If you’re serious about developing a networking strategy, you must set some goals so you can measure and track your progress. The process of setting goals and reviewing where you are in achieving them is all part of being intentional about your business success.
As Steven Covey stated in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People “BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND.”
Dream…visualize…and put some thought to these questions. Better yet, write down your answers as a method of becoming intentional about your success.
- Where do you want to be in a year?
- How do you want your business to look?
- Who will you be doing business with?
- What level of success will your business have achieved?
Once you have a big picture about how you want things to be in your business, take a look at the questions for setting Networking Goals (shown below). How can networking help you achieve those bigger goals? How can you proactively build this progress into your business plan?
We’ve created a downloadable worksheet for you to use as you work through this process. Download…Setting Your Networking Goals
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We want to hear from you…what challenges are you faced with in developing a networking strategy?
For some reason, this kind of goal-setting is difficult for me. I think the only question I could answer right now is about what 5 things I intend to do to network.
Jeanine, I find you have to be intentional about the level of success you want from your networking. Once you know where you’re headed, you can chart your course to get there.
I’ve done quite a bit of teaching and preaching on goal setting, and your questions and observations are “spot on”! Concrete. Specific. Measurable. Timely. Good stuff! And I love “7 Habits”! Best to you!
Thanks, Ken! You’re right that goal setting principles are the same in any environment.
Aha, I really liked your tips!