Strategic Connections

PREFACEThe OverwhelmingCase for Face to Face

Here’s the challenge: Network with a new purpose, collaborate in ways you never have before, and impact your organization. A new paradigm is emerging, a paradigm we call the Network-Oriented Workplace.

In the new workplace, whether you’re a CEO or an employee, you have a new role to play—and new opportunities for contributing to your organization’s success. Strategic Connections shows you how to commit to this new networker identity.

But, to become a player in the new environment, you’ll need more than the mindset. You’ll need to master advanced face-to-face skills. What’s the value of face to face? Trust. Without trust, the collaboration needed to excel in today’s environment is very unlikely.

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