems, and chemical manufacturers. In that capacity, he has led and collaborated with hundreds of employees, sub-contractors, and vendor-partners to deliver results for clients and their stakeholders.
Gus earned a PhD in Education with a minor in Management as well as an MBA, a BS in Marketing, and a Certified Performance Technologist designation. He has taught Masters-level courses in Instructional Systems Design and Change Management. He frequently delivers live and virtual workshops for leaders at all levels, regularly publishes and presents on these topics, and is a recognized thought leader in the talent development industry.
Course Menu
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StartB1. Process Overview (2:20)
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StartB2. Roles: Go-To Expert (SME) (1:41)
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StartB3. Roles: Collaborators (1:20)
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StartB4. Roles: Mentors (1:39)
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StartB5. Roles: Water Cooler Advocates (1:58)
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StartB6. Roles: In-the-Room Advocates (3:11)
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StartB7. External Roles (2:44)
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StartB8. Industry Contacts (3:43)
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StartB9. Step 1: Identify Contacts (ASSIGNMENT)
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StartB10. Step 2: Build Rapport (2:54)
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StartB11. Step 3: Recruit Them (2:00)
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StartB12. Define Roles & Next Steps (1:45)
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StartB13. Follow Up (2:25)
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StartB14. Quiz
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StartC1. Manager's Role: Alignment (1:19)
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StartC2. Manager's Role: Possibilities (1:08)
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StartC3. Manager's Role: Encouragement (1:10)
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StartC4. Manager's Role: Opportunity (1:17)
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StartC5. Manager's Role: Feedback (1:14)
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StartC6. Manager's Role: Connection (0:35)
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StartC7. Enlisting Your Manager (1:52)
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StartC8. Approaching Your Manager Right (2:28)
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StartC9. How to Earn Your Manager's Support (2:17)
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StartC10. Quiz
Frequently Asked Questions
If you're ready to flexing those networking muscles, enroll now!