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Complete the NNI

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Welcome to the Newton Networking Inventory

 

Entering your name and email address is optional to give all respondents the option of being kept updated of the research outcome at that email address. Age and gender are required to help identify trends in the dataset. No personally identifiable data forms any part of this research, nor will it be shared with any third party.

Below are statements describing various aspects of the networking mix. Please use the rating scale below to describe how accurately each statement describes you. Describe yourself as you honestly see yourself now, not as you wish to be in the future.

Please read each statement carefully, and then fill in the bubble that corresponds to the number on the scale.

NB add checkbox  for 'please keep me updated on items of networking research interest via occasional email to this address'

Re presentation- like surveymonkey with all questions on same html page or as sequential 'flash cards' with question on each?

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1. Please enter your first and last name

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2. Please enter your preferred email address

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3. How old are you? (please enter as 2 digits, not text)

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4. Gender?

Male

Female

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5. I stay connected with old colleagues and workmates

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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6. It's important to me to be a helpful person

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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7. I don't like conversations that don't have a clear purpose and / or direction

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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8. Asking for help makes me look like I don't know how to do my job

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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9. I'm not in touch with many people from my past

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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10. I can recall what someone told me about themselves weeks or months previously

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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11. I'm not good at staying in touch with people

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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12. I don't make time to keep in touch with people

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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13. I have a tendency to forget to provide promised information until reminded

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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14. I am willing to help someone even if I don't see something immediate in it for me

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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15. When faced with a challenge I see asking for help as a sign of weakness

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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16. I'm good at mentally filing away snippets of conversation for the next time I meet that person

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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17. I'm good at noting what people tell me about their hobbies and interests and using that on a subsequent occasion

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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18. If someone cancels a meeting at the last minute, I assume they didn't really want to meet

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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19. Before arranging a meeting I have a clear checklist of what I am to achieve from it

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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20. If someone suggests I call them back in three months, I make a diary note to do so to ensure it happens

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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21. I'm only comfortable with people I know well

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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22. The things that people tell me about themselves tend to 'go in one ear and out the other'

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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23. Asking someone for help is demeaning to my own reputation

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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24. I engage strangers in conversation

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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25. If I promise someone a referral or recommendation, I make sure that I deliver without the need to be reminded

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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26. If someone doesn't respond to my email request for information, they're not prepared to offer it

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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27. It pleases me to receive a request for help from someone in my business network

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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28. I remember what people tell me about themselves

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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29. At a party, I actively seek out people I don't know to chat to

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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30. I don't expect to fulfil my major life ambitions

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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31. Other people have more influence over my career than I do

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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32. In your business career, you make your own luck

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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33. I don't find it easy to make myself at home with a new group of people

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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34. I don't remember much about the small talk I have at meetings or events

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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35. I think 'what's in it for me' before offering to help someone

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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36. I make a point of staying in occasional touch with people I haven't worked with for some time

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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37. I don't like having meetings with business contacts unless there's a specific agenda

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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38. If someone doesn't return my call, they're not interested in talking to me

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neither Agree Nor Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

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39. The information gained from the workshop enables my own overall networking effectiveness to be:

Well below that of my peers

Below average

Average

Above average

Well above that of my peers

Thank you. That completes the NNI survey. Here are your scores illustrated on a nine axis radar chart. Also shown on the chart are the mean scores for a group of highly effective networkers  identified during my doctoral research. Please refer back to 'Newton on Networking' to consider how to bring your own networjking effectiveness in line with theirs on any axes on which you are underperforming. To have the scores and radar chart sent to you, please enter your email address here. Your email address will not be shared or used for any other purpose.

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