LinkedIn is the online place to be if you want to build your community and grow your sales. But as with any social platform, it can be hard to foster genuine connections. How can you forge strong relationships on LinkedIn – the kind that will blossom with time? We spoke with Donna Serdula about LinkedIn and the tricks to real …
Why Your Inter-Personal Relationships Unwittingly Lead to Burnout
Where does burnout come from? Perhaps your first answer might be too much work and not enough time to rest and recharge. However, your inter-personal relationships can also play a big role. How can they unwittingly burn you out? We spoke with communication expert Dr. Cassandra LeClair about inter-personal relationships and how to make them healthier for you. Watch our …
How to Escape Hustle Culture and Reconnect With Your Family
We live in a busy world, and the hustle culture is real for nearly all of us. But if we’re working too much, that can create a chasm in your personal life. What if we told you there was another way? We spoke with Uwe Dockhorn, a “Lifestyle Liberator” who is helping to bring high achievers closer to their family …
Virtual Meetings, Real Connections: How to Rock Your Video Calls
Just a few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of speaking with Robin Sacks, a confidence coach, about how we can all be more sure of ourselves and in a better position for career success. Today, she returns for another topic that is undeniably prevalent nowadays. We all know that virtual meetings have become ubiquitous in the past 16 months. …
Old Friendships: How and When Should You Make Them Survive?
We always hope that our relationships will stand the test of time. Lifelong friendships are highly praised, and rightly so. Knowing that someone will always have your back is definitely a fortifying feeling. Of course, although you’ve built a robust friendship, maintaining that connection takes commitment and effort. Some friendships are easier, requiring less contact – you can simply pick …
Call Your Mom! How to Keep Up Relationships When Life Gets Busy
Things are so much simpler when you’re younger. You don’t have to think about paying bills or making appointments; even relationships are easier. When you live in the same home as your family, you see them every day, making it easy to keep up those relationships. Likewise, all of your friends go to the same school or live in your …
How to Overcome Trauma and Improve in Love and Life
Most of us have faced some traumas in our life, and these can manifest in our relationships, affecting who we partner with and how the relationship works out. In our new interview, we spoke with Riana Milne about how you can identify and overcome traumas and improve in love and life. Riana is a licensed mental health counselor, certified mindfulness …
How to Blow Them Away by Doing the Heavy Lifting
The lifeblood of sales and building relationships is setting ourselves apart from our competition. It’s about building strong, long-term relationships and a referral network in the process. Throughout my career, I have found that by doing the heavy lifting for my clients and prospects, my sales success continuously improved. I believe that performing the heavy lifting is a key principal …
How to Build Quality Relationships with Virtual Meetings
Virtual meetings are today’s touchstone; I myself partake in multiple virtual meetings each day. It’s undeniable that virtual meetings are far safer with COVID-19, and more convenient without the travel time and associated vicissitudes. They are an excellent method of building our relationships with prospects, clients, and our internal team. Therefore, our sales success requires us to take advantage of …
Office Romance: Is It Actually Worth It?
So many of our favorite TV shows include an office romance as a central point of interest. Sit-coms like The Office, Parks & Recreation, and Brooklyn 99 feature one or more intra-office pairings that are endearing, romantic, and entertaining, and the same goes for dramas like Grey’s Anatomy and Bones. With such a ubiquitous story arch in all of our …
How to Develop Sales Relationships That Will Last
Developing strong relationships is key to any successful sales career. They provide long-term foundations that will benefit your sales career for years to come, and they will make for much smoother sailing. But how can you develop sincere and reciprocal sales relationships without it feeling forced or transactional? Sales experts Lynn and Tina share their tips in this installment of …
10 Big Ways to Unlock Innovative Tech Sales
How do you obtain customers and effectively manage relationships with them in the tech industry? We spoke with Dennis Sullivan, a sales expert and relationship ninja who leads from the heart to build strong, lasting connections. Although the sales profession has changed a lot over the years, Dennis’s unique approach in the tech field has helped him secure continued success. …
How to Create Lasting Value for Client-Vendor Relationships
Whether you work in sales directly or work with sales, you may wonder how you can work more effectively with procurement and provide long-term value in your client-vendor relationships. Kendall Cowdrey, a senior procurement facilitator at a Fortune 500 organization, knows a thing or two about developing lasting relationships. She offers expert advice in our new podcast interview. Kendall explains …
Relationships, Personalities, & Friendships in the Workplace
Relationships in the workplace can be tricky. Should you befriend your co-workers, or is it better to keep the relationship strictly professional? How can you develop strong relationships with your co-workers to build a solid team? How do you determine whether friendships at work are hurting you professionally? On the flip side, you may have to work with people you …
Social Media: Is it Toxic or is it Actually Inclusive?
Most of us use social media on a daily basis. From the obsessive poster with a huge following to the reluctant interloper, people use social media for a variety of purposes. It may be to keep up with friends or colleagues. It may be to keep tabs on what’s going in the world. For many, it’s a way to document …