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Second-Stage
Mentoring
By the time
you reach mid-level management, you need a group of savvy professionals
to exchange ideas and contacts with. Here are 7 tips to start developing
such a network:
- Start a
file on people's whose work you admire. Get to know a few of them.
- Become active
in one or two groups -- professional, civic, or advocacy -- dealing
with issues you are interested in. Get involved. Assume a leadership
role on a committee or task force.
- Make a special
effort to build relationships with successful people in your field.
Learn their war stories and strategies for overcoming obstacles
and advancing forward.
- Schedule
breakfast or lunch meetings with a few colleagues. Try to turn
it into a monthly event so that you can discuss both career and
personal issues.
- Solidify
relationships by entertaining regularly. Celebrate holidays, birthdays,
and promotions with co-workers, peers, and superiors.
- Demonstrate
your appreciation for the talents of business friends and acquaintances.
Congratulate those who have been promoted, started new projects
or businesses, or won recognition.
- Be generous
with your time and knowledge. Share information. Help advance
those behind you. Who knows, besides expanding your heart, they
may repay the favor someday.
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