Building Relationships For Professional Success

What you'll learn
Craft and improve a strategy for engaging in meaningful and successful strategic networking conversations
Evaluate the quality of key relationships today to identify opportunities for strengthening and improvement
Identify specific tactics and methods to strengthen relationships at work with other professionals
Build an "action plan" for how to go about investing in and strengthening relationships at work
Develop confidence in relationship building and networking practices
Requirements
Working in a part-time or full-time job
No other experience required
Description
Having meaningful and impactful relationships are critical to succeeding in your job and advancing in your career. They are also proven to be incredibly beneficial for overall personal well-being and employee engagement. And many people choose to work because of the opportunities to meet and engage with other people. While most people know about the importance of having strong relationships, many people often struggle to A) understand how to go about building them and B) how to make time and space to cultivate relationships with others, especially in today's ever changing world of work.But how do you prioritize the relationships you want to build, and strategically strengthen relationships that lead to successful outcomes for yourself and others?In this course, learners will gain specific tactics and practices for authentically building relationships, and create a strategic relationship roadmap they can implement so they can intentionally cultivate high impact relationships to improve effectiveness and achieve goals. They will identify specific goals they can achieve through better relationships, and assess the quality of relationships with key peers and colleagues.By the end of this course, learners will identify a set of habits and practices for strengthening key relationships they can start practicing, build a prioritized list of relationships they want to strengthen, and gain a set of tools that will strengthen their ability to improve the way they engage and influence others to achieve success.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction: Course Introduction
Lecture 1 Meet Your Instructor
Lecture 2 Introduction
Section 2: Why: Understanding Your Why and Intentions For Strengthening Relationships
Lecture 3 Why: Understanding Why You Want to Build Relationships
Section 3: Who: Identifying and Prioritizing Key Relationships
Lecture 4 Prioritizing Key Relationships
Lecture 5 Introducing The Starting Five Framework For Assessing Key Relationships
Lecture 6 Who: Best Practices For Identifying and Prioritizing Key Relationships
Section 4: When: Finding The Right Opportunities to Strengthen Relationships
Lecture 7 The Importance and Challenge For When To Build Relationships
Lecture 8 How to Pick Your Spots To Build Relationships
Lecture 9 When: Best Practices For Picking Your Spots
Section 5: How: Practices and Tactics For How to Build Relationships
Lecture 10 Practices and Tactics For Building Relationships
Lecture 11 Use Your VICE to Connect and Engage With Other People
Lecture 12 How: Best Practices For Using The VICE Framework
Section 6: Plan: Building Your Relationship Roadmap
Lecture 13 Building Your Relationship Roadmap
Lecture 14 Final Tips and Best Practices For Building Relationships
Section 7: Course Summary and Next Steps
Lecture 15 Key Takeaways and Next Steps
Professionals who work in a company with other employees,Professionals who know they want better relationships and are looking for guidance on how to do it,Professionals who are looking to advance to the next step in their career, and want to improve their influence and visibility by connecting with others,Professionals who are early in their careers, and want practical tips for growing and building relationships