Socialization

Definition: Use informal communication with influential stakeholders to gauge their level of acceptance and support of new ideas. Example: Discuss strategic initiatives with key leaders well ahead of formal meetings and decisions.

Relates to: Integrate and Co-Create

SKILL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

ONLINE RESOURCES

Communicating New Ideas
Why In-Person Socializing is a Mandatory To Do Item 

BOOKS

Exceptional Leadership: 16 Critical Competencies for Healthcare Executive
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
Influence Without Authority

COURSE, WORKSHOP, OR SEMINAR

Driving Results Through Innovation Leadership, Center for Creative Leadership

TOOL RESOURCES

Tools to support this skill may include:

Ideation: Ideation Challenges
Ideation: Ideation Platform
Knowledge Sharing Platform: Knowledge Sharing
Mudslinging: Turning Negative into Positive: Public Health Mass Media Campaigns and Negative Advertising
Social Currency: 15 Examples of Social Currency Used in Marketing
Social Currency: Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Social Currency: Is Your Brand Focused on Social Currency?