The bonds we make in business are the difference between a connected and ongoing experience and a transactional one. It’s taken me a long time to discover I am in it for the connection.
When I work with a client we frequently become close.
One event becomes more.
A referral to another client is a natural occurrence.
The fundamentals are not so complicated.
- Listen to others as if every word they share contains gold. Be listening for the challenges they are facing and how you may be able to help resolve them. We may not always remember, businesses are filled with human beings dealing with their own daily struggles.
- Life may be short but it can also be long. In our working life, a handful of close and like minded professional leaders can carry your career far. Someone you work with when you are at entry level may grow to have a great influence on your future success. Each interaction holds the opportunity for connection and mutual benefit.
- The most fundamental of keys to strong relationships is to be great with people. Even when we don’t particularly feel like it, building the ability to connect and uplift makes us just the kind of person people like having around. This is a focus worthy of our attention, not only because of the difference it makes for others, but for the stellar quality of life it brings for ourselves.
Being truly present can go by the wayside when we are in the treadmill of daily life. Staying focused on the quality of our business relationships will reap all kinds of rewards.