Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization by Dan Pontefract

Author:Dan Pontefract
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013-03-18T14:00:00+00:00

commit time to building your own direct professional network at work; and

encourage and help your team to do the same. By assembling a cadre of direct contacts at your place of work, you are making your work life inherently easier in the process. Don't ever stop, either. The more people you can call upon at work to help you, the better off you will be trying to actually employ the Participative Leader Framework.

As a leader you must at least encourage, if not coach, and help your people do the same. The more direct professional network connections your team has, the more connected everyone is going to be. And when that occurs, it makes the Participative Leader Framework that much easier to employ. How do you think I was able to land a writing contract with a bona fide publisher like Wiley? That's right, through my direct professional network.

You and your team should apply the same modus operandi to your external or direct personal-network connections. A workplace does not become successful based solely on the myopic view of internal-only direct connections. There is so much to be gained and learned when direct contacts are made outside the sphere of the workplace.

How? Get networking. Ask to be introduced to people—internally or externally—by those you already know. Commit to meeting two new people both internally and externally every month—for a total of at least 48 per year. Start using something as simple as LinkedIn to host your contacts. It's a fantastic resource that helps you keep your contacts organized. Mine the address book at work. Comb through the hierarchy and review job titles. Ask to be included in all newsletters that come from your corporate communications teams and research the stories, the names, the teams. Harvest those names and reach out. Get on Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ to find those in your profession as well as those outside of your profession. Nancy MacKay saw a need and formed MacKay CEO Forums, a group dedicated to the sharing of ideas, information and knowledge strictly among CEOs. It's a perfect example of executing the direct personal network component of the Participative Leader Framework. Networking is like flossing; it has to be done, otherwise decay is certain to occur.

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