Driving Results Through Social Networks: How Top Organizations Leverage Networks for Performance and Growth

Chapter 9. THE ROAD AHEAD: EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NETWORK PERSPECTIVE

A network perspective helps leaders in three of their most critical tasks: aligning people around strategic objectives, executing essential processes, and adapting to change. By rendering visible what is often invisible, network analysis makes it possible for leaders to better understand and manage the resources—people, ideas, relationships—at their disposal and to increase the accuracy with which they can intervene to improve innovation, resource allocation, and talent management. The same concepts and tools help leaders judge how much alignment and collaboration they actually need, and what impact they can achieve through focused investment. Indeed, much of the power ...