Rob Cross is the founder and research director of the Connected Commons, a consortium of over 100 leading organizations accelerating network research and practice.

Through research and writing, speaking and consulting, and courses and tools, Rob’s network strategies are transforming the way people lead, work and live in a hyper-connected world.

Drawing on fresh research, Rob Cross and Karen Dillon will explain the science behind what microstress is doing to you and teach you how to recognize and manage the most common forms of microstress, and even remove some from your life.

Explore the many ways network analysis can help organizations drive agility and alignment in the blog post, What is Organizational Network Analysis (ONA)? Or, learn more about working with Rob and his team to bring ONA to your change effort. Share!

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Explore the many ways network analysis can help organizations drive agility and alignment on the on the Work with Rob page and in the blog post, What is Organizational Network Analysis (ONA)?

Working with Rob, organizations can apply network analytics to identify strategic opportunities for improvement and deploy customized and research-based practices to achieve their goals.

An executive joining a new company needs to surge early with proactive outreach to a broad, cross-boundary network. Establishing these ties early on is crucial—but how a new executive presents themselves in the early months is equally important.

Four critical networking practices distinguish high-performing women. Women can adapt their own networks to accelerate transitions into new roles and thrive their careers.

It’s Not A Big Network that Matters Contrary to popular belief, an effective network is not usually a big one. Success doesn’t come from having the most connections. Creating and engaging targeted relationships is the key to personal performance.