The underrated skill of keeping connections alive

Professional networks are most powerful when they're built long before there's anything to ask for. This special Reality Roundtable session steps back from structured challenges to focus on something more fundamental: how we show up for people, how we stay connected across distance and busyness, and what it actually means to invest in a relationship without an agenda. It's a conversation about the quiet, unglamorous work of staying in touch, and why it tends to matter more than any single career move.

Reality Roundtable is a structured small-group discussion series designed to create space for honest, peer-driven conversation about the challenges professionals actually face, not the sanitized version. Each session is anchored by a different theme and guided by open-ended questions that invite reflection, candor, and shared learning.

Summer Reality Roundtable schedule Friday 10:30AM ET/ 2:30PM GMT:

June 12
June 26

July 10
July 24
August 7
August 21

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