Develop the developmental network by following the instructions in the exercise (page 2, 3, 4 and 5).

Building Your Developmental Network Exercise B nk about the people who have taken an active interest in your career by assisting you with your sonal and professional development in the past year. Think broadly: these may be people from r work or outside of work (such as family or community). List your developers in order of ortance to you. Consider the following types of relationships: People who help you get your work done: These are the people who are helpful and useful to you in doing your work. They may help you with important information, technical advice, professional expertise, or other resources you needed to do your work. People who help you advance your career: These are the people who contribute to your professional development and career advancement, those who have given you career guidance and direction, arranged exposure to critical people, provided political advice, helped you get important opportunities or assignments, and/or been an advocate for you. People who provide personal support for you: These are the people you go to for your emotional well being. These are people that you consult about decisions or concerns, vent with, commiserate with, debrief critical experiences with-people with whom you can be yourself. People who are role-models to you: These are the people who set an example you aspire to emulate. They are people whose careers you admire and hope to follow in their footsteps, either professionally or personally. Map Your Developmental Network Group your developers into the social arena in which you interact most frequently; often this is where you first met (for example, work, home, community, college, or graduate school). Label each box with a social arena (it's alright if you have fewer than five); then place your developers' initials on the map in terms of closeness to you. The purpose of this action planning activity is to: (A) Help you enhance (extend and/or strengthen) your developmental network relative to major challenges/opportunities you will face in the next 13 years. (B) Help you develop a relationship building strategy that will work for you. (C) Help you develop a specific plan to pursue over the next 36 months. (D) Create an accountability mechanism. You want to build your developmental network to support your needs. Consider the following questions: 1. Identify an opportunity or leadership challenge that you would like to pursue going forward. This does not have to be a "new job" or position; it could be taking on a new challenge, changing the scope of what you are currently doing, improving your leadership skills, partnering with others on a new initiative, achieving more balance in your life, and so on. 2. Given what you are trying to accomplish, how will your current developmental network help you achieve your goal? (Be specific about individuals and how they can help.) 3. What type of help is missing in your current developmental network? 4. How can you leverage your current network to meet people that could be helpful to you? 5. What, specific actions will you take to get things started? Please specify how you will initiate contact and/or enhance one or two relationships. It is best to start with one or two relationships that you think will substantially enrich your development and support your leadership goals. Then check in with your new learning partner to reflect on how your action plan is working. Actions Complete by: Relationship 2: Actions Complete by: Check-in with Learning Partner Complete by