One of the most significant lessons I will take away from the "great recession" is to make building your network a constant priority. During the really good years, I had my head down, working hard, moving to new locations for new assignments and leaving behind all those potentially rich relationships with the people I came to know professionally and personally. I look back now wondering how different things might be or the experiences I might have missed out on should I have just taken the time to stay in touch more regularly.
One of the challenges I had with rebuilding my network was where to start. To help you out, here are three good episodes of Manager Tools podcasts on networks and Linkedin.
http://www.manager-tools.com/2006/05/building-a-network
http://www.manager-tools.com/2010/04/getting-started-with-linkedin-part-1
http://www.manager-tools.com/2010/04/getting-started-with-linkedin-part-2
How do you stay connected to your network?
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