Transforming Your Professional Network

Episode 23: Transforming Your Professional Network
Our guest today, Amy Waninger, Founder & CEO of Lead at Any Level, takes us through an exercise highlighting areas where we can strengthen our network and ways to be more intentional about who we are connecting with. Because, as Amy explains, we all have bias, but it’s important to get out of our comfort zones because, “When we don’t cross pollinate our networks with different industries and different ideas we start to try to solve our problems in a vacuum. And that doesn’t work. If everyone around the table has the same experiences you do, it’s going to be really hard to get creative.”
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Time Stamped Table of Contents
2:33 The importance of a strong professional network
3:58 How Amy is challenging the status quo
10:45 The impact of mentoring
11:48 The role of bias in networking
16:13 Expanding your network
18:42 Finding and filling gaps in your network
24:08 Recognizing and addressing less visible differences
28:07 Tips for introverts
32:23 Immediate action items
Amy is a Professional Member of National Speakers Association and a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner. Her other credentials include two degrees from Indiana University and a World’s Best Mom coffee mug.
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