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Strengthening Your Network: Enhancing Professional Relationships
Dr. Matthew Bowler — Director of the MBA Program and Associate Professor of Management in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University
The key to a properly structured professional network lies in the types of relational ties that we have and can develop. This seminar will demonstrate the importance of relationships in building your career, emphasize the benefits of a properly structured professional network, and examine how to develop the right types of relation - ships with the right kinds of people. This seminar is sponsored by the Department of Management and the Center for Executive and Professional Development in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. Participants earn 0.6 continuing education units (CEUs) upon completion of this seminar.
» KORN FERRY COMPETENCIES Develops talent | Interpersonal savvy | Builds networks | Self-development
SEMINAR OUTLINE I. Introduction
A. Value of a professional network B. It’s a small world II. Network basics and assessment A. How it works B. Forms of relations C. Assessing your network III. Types of relationships and their value A. Having a broker B. Being a broker IV. How to develop and manage relationships V. Knowledge of networks A. Do you know what you think you know? B. Who is connected to whom? C. Using what you know VI. Conclusion A. Pitfalls B. Summary
The Center for the Future of Work in the OSU Spears School of Business offers various certificate programs and customized professional development.
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