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Top performers focus on building high-quality professional networks, rather than large ones
From an advance copy of forthcoming 2010 book The 2020 Workplace:
According to Dr. Robert Cross, a professor of management at the University of Virginia, the high performers in an organization focus on building high-quality social networks rather than large ones.
From a 2006 paper (.pdf) co-authored by Rob Cross:
Most high performers succeed by developing targeted networks [...]
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Obama education adviser: “21st-century schools should integrate new technologies for learning and create personalized structures for supporting students.”
From The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment To Equity Will Determine Our Future, a forthcoming 2010 book by Stanford professor and Obama education adviser Linda Darling-Hammond:
21st-century schools should integrate new technologies for learning and create personalized structures for supporting students.
…Also key is the creation of networks that allow teachers, leaders, schools [...]
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