Great leaders don’t just build networks, they cultivate them. Not as quick contacts or social media stats, but as living, evolving relationships that grow over years, sometimes decades. The long game is where trust deepens, loyalty compounds, and real influence is earned.
True community isn’t created through networking events or mass emails, it’s built through moments of presence, consistent contribution, and shared experience over time.
True community isn’t created through networking events or mass emails, it’s built through moments of presence, consistent contribution, and shared experience over time.
Great leaders don’t just build networks, they cultivate them. Not as quick contacts or social media stats, but as living, evolving relationships that grow over years, sometimes decades. The long game is where trust deepens, loyalty compounds, and real influence is earned.
We live in a hyper-connected world, where we can message, tag, like, or follow almost anyone, anywhere, anytime. But with all this access, a curious thing has happened: genuine relationships have become rarer.
The Power of Personal Networks, was born not from a theoretical curiosity, but from decades of experience across boardrooms, construction sites, coaching sessions, conference stages, and even unexpected conversations on cross-country flights.
Peter Comrie Publisher WBN News - Okanagan and WBN News - Winnipeg
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