I'm often asked how to determine who should be included in your network of connections. I have an open door policy that allows everyone in unless it can cause damage to others I know.

I know it's hard to imagine that there can be a few people that will manipulate you and your network to getting whatever they want, no matter what the price is. Unfortunately, I lose respect for those individuals and prefer not to be connected to them. I will go to all costs to also protect the people I know in my network.

On rare occasions, I have had to break ties with people because of certain acts they have done that go against my own principles and core values. It's not typical but it does happen.

If you allow certain behavior to exist, it can multiply and spread disease causing others either do the same or become dissatisfied.

I remember I once knew this woman that demanded everyone buy something from her regardless of who they were and if they didn't she would talk smack about them. She made a huge fuss about why she should have her way and it turned quite a few people away. Her demands were unreasonable especially when she burned bridges throughout the group. She would use people for what she needed then not pay them for their services performed only to say they didn't do a good job. She not only plowed over people but left a trail of dead bodies in her quake.

This kind of networking is not healthy and needs to be stopped before it can get out of control.

You will also meet others that simply want to take from you leaving you feeling empty. Again, not my favorite types of individuals that I want to include in my close network. You have the right to decide who is someone you want to bring closer to you or who you want to keep at a distance.

Sometimes it's hard to pull the weeds in your networking garden. The larger the network you create, the more they seem to pop up. There's really not an easy way of removing them completely but you must eliminate or at least stop their unwanted behavior. Sit down with them and offer a heart to heart. See if there's something you can do to help them. Let them know there are other ways they can get what they want. A few minutes of coaching might just be what saves them in their business.



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