Leadership in Action: Inklings - A Mid-Career Leadership Curriculum for High-Potential Leaders

Build Networks

Inevitably, the feature of the course that will be most memorable for the participants is the opportunity to interact closely with a range of other organizational members, that is, to make new friends and to build networks. Consequently, this feature should be exploited.

The most memorable feature for participants is the opportunity to interact with a range of other organizational members.

Two factors are important here: first, the quality and diversity of the other members of the class and, second, the degree of interactivity created by the instructional activities. Regarding the former, participants should be drawn from both the broad spectrum of the organization's activities—such as production, distribution, marketing, accounting, ...