Networking Strength Quiz results

Such fascinating results from the Networking Strength Quiz from this year’s Mind Shift Forum theme! My breakdown and a handful of insights are below.

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— Peter


The 7 Categories Defined

  • Drive
     

    How much drive do you have to succeed at networking this year?
  • Perception of Influence
     

    How influential do you think you are?
  • Influence in Tribes
     

    How many communities are you engaged with?
  • Engagement
     

    How proactive are you at developing connections and staying in touch?
  • Positioning
     

    How clear and passionate are you on what you do and who you help?
  • Diversity
     

    How varied is the quality of your network?
  • Depth
     

    How much can you trust and rely on people in your network?

All Categories Compared

Which categories came out on top? Which didn't do so well?

Winners

  1. Drive
     
  2. Positioning
     

Middle of the Pack

  1. Depth
     
  2. Diversity
     

Losers

  1. Perception of Influence
     
  2. Influence in Tribes
     
  3. Engagement
     

Insights — What does this mean?

  • Diverse Experiences
    Looking at the wide array of responses, the Mind Shift Forum community are all in very different places. Some of us are great at networking. Some of us have no idea what we’re doing! But most of us fall somewhere in the middle and would like to improve.

  • The Good!
    Most of us want to be better at networking this yearthat makes sense! And most of us feel like we’re clear on what we do and who we help.

  • The Not So Good
    Most of us are don’t see ourselves as very influential, we don’t engage in a lot of different communities, and we’re not very good at developing new connections and staying in touch.

  • More Detail?
    See how each individual category breaks down below.


Individual Category Results

There were 3 buckets people fell into: HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW. Let’s see which one had the majority for each category…

 

Drive

How much drive do you have to succeed at networking this year?

  • 57% of you got a HIGH result — HIGH wins
  • 32% of you got a MEDIUM result
  • 11% of you got a LOW result
 

Perception of Influence

How influential do you think you are?

  • 68% of you got a MEDIUM result — MEDIUM wins
  • 28% of you got a HIGH result
  • 4% of you got a LOW result
 

Influence in Tribes

How many communities are you engaged with?

  • 41% of you got a LOW result — LOW wins
  • 40% of you got a MEDIUM result
  • 19% of you got a HIGH result
 

Engagement

How proactive are you at developing connections and staying in touch?

  • 53% of you got a MEDIUM result — MEDIUM wins
  • 38% of you got a LOW result
  • 9% of you got a HIGH result
 

Positioning

How clear and passionate are you on what you do and who you help?

  • 51% of you got a HIGH result — HIGH wins
  • 47% of you got a MEDIUM result
  • 2% of you got a LOW result
 

Diversity

How varied is the quality of your network?

  • 57% of you got a MEDIUM result — MEDIUM wins
  • 32% of you got a HIGH result
  • 11% of you got a LOW result
 

Depth

How much can you trust and rely on people in your network?

  • 49% of you got a MEDIUM result — MEDIUM wins
  • 45% of you got a HIGH result
  • 6% of you got a LOW result
 

Overall

The aggregate result of all categories.

  • 72% of you got a MEDIUM result — MEDIUM wins
  • 21% of you got a HIGH result
  • 6% of you got a LOW result

And that’s a wrap! You’ve done well to make it this far.

Much more to come next month on Mind Shift Forum.

 
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