Why do employees need skill-building in networking?

Unconnected employees hurt your outcomes because their contributions to management, productivity, creativity, business development, sales, retention, and recruitment are limited by their lack of access to the right resources, ideas, and people.

Do you recognize the unconnected in your organization?  Wonder who they are?

• Introverts, who comprise about half the US population.  They say things like, “I do a good job.  Why do I need to network?”
• People who classify themselves as shy.  In 1972 when the Stanford Shyness Clinic began, that   number was 40%.  Now it′s almost 60%.  So shyness is a growing problem.  Interestingly, the youngest generation – the most plugged-in generation ever – is the shyest.
• New hires who get off to a slow start.
• People who have chosen careers in what have traditionally been thought of as “behind-the-scenes” jobs, such as engineering, IT, research, finance, science, etc.
• Employees thrown together in new ways after mergers or acquisitions.
• People whose networks have been disrupted by layoffs or reorganizations.
• Internationals, unfamiliar with – and uncomfortable with – US-style relationship-building.
• Employees from diverse backgrounds who have traditionally been over-looked and under-estimated.

What’s in it for your organization?

When you deliver the Creation Marketing Networking Skills Training (NST), you′ll be giving your employees the skills they need to

• Get the job done,
• Get behind organizational initiatives,
• Get the most from conferences and meetings
• Get the business, and
• Get ahead.