Framework

Mapping your personal network

The question it answers

As a manager stepping into a bigger role, which contacts in my network did I connect with myself, who are the connectors, and which links are missing?

Origin
Uzzi and Dunlap, 2005
Diagram type
Process by phase
Level of analysis
Individual
Topics
Entrepreneurship & innovationThe MBA journey
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Diagram

Mapping your personal network

  1. Six steps
  2. List key contacts
  3. Who introduced you
  4. Whom you introduced them to
  5. Count self-made links
  6. Find brokers
  7. Act on it

Sources

References

Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.

  1. Uzzi, B. and Dunlap, S. (2005) ‘How to build your network’, Harvard Business Review.No DOIhbr.orgSource page