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Jan 2021
26m 13s

What Kind of Networker Are You?

Harvard Business Review
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Marissa King, professor at Yale School of Management, has studied the strengths and weaknesses of different types of social networks. She argues that most of us have a natural style of networking: we favor tight social circles, or brokering across varied groups, or having an expansive list of contacts. But she says we can also tweak the way we build relatio ... Show More
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