Navigating your business network

Navigating in business networks is an increasing challenge to professionals and organisations alike, with special regards to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The building and development of business networks is vital for sustainable business success. This includes getting reliable organisational clients on board, where applicable, and the selection and management of attractive suppliers and various stakeholders, for instance, governmental bodies, NGOs and the general public.

Some questions to reflect on: Do we spend enough time building quality relationships in business? What can we do to establish an actionable understanding with business partners about what makes our collaboration mutually fruitful? What works for them? What works for us, and how do we manage relationships in an authentic way?

Also, we operate in a digitally enhanced world, where digital footprints such as testimonials and case studies can help to explore important elements of existing networks and ultimately our planning of where we are currently and where we would like to get in certain network contexts. For smaller companies becoming known initially may represent an important challenge. And for all firms, regardless of their size, the question of establishing a good fit with partners and the management of (inter)dependencies is usually relevant.

We offer a bespoke package to map your current business network in collaboration with you and then to support the identification of aspiring network positions and the potential routes to achieve them. Get in touch with us for further details.