Management Tip of the Day: Strengthen Your Network with Shared Activities

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   TIPS   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile JANUARY 15, 2013 Strengthen Your Network with Shared Activities Are you looking to build a potent network? Don't rely on casual interactions or half-hearted introductions. High-stakes activities that ally you with disparate individuals around a common point of interest are the best way to forge tight connections. Whether you join people in sports teams, community service ventures, or interdepartmental initiatives, engaging with them in this new way creates stronger ties. This is because these conditions allow for unscripted behaviors and natural responses to unexpected events — things that rarely show up during business lunches or office meetings, where impressions are managed and presentations are carefully rehearsed. People will see you as you truly are, and vice versa. Common activities also offer opportunities for celebration and commiseration, which generate loyalty and form close working relationships. Today's Management Tip was adapted from the HBR Guide to Networking. Buy the book for the tools you need to conquer networking anxiety » Share Today's Tip: FEATURED PRODUCT Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Ebook Now Available Whole Foods Market Co-Founder John Mackey and Bentley professor Raj Sisodia argue for the inherent good of both business and capitalism, and use some of today's best known companies to illustrate how these two forces work most powerfully to create value for all stakeholders from customers and employees to investors and the environment. Learn how these "Conscious Capitalism" companies including Whole Foods Market, Southwest Airlines, Google, Patagonia and The Container Store use four specific tenets — higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership and conscious culture and management — to build strong businesses and help advance capitalism further towards realizing its highest potential. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Tip: PREVIOUS TIPS Ask for Feedback Before Taking That Job Stop Regretting Your Career Decisions Keep a Work Diary 3 Ways to Get People to Change What You Really Want from an Informational Interview Forget Self-Esteem. You Need Self-Compassion. Create Dramatic Tension to Persuade Your Audience Put Mundane Decisions on Autopilot Know the Impression Your Body Language Makes Proactively Manage Your Digital Reputation All Previous Tips BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's 10 Must Reads Boxed Set HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations HBR Guide to Better Business Writing HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >> Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "Management Tip of the Day" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2013 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)