Categorieën: Alle - relationships - strategic - power - value

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Power Connector

Building and maintaining a network of strategic relationships is crucial for personal and professional success. The value of your network is not just in the number of connections but in the quality and attention given to them.

Power Connector

Power Connector

The right Ecosystems will determine success

Finding and Contributing to important players in each ecosystem... PLAN before you join an ecosystem.
make sure you're a good fit before entering an ecosystem.
Determine what you have to offer rather than focusing on what you need
Determine who you wish to meet
8 ecosystems essential to success
8. Community
7. industry
6. Media
5. Finance
4. Government / Politics
3. Career / profession
2. passions / interests
1. Family / Friends
Ecosystem

In business, a web of professional and personal connections who are linked by common interests and who share knowledge and access unavailable to outsiders.

Basics about finding the right ones

Actively develop trustworthy relationships with people by adding and keeping your word.

Know how the ecosystem works

be willing to connect to more than one person within the ecosystem

may be location specific

there are 4 advantages to belonging

4. Opportunities

3. Resources

2. Connections

1. knowledge

The Power Connector Mindset

building intelligent long-term relationships
Power connectors add value first
Power connectors treat everyone well

you never know when the clerk becomes the CEO

Power connectors connect through levels

they leverage the connections they have to help others

Power connectors connect for the long-term

never burn a bridge. think long-term when a connection ends

the connection is an investment that will pay dividends later

Power connectors connect for real

genuinely care about the person with whom they are connecting

Power connectors connect for a reason

focus on quality of relationships with integrity, competence and character

The Basis of Every Power Connection
Every relationship must be based on 3 elements

They must trust you

follow through!

They must like you

ask to connect

ask questions

be warm and competent

They must know you

develop a compelling way to introduce yourself

Mental barriers to pwer connecting
Fear of rejection

Solution: Next! Move on!

They won't like me

Solution: If you like them; they'll like you. Not always... Make respect a requirement.

I have noting to offer

Solution: Create a victory log.

networking is manipulative

Solution: Don't Network; Connect

Stranger Danger

Solution: Strangers = opportunity

self conscious

Solution: Focus on others rather than yourself

Shy

Solution: Engage

build relationships early based on: respect, mutual values and a desire to benefit all parites.

The Power Connecting System

Phase 1: Prepare to Power Connect
know what you need
Know what you have to offer
Know who you are

Make your network Deep, Wide and Robust

What to look for
Look for Connectors and Players in their field.

Key is folks who connect disparate networks

Players

linchpins in their field. Thought leaders and influencers.

linchpin

connected to everyone


Professional Diverstiy
Personal Diversity
Geographical diversity
Get to know people who don't agree with you
3 Hallmarks of a Rich Network
Robust

similar values but different iv everything else.

interconnected

responsive

Competent

Deep

Connections should be at different levels.

reach up, sideways and down

Get to know who they know.

Multiple connection in different industries, companies, interests

Wide

Connection from different industries, locations, interests, personalities and roles.

The more diverse, the better!

Friends, Allies and Power Connectors

Core Asset = you

Revenue = entire network

Earnings = the connections you give and receive the greatest amount of attention and value.

Multiple of Earnings = the connections of the connections you give and receive the greatest amount of attention and value.


The value of your network multiplies by the value of the networks of the people in it.

Terrible Strategic Relationships
Bad actors
Psychopaths
Leeches
Great Strategic Relationships
Characteristics

10. Connected

9. Sociable

8. Intelligent

7. Patient

6. Engaged

5. Listening

4. Caring

3. Respectful

2. Trustworthy

1. Authentic

Select people based on who they are instead of what they've accomplished!
5 + 50 + 100 Power Circles
Vital 100

people I touch base with once a month.

Key 50

important relationships who represent significant value to life and business.

Top 5

people closest to me. trust with my life.

Power Connectors: the most potent
Power Connectors connect networks to add value to both
Interlinked Networks are powerful
The power and peril of strong and weak links
Weak Connections

Are the links between clusters of strong links.

friends of friends are often your greatest asset. Different perspectives are good!

Strong connections

people who think like you; your friends

Power of High-Value Strategic Connections

How strategic are your current relationships
If you need to be more strategic...

3. How many groups are you connected to?

2. How diverse are you ecosystems in shich you have strategic relationships?

1. how many people d wish to be among your strategic relationships?

6. Do you have a plan or managing your strategic relationships?
5. Have a list of high value connections you would like to develop a strategic relationship?
4. How long would it take to reach a top professional?
3. How much do you know about your connections networks?
2. How many people do you consistently communicate with?
1. How many of your current relationships are strategic?
Personal Value of Strategic Relationships
Multiplied Influence and Impact

The more doors you can open for people, the more influential your connections will be for others.

Multiplied Value

The more diverse and valuable your contacts the more value you can offer your newer connections. They will want to extend value to you through their connections as well.

Greater and Higher Quality Opportunities

As the quality of your network rises so does the quality of your opportunities.

Multiplied Outreach

the more contacts who are connected to a powerful connection the more multiplied you outreach is...

Leverage

The more connections you can call upon to support your cause the more leverage y using.

New perspectives, skills and creativity

The more connections you have the greater your perspectives

Information

Access to PRIVATE information in addition to public info. public info isn't a differentiator any longer.

Power

perceived power through you connections.

Credibility

What you know is important but who you know gives you credibility.

Access

Access to the connections people want.

Status

Who you know within the organization regardless of your position.

identity

You are who you hang out with

Business Value of Strategic Relationships
Social Capital

Develop it

borrow it

develop informal relationships with those who have the social capital so you can be sponsored.

buy it

Give to the same cause or business. contribute money

build it yourself

go to the same schools, joining the same professions, same clubs...

Informal

Personal

Formal

Hierarchy Accountability

Relational Capital

an intagible asset that is based on developg, maintaing and nurturing high-quality relationships with an organization, individual or group that influences or impacts your busness including: customers, suppliers, emplyees, governments, partners, other stakeholders and sometimes competitors.

Plan Strategic Relationships the way you plan business
built on generosity, value creation and friendship.
Develop relationships that are aligned with the business plan
5 Networking Mistakes
5. Fail to network in a way to create high-value long-term connections.
4. No system for optimizing Networking efforts.
3. Don't access the relative value of connections.
2. Network at the wrong level for their goals.
1. Network in the wrong places for what they need.