Diamond Connections
The confidence to connect.
It all begins with carbon. Coal, graphite and diamond are made of exactly the same stuff. What separates them is structure and pressure. The same is true of the people you already know.
Who is this for
You have a contacts list, a phone full of numbers and several hundred connections you have not spoken to in years. You know the opportunities are in there somewhere. You just cannot bring yourself to send a message that starts with "Sorry for the random message."
If networking makes you want to lie down in a dark room, but you suspect your career depends on it anyway, this is for you.
What you will learn
The Carbon Principle. Most people treat their network as a numbers game, collecting connections like they are worth something on their own. They are not. Coal is carbon with no structure. Graphite is carbon with the wrong structure. Diamond is carbon under pressure, arranged properly. You will learn to see which of your relationships are which, and what turns one into another.
The graphite layer. The most valuable opportunities in your network are almost never with strangers. They are sitting in relationships you already have and have stopped tending. You will map yours, find what has gone quiet, and learn how to reopen a conversation without the cringe.
The Connection Equation. Curiosity, Chemistry, Contribution and Commitment, divided by Comfort. Real connection is built from genuine interest in other people and something worth bringing them. The dividing line is comfort, because nothing worth having sits inside it.
The Trust Equation. Credibility, Reliability and Intimacy, divided by Self-orientation. Trustworthy people are not performing trustworthiness. This is the part you can't fake, and understanding why will change how you show up.
How it works
Self-paced and digital, with a workbook that has you mapping your actual network rather than thinking about networks in the abstract. Expect to be sending some messages before you finish the course. That is deliberate.
What changes
You stop collecting contacts and start building relationships. The conversations you have been avoiding become the ones you look forward to. Opportunities start arriving from people you had forgotten you knew, because they have remembered what you are worth.
Enrol
£195 inc VAT
Bringing this to your team? It also runs as a live cohort and an in house programme. Let's talk.
Where it goes next
Knowing your value and building genuine connections puts you in the room. Diamond Leadership is about what you do once you are there.