1. How to build a better network, career, & life

5. They all work a certain way.

6. Working Out Loud

7. The Internet

8. What can I contribute to them that will deepen my relationships?
What am I trying to do?
Who can help me?
What can I contribute to them that will deepen my relationships?

9. 5 Working Out Loud Purpose Relationships Generosity Visible work
elements
Learning

10. 2 mins
“If you look at the world this way, then you’ve only got one line connecting you to the rest of the firm and to other opportunities. Traditionally, all that the company has to offer depends an awful lot on that line. Your rating, your promotions, your day-to-day experiences. Just as those grads described.”

11. The single biggest decision you make in your job — bigger than all of the rest — is who you name manager. When you name the wrong person manager, nothing fixes that bad decision. Not compensation, not benefits — nothing.
- Gallup’s State of the American Workplace 2013

12. 2 mins
“That’s unnecessarily limiting. What you want to build instead is a network. You want you and your work to be known by more people so they can expose you to more opportunities. The bigger and more diverse your network, the more opportunities you’ll see and the greater the chances you can connect with one you’ll find fulfilling.”

13. Better for you. Better for the firm.
3 mins + 18 min video
Notice this isn’t just about blogging and tweeting. Or just about self-promotion. It’s about you making connections that can help you and also help the firm. Each of the people I mentioned have more opportunities and they have a much great capacity to drive change at DB.
Think of that. How would you connect people and drive change? Here’s one of my favorite videos talking about just that. And it gives such a rich set of examples of different kinds of people making outsized impacts. While you watch this, think “What if we could do this at work? Why not? Why not me?”

14. A quick exercise

16. Who are you?

18. Why are we so bad at it?

19. We’re not bad at it. We’re not good at it yet.

21. Guided mastery over time

22. Peer support

23. Working Out Loud Circles
Intro - After 2.5 years…
5 elements - Dale meets the internet picture of Dale!
Habits - Books?
Way to spread it
What circles are
Progress - Map
What’s next: book and updated map

25. workingoutloud.com

26. Not just for the lucky ones
<aspirational ending! Slow. Earnest.> “Why wait to be picked? Why hope to be lucky?”
Not just for the lucky ones

27. 1 min
“You have more power than the generations before you. You can do all they did and, now more than ever, build a network they never could. Discover opportunities they never could. Create value and fulfillment in ways they never could. Connect people and drive change like never before.”
It’s for everyone.

28. 15s
“What will you do?”
What will you do?