The Key to Long-Lasting Relationships
Whether it’s professional or personal, client or employee-related, there are fundamental and foundational components to initiating and keeping long-lasting, sustainable relationships.
Amongst these are…
Authenticity in Early Inception
As much as we don’t want to believe it, the adage that a book is judged by its cover is quite true, especially nowadays. It is even more imperative to demonstrate trust, transparency, a genuine interest, and an ability to serve as a resource to others from the start.
Our contacts will test us in the small things before they award us anything of importance. What is your character conveying?
Credibility in Cultivation
Studies have shown that before credentials mean anything to the audience at the receiving end of our pitch, we must foster rapport, reliability, and integrity.
Truly lasting relationships are marathons, not sprints. Follow up, consistency, and sincerity are all demonstrated through years of advancement.
Intentionality and Accountability throughout Maturation
Remaining engaged and in touch requires meaningful responsibility. Without a purposeful plan, years will elapse so reconnection may feel artificial.
With attention to detail and strategy to tier outreach, a program with scheduled reminders and leveraging software and social media resources assists in ensuring that connections remain fresh and intact.
No two relationships are the same
People truly appreciate it when we get to know them as individuals and customize how we interact with them in a respectful, thoughtful, resourceful manner. I provide 5 Tips to Advance Relationships in my blog post: “Dear Consultants / Service Providers (A Client’s Perspective)”.
Concurrently, a vital element to our successful advancement of relationships includes our own unique and individualized style. Are you an introvert, an extrovert, an ambivert? What are your listening capabilities and follow through processes?
All of this and more impacts the effectiveness of our abilities to harness deep interpersonal bonds and engage true, transparent, and advanced connections.
How would you rank your abilities to achieve and maintain a meaningful network?
It takes a process and action.
I examine this subject and discuss strategies and tactics for each of the fundamental and foundational components to long-lasting, sustainable relationships that I mentioned above in BD Dynamics, Empowering the Technical-Minded.
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