--- title: What's Wrong with What Women are Taught About Networking? description: Leading Women's research on the Missing 33% and what is wrong with what women are taught about Networking Download the infographic today! image: https://www.leadingnow.biz/hubfs/Landing_pages_Images/Networking.png --- [![LN-Logo-2021](https://www.leadingnow.biz/hs-fs/hubfs/ADMIN%20-%20All%20Brands/LN/LN-Logo-2021.png?width=147&height=80&name=LN-Logo-2021.png "LN-Logo-2021")](https://www.leadingnow.biz/) # What's Wrong with What Women are Taught About Networking? 1 min read | [Samantha Furbush Taraskiewicz](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/author/samantha-furbush-taraskiewicz) - Share: - [Facebook ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/networking-infographic?utm_medium=social&utm_source=) - [LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/networking-infographic?utm_medium=social&utm_source=&title=What%27s+Wrong+with+What+Women+are+Taught+About+Networking%3F) - [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/networking-infographic?utm_medium=social&utm_source=&url=https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/networking-infographic?utm_medium=social&utm_source=&source=tweetbutton&text=What%27s+Wrong+with+What+Women+are+Taught+About+Networking%3F) - [Email ](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/networking-infographic?utm_medium=social&utm_source=%20&body=Check%20out%20https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/networking-infographic?utm_medium=social&utm_source=) Women are often told that building a strong Network is a key to moving up in their career. But what they are being told is incomplete. In our brand new infographic we examine what's wrong with what women are taught about networking and the Leading Women difference!  [![Networking Infographic2](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/292089/47c4936b-5bb9-4824-b3fd-a667cda88e79.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/292089/47c4936b-5bb9-4824-b3fd-a667cda88e79)   ![Networking.png](https://www.leadingnow.biz/hs-fs/hubfs/Landing_pages_Images/Networking.png?width=627&height=340&name=Networking.png)    Leading Women teamed up with researcher, Lara El Feghaly - view her work on [Confidence](https://www.leadingnow.biz/request-confidence-infographic) and [Executive Presence](https://www.leadingnow.biz/executive-presence-request) -  to analyze the responses to the question: **"What advice are women given about Networking?" **These responses then were applied to our 3-part definition of leadership:  ![LeadershipDefinition-2-2](https://www.leadingnow.biz/hs-fs/hubfs/ADMIN%20-%20All%20Brands/Missing%2033/LeadershipDefinition-2-2.png?width=581&height=217&name=LeadershipDefinition-2-2.png) It was not surprising to us that once again the majority of the responses fell into "Personal Greatness" and "Engaging Others" categories. As women move up, they get to a point where future opportunities rest on their perceived potential for leading the business, not just leading the people. 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