Networking inside the company can assist you in completing an assignment or task in the most efficient way possible and can posture you for getting that top job. Networking outside the company is important in gaining business, clients, accounts, or whatever your business necessity is. There are plenty of groups to join, or breakfasts and dinners to go to where you can meet people. There are charity drives to participate in where other movers and shakers in the community are involved. One mistake that women make is thinking they have to be at their desk with their nose to the grindstone every day for twelve to fourteen hours a day.
Many women think that men are just goofing off when they take clients to play golf.
A lot of business is done on the golf course. Women have to do something that does not come easy for them. They have to learn how to play golf and spend the time commiserating on the golf course and developing relationships and networking. Or substitute the tennis court or somewhere else where business relationships are forged. Learn as many different and new skills as possible.