Strategic Networking: Relationships That Reply, 330+ Tools

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

Networking is usually taught as the skill of meeting people. That is why it does not work: meeting people is easy, and most of them never reply again. Here are 331 tools for relationships that last: 205 ready-to-use templates, question lists, procedures and checklists, 75 services shown on screen, 48 models and methods and 3 working files.

Open a lecture, take the outreach line, and reconnect with one person this week.

Why most networking leads nowhere

People collect contacts at events, send generic requests and reach out only when they need something. There is no clear reason to remember them, no visible reputation and no plan for who they want to know.

What changes after this course

You know who you want to reach and why, you can be found, your messages get replies, your reputation is visible, and you keep relationships alive through mentoring and giving before asking.

What is inside: 331 tools, counted lecture by lecture

You do not have to take this number on trust. Open any lecture and read its description: every tool inside is listed there by name.

• 45 downloadable resources: lecture presentations plus 3 working files, including an outreach lines card and a career options analysis workbook
• 205 ready-to-use tools inside the presentations:
• 52 templates and sample documents: LinkedIn connection request comment, candidate connection request message, colleague interest map, mentoring ground rules
• 41 question lists and scripts: candidate outreach message sequence, conditional negotiation scripts, first mentoring meeting script, professional credibility self-assessment
• 33 step-by-step procedures: corporate email discovery, username profile discovery, colleague roles and goals exercise, developmental feedback
• 32 checklists: LinkedIn profile completion, fake LinkedIn profile warning signs, mentor suitability, mentee and first meeting preparation
• 16 scorecards, rubrics and matrices: active listening competency, communication competency, empathy competency, communication openness
• 14 ready AI prompts: positioning generation, messaging matrix generation, brand voice agent, brand monitoring agent
• 10 search string sets, 6 other working tools and 1 metric set: GitHub candidate search operators, resonant leadership reflection worksheet, ideal job worksheet
• 48 models and methods explained with examples: active listening, Radical Candor, resonant leadership, reverse mentoring
• 75 services shown on screen, including LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Claude, Photofeeler and Recruit’em

Where the tools are

Being found (2 sections, 71 tools). Profile, network, Boolean and advanced search.

Beyond one platform (2 sections, 67 tools). Other networks, visual, technical and messaging platforms.

Positioning and reputation (2 sections, 89 tools). Why people reply, voice, visibility and reputation.

Relationship competencies (3 sections, 42 tools). Openness, accountability, learning and judgement.

Mentoring (2 sections, 33 tools). The strongest long relationship.

What you trade on (4 sections, 72 tools). Purpose, skills, materials, finances and staying in the top league.

Who is teaching

I am Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 1,800,000+ course enrollments from 170,000 students, and the author of about 200 books on Amazon. I built the people system at Preply as it became a unicorn and worked at Wargaming, iDeals and Alfa-Bank across 20 years in HR. I hold PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP certifications and represent HRCI in Eastern Europe.

At Wargaming, Glen Elliott built Total Rewards. When I saw his background, with Google and HP behind him, I wanted to work in his team. I was an HR business partner, said I wanted to do Total Rewards, had an interview with Glen, and we started working together. A relationship I chose on purpose changed the direction of my career.

How to use the course

Start with being found and positioning, then work on reputation, mentoring and what you trade on. Section and lecture titles show how many tools are inside, and each lecture description lists them by name.

What is included

• 44 lectures across 16 sections, 21.5 hours
• 45 downloadable resources: lecture presentations and 3 working files
• 331 tools across the lessons, including 75 services shown on screen
• Lifetime access to all materials
• Active instructor support in the Q&A section
• A Udemy Certificate of Completion

Where to start

Write down five people you would like to know in a year and why, then open the first section. Enrol now and start your first lesson today.

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