Developing Up

Establishing Office Connections

Episode Summary

Connections with coworkers is as beneficial to your career as your external network connections. In this episode we discuss how to establish an internal network of connections you can depend on. Show notes for this episode can be found at www.developingup.com/16

Episode Notes

Connections with coworkers is as beneficial to your career as your external network connections. How do you establish meaningful office connections? How do you bridge the gap between technical and non technical discussions? Once you have established a connection how do you maintain it? In this episode we answer these questions and others by looking at the value office connections provide. We discuss ways for you to seek opportunities for establishing internal connections. As well as, methods for keeping those connections alive. Providing you with an internal network you can depend on.

Benefits of Office Connections

• Creates an internal support system
• Helps establish yourself as a subject expert
• Promotes cross team collaboration

Establishing Office Connections

• Seek opportunities to start conversations
• Find a common ground
• Identify places where you can offer help & support
• Setup a recurring schedule

Listener Challenges

• Seek out and create a new office connection

Previous episodes mentioned

• Using D.U.M.B goals and S.M.A.R.T goals to grow your development career.
• Development Interview Situations
• Building Your Developer Network