Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify relevant strategic networks
- Determine nature and scope of networks and collaboration required with reference to brokerage service guidelines and business plans
- Undertake research to identify and assess benefits and limitations of existing networks and their relevance to broking role and broking business goals
- Identify networks and key stakeholders based on client requirements, service delivery and/or broking business objectives
- Establish network and collaborative links with key stakeholders and individuals
- Prioritise collaborative relationships and networks on basis of their contribution to broking service role and business needs
- Identify and initiate strategies to establish linkages with key networks and individuals, including peers
- Establish working arrangements with selected networks and individuals within ethical framework
- Build strategic relationships to support and develop broking activity
- Develop protocols for ongoing collaborative activity
- Apply mix of interpersonal and technology based approaches to support networking and collaborative activity
- Use information obtained from networks and collaborative activity to address identified client requirements
- Develop ongoing networking strategies in proactive manner to support and develop broking business
- Review networks and collaborative activity
- Establish criteria for reviewing effectiveness of networks and collaborative relationships
- Apply criteria to review relative value of networks and collaborative activity to broking role and business objectives
- Undertake cost–benefit analysis of networking and collaborative activity where appropriate
- Use analysed results to inform future collaboration and networking activity and strategies