What Kind of Networker Are You?

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🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Marissa King, professor at Yale School of Management, has studied the strengths and weaknesses of different types of social networks. She argues that most of us have a natural style of networking: we favor tight social circles, or brokering across varied groups, or having an expansive list of contacts. But she says we can also tweak the way we build relationships to meet our changing needs. For example, widening our outreach to boost creativity and innovation or focusing on trusted friends and colleagues to increase trust and happiness. King is the author of the book "Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection.”

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0:00.0	How do you navigate gender in your workplace?
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0:09.6	and practical advice on navigating divorce, disability, and career failures.
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0:16.0	Women at Work wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the HBO Ideacast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Allison Beard. We all know that networking is critical to career success. You need to meet the
0:48.8	right people and form strong relationships to get access to the best
0:52.1	opportunities.
0:53.4	As the old saying goes, it's not what you know,
0:55.7	it's who you know.
0:57.2	But how exactly do you build a strong professional network?
1:00.6	Which context should you pursue
1:02.3	and what type of connections do you want to make?
1:05.0	How much time and energy do you give to everyone?
1:08.0	What does it take to maintain those relationships, especially in a time of crisis?
1:12.0	And how can you do all of this in an authentic way without feeling slimy?
1:16.0	Our guest today has done deep research into workplace social connections.
1:20.0	She says they're critical to both performance and well-being, but notes that not all
1:24.8	successful networks are built the same.
1:27.4	Marissa King is a professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management,
1:31.4	and she's the author of the new book, Social Chemistry,
1:34.8	Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection.
1:37.0	Marissa, thanks so much for being with me.
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