Networking

From the book Minute Motivators for Leaders, by Stan Toler:

“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.”
     - Woodrow Wilson

‘Leaders know the facts of life. The pipeline to achievement is learning to recognize those circles of influence and seeking to penetrate them.

The process is important. Aspiring leaders make it a point to identify the leaders in an organization. Who is making a mark on the corporation? Whose ideas generate the interest of others? Whom do the associates gravitate toward? Once that circle of influence is identified, the aspiring leader seeks to form a spiritual network.

They work with the circle members, investing time and effort in helping them reach their goals. They share information with them, insights that eventually will be reciprocated. And most important, they learn from them. They copy their best, and they sort out their worst through filters of character and spiritual commitments.

Networking – great leaders have learned the truth in the old maxim, “It’s not only what you know, but who you know that counts.”’