Complete the NNI
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
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Strongly Agree
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31. Other people have more influence over my career than I do
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
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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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Probably remove next question from this iteration:
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.