Tuesday, October 27, 2015
'The Network'
'The Network'
By: Clinton Ellison III
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'The need for collaboration, effective leadership, and focused effort are common themes found in any successful organization. When applied properly, these elements can foster long lasting, meaningful professional relationships, develop individual skill sets and become the essence to any functional network.'
- 'Leeroy Brown'
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Any group project that I've ever been involved in (successful or failed) has been dependent upon the ability of group to function as an effective cohesive unit. (...of course, this is subject to how one defines success or failure in any given circumstance....).. I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to be able to get a group of talented, creative, strong-minded individuals to move towards a common goal. Let's face it, WE ARE ALL ONLY HUMAN and from time to time our passion for our own ideas (ego) can compel us to act out of personal interests rather than staying the course for the group's sake....Sometimes the belief that our ideas or processes our superior to those around us can cause dissension and creative differences ... But friends, if you are able to get past that and sacrifice self serving interests for the greater cause, the possibilities are ENDLESS...
During my time as a student and business professional, I have taken in many ideas and concepts from various sources. A common theme that I was able to diagnose from a business, theological, and sociological perspective was this notion that all considerably great accomplishments were undertaken by a group (or network) of people who had the same thing in mind. Various concepts like: Meg Whitman's (current CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise) 'Power of Many' to Steven Covey's '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' all the way up to Napoleon Hill's idea of the 'mastermind principle' all highlight the importance of effective collaboration and concerted effort towards a common goal. Even if the general perception (or credit) isn't evenly distributed throughout the contributors, great feats aren't generally accomplished by one individual. This could not be more true when it comes to internet marketing..... UNDERSTAND THIS... this may have the potential to be the best piece of content ever created; but without you and your people and their people, and their people... and SO ON.... this is just a collection of words in a database. WE GIVE THINGS RELEVANCE!!!
Internet marketing and modern business hinge up on the idea that everybody needs to know somebody that knows somebody. BUT... just knowing isn't enough....it's only the start.. Actively maintaining those relationships and ensuring that we can reciprocate some sort of value to those relationships allow us to get the best from those we choose to work with....
More to come ... STAY TUNED.......
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