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For the first time ever, we’re offering a live certification experience for the Leader Network Diagnostic (LND)—led by the experts who built it. This is your chance to gain a science-backed leadership tool, exclusive facilitation resources, and strategies to help leaders break silos and drive innovation.

Learn how Accenture uses network science to drive equity and inclusion and how professional relationships create advancement opportunities at every level.

Explore how top teams use social capital to build stronger relationships, enhance collaboration, and overcome barriers. In our latest webinar, Kelly Simmons and Phil Willburn share actionable tips for leaders to harness the power of social capital and improve team performance.

Learn how top leaders use professional networks to drive innovation and overcome organizational silos in our latest webinar recap. Discover actionable strategies from Nick Petrie and Mark Watkins to create effective, future-focused networks.

Unlock the potential of remote collaboration with the Leader Network Diagnostic. This tool uses network science to enhance team efficiency by identifying key influencers, communication gaps, and collaboration bottlenecks, resulting in improved productivity and employee engagement.

The article explores network science and its applications in enhancing organizational collaboration and efficiency. By analyzing network structures, identifying key influencers, and utilizing tools like the Leader Network Diagnostic, organizations can break down silos, optimize communication pathways, and foster a culture of transparency and collaboration, ultimately leading to increased productivity and innovation.

In hybrid and remote work environments, silos pose significant challenges, hindering effective communication and collaboration. However, network science offers potent tools to break down these barriers, fostering connectivity and productivity by mapping organizational networks and identifying key influencers.

Mergers and acquisitions present significant people change challenges, but network science provides a potent solution. By analyzing organizational networks, identifying key influencers, and enhancing communication, leaders can navigate M&A transitions more effectively, fostering a more connected and resilient organization.

In Network Leader's recent webinar, experts Molly Rosen and Kristin Cullen-Lester dive deep into the persistent challenges women face in professional networking. The session explores how gender biases within networks hinder women's career advancement and offers practical strategies for creating more inclusive, effective networking environments.

Maximize your leadership potential with our blog: "Crafting Your Network with Intent: Strategy and Self-Assessment for Leaders." Learn how strategic networking and self-assessment can elevate your influence. Discover tools to evaluate diversity, depth, and openness in your network. Set clear goals aligned with your aspirations for dynamic leadership growth. Reflect, refine, and thrive with expert guidance. Elevate your leadership journey today!

Discover the art of achieving "Striking the Perfect Network Balance: Depth vs. Breadth in Leadership" in our latest blog. Learn how L&D professionals empower leaders to optimize their networks, blending deep, meaningful connections with broader acquaintances. Explore the critical role of deep connections for support and trusted advice, balanced by the diverse insights and opportunities offered by a wider circle of contacts. Uncover strategies to maintain this equilibrium, ensuring leaders stay connected with industry trends while fostering innovation. Elevate your leadership effectiveness with the ideal network balance today!

Explore how cultivating deep, meaningful connections can revolutionize modern leadership, enhancing support and decision-making capabilities. Learn how trust, respect, and frequent interaction form the foundation of these profound networks, offering leaders a reliable support system and facilitating effective collaboration. Uncover insights on how L&D professionals can leverage the value of deep connections to foster resilience, adaptability, and retention in leaders.

Unlock the power of diverse networks with our latest blog: "Cultivating Variety: The Importance of Diverse Networks for Leaders." Learn why intentional diversity within professional circles is crucial for effective leadership. Gain insights on how diverse networks across sectors, industries, and backgrounds enrich perspectives, enhance market understanding, and promote cultural awareness. Discover strategies to overcome natural biases and build inclusive networks that foster innovation and strategic adaptability.

Discover how open networks (beyond the usual inner circle) unlock transformative leadership! Ditch silos, embrace diverse ideas, and fuel innovation. Our blog reveals how leaders with open networks gain wider perspectives, build adaptability, and solve problems with cutting-edge strategies. Learn to cultivate powerful connections across industries and backgrounds, and step into the future of successful leadership.

Dive into Part 2 of the webinar series on combating burnout, featuring insights from Ted Egly of Target and Nick Petrie. Discover causes, signs, and solutions for workplace burnout.

Discover Nick Petrie's insights on beating workplace burnout in this detailed webinar recap. Explore individual and organizational causes, boundary setting, burnout stages, and effective solutions for recovery.

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Network Leader recently held a webinar discussing how intentional network development is essential for individual career growth, enhancing overall well-being, reducing burnout, and improving organizational performance.

In this blog post, we'll delve into the concept of an ODD network – one that is Open, Diverse, and Deep – and why it's essential for your team’s professional development.

Download a sample report of Network Leader’s diagnostic and see how 40,000 professionals at top companies improve their leadership development program effectiveness.

Hybrid work isn’t special (anymore). To get from yesterday’s development to tomorrow’s, programs must organize the new “office” in a way that allows employees to connect, produce, and grow — intentionally.

Network Leader recently held a webinar with one of the world’s eminent thought leaders on professional and social networks, Greg Pryor.

This webinar reviewed how the best leadership programs are ones that put capable leaders in the driver’s seat of their own network development and make it a part of their everyday jobs.

We outline the seven steps needed to make the most out of network training.

We look at the three main barriers to a better network and how to address them.

Learn why participants struggle to make meaningful changes to their networks.

New research finds that It takes more than network training to see network development.

What makes an effective network is more than size; it's how ODD it is.

2023 could be the year of "the great reconnection" - now is the time to commit to developing networks that will benefit you, your well-being and the organization!

Networks closed down during the pandemic. We need to open them back up.

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Creator of the Leader Network Diagnostic Phil Willburn, and Design and Delivery Lead Nick Petrie talk about how professional networks suffered during the pandemic, and what’s next. 

Professional networking – cultivating informal relationships within and beyond your organization to obtain resources that enable goal achievement