Networking is essential to effective leadership in today’s organizations. Leaders who are skilled networkers have access to people, information, and resources to help solve problems and create opportunities. Leaders who neglect their networks are missing out on a critical component of their role as leaders. This book will help leaders take a new view of networking and provide insight into how to enhance their networks and become effective at leadership networking.
Table of Content
7 Networking for Leaders10 Mapping Your Network11 Six Requirements of Leadership Networking16 Barriers to Building a Leadership Network20 Assessing Your Network25 Strategies for Developing Your Leadership Network28 Setting Goals and Taking Action30 Suggested Readings30 Background31 Key Point Summary
About the author
This series of guidebooks draws on the practical knowledge that the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) has generated, sinceits inception in 1970, through its research and educationalactivity conducted in partnership with hundreds of thousands ofmanagers and executives. Much of this knowledge is shared-in a waythat is distinct from the typical university department, professional association, or consultancy. CCL is not simply acollection of individual experts, although the individualcredentials of its staff are impressive; rather it is a community, with its members holding certain principles in common and workingtogether to understand and generate practical responses to today’sleadership and organizational challenges.The purpose of the series is to provide managers with specificadvice on how to complete a developmental task or solve aleadership challenge. In doing that, the series carries out CCL’smission to advance the understanding, practice, and development ofleadership for the benefit of society worldwide.Curt Grayson is an enterprise associate of CCL’s San Diego campus. He is a trainer for open-enrollment and customprograms, and he assists in the design, development, andmodification of programs. Curt holds a B.S. in psychology from San Diego State University, an M.A. in clinical psychology from Rosemead School of Psychology, and a Ph.D. in organizationalpsychology from California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles.David Baldwin is a former CCL faculty member. He wasbased at the San Diego campus, where he facilitated open-enrollmentprograms and managed custom programs, research projects, andblended learning initiatives. David holds a B.A. in speechcommunication from San Diego State University and an M.S. inorganizational communication studies from Illinois State University.
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