A great employee is one who is driven and focused on improving his or her own career as much as possible.
You don't want a complacent team member. Even if they're engaged in their work at the moment, this particular trait will no doubt lead to problems for your organization down the road.
Encouraging your employees to network with others (both inside and outside of your organization) is a great way to help them focus on building their careers, while helping them to be more engaged in their current roles.
There are so many ways to network in today's world that it can be relatively head-spinning. Take a look at the popularity of social media and professional networks like LinkedIn, and it becomes quite clear just how much focus is placed on networking in modern society.
You can encourage your employees to utilize these services for outside networking and implement social business software for internal networking. Send your employees to tradeshows, conferences, workshops, educational talks ... send them to events where they can learn something!
The possibilities are endless, and the more your employees focus on building their networks, the more your business will benefit in the end.
