During your mid-career time, which is typically between the ages of 35 and 45, you pretty much have a strong network. This is ideally the case where you’ve built a promising foundation for the years to come. It also may be a time when others can benefit from the network you’ve built.
However, there are times when you may also need to change your network mid-way. To put it simply, you may need a more evolved network compared to the existing one. This is based on a few factors which we will discuss in this blog. Let’s also explore the techniques to expand your emerging network and leverage it to access new opportunities and gain diverse insights.
Many leaders who’ve reached their mid-career years are either in the mood to keep going or questioning the next phase. This depends on their state of mind, their achievements, milestones, regrets, struggles, and so much more.
Be that as it may, when you stand in the middle of the staircase, you can either climb forward or fall backward. If I have to give another analogy, I would like to associate it with the concept of a network. Consider a group of people standing in a sinking ship. There are multiple holes in the base of the ship, which is leading to the ocean’s water gushing in. You are the captain of the ship, and you tell the people to make sure each hole is plugged or covered to avoid the water from gushing in and further sinking the ship. But the people on the ship can’t identify what they can use to plug the holes. You start to do it yourself but it’s tiring and leads you nowhere. You start to wonder whether you need better people onboard.
This is what it’s like when you don’t expand your network to a higher level. Here are some of the factors that will compel you to expand your network:
The above reasons are among the most pertinent factors that can lead you to want more out of your existing network. Now that you know what leads to aiming for a network change and expansion, let’s look at the various ways to expand your network.
Your mid-career calls for sophistication rather than random explorations. You want to spend less time exploring, and more time to close in on the right network of people. Let’s look at the surest ways to find the right chain of people to change your life as a leader.
Use these key tips to expand your existing network and in a short span of time, you will have a strong family network. At the end of the day, your network should make you smile and make you look forward to meeting each one of them.
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