Here’s my challenge to you as a leader:
1. What’s your organisation’s special sauce?
2. Who in your organisation would describe it the same way you do?
If the answer to the second question isn’t everyone, then it’s time to dig deeper.
Selling
Your team is probably leaving money on the table.
What your team focuses on affects the whole business. Here are 3 examples where I often see team members leaving money on the table – and what leaders need to do about it!
Is your mission-critical team being SEEN?
It’s likely that for your mission-critical team to succeed, they need to be SEEN. Here’s how to assess if your team is seen by internal and external stakeholders (and in the right way!).
Niched or Generalist: How should I brand my work?
This week I asked a friend and inspiring business leader: Should I focus on a niche or should I be more general with my personal brand?
Here’s what we came up with, and some baseline ‘rules’ you can follow.
Intentional Trust-Building in Business – Part 3 AFTER
You’ve hit it off in the discovery chat… and now you’re waiting. In Part 3 of this Building Trust series, I highlight what my favourite consulting experts have taught me about what to do AFTER the initial conversation.
Intentional Trust-Building in Business – Part 2 DURING
In this series of 3 articles, I am exploring the question: How can we be intentional about building trust in business? Here in Part 2, let’s turn to what works in building trust during the conversation.
Intentional Trust-Building in Business – Part 1 BEFORE
In this series of articles, I will outline some of the steps that I have used successfully before, during and after the sales conversation to build trust and win great clients. Let’s start with Part 1: what to do before the meeting to start building trust right away.
Do you have a Professional Value Statement?
When everyone in the organisation has a personalised and thoughtfully-crafted go-to statement that they feel authentically speaks to what’s most important about their work, they are much more likely to use it to help build the business.
Communicating Value in your Introductions
You’ve prepared your introduction for networking events… but does your listener care about what you’re saying? Learn how to articulate value.
FINSIA Webinar Recap: The number 1 thing holding professionals back in BD
In my April webinar for FINSIA on ‘Network-building plans for finance professionals in the new normal’, I outlined the key problems I see professional advisors stumble on when it comes to their business and relationship development. Here’s the number 1 thing (and how to overcome it).