Networking for Spies: How to Benefit from Any Encounter

Intelligence officers who have worked for many years under deep cover share their unique personal experiences in dealing with people. This book aims to help readers become designers of their own human environment and successfully use connections to achieve goals... in life and business. Without intending to turn readers into spies, though perhaps it may inspire some!, the authors of the book will help learn how to understand people and create long-term productive relationships. They will explain how to manage one’s own human "ecosystem," including: - how to strategically build a network of contacts; - how to effectively make and develop connections; - how to systematically raise one’s status in society; - how to quickly strengthen one’s position in a new organization; - how to create a circle of reliable friends and possibly find a partner.