As in any business, building quality relationships is the key to being successful and then to build a strong base of quality people around you, this applies equally to your staff and to your clients.
Strong trusted relationships are essential if you want to run and build a good healthy business. This goes from the people you employ to the people you wish to do business with. I had often heard the phrase that a business is only as strong as its people. Now while it’s a great catch phrase, I never truly understood it as I had never needed to employ people.
This all changed when I decided to try to build and grow a good financial practice, and in trying to keep costs and expenses down, I went through a phase of employing essentially the wrong people. This in the long run was expensive and demoralizing, however now with a true understanding of how quality staff and good people make all the difference, I not only understand the true meaning of the phrase but can see it on a daily basis in my staff, my fellow advisors and most importantly our clients.
Now that I fully understand how good people can add tremendous value, I see how they bring so much more to an organization than just their skills, the mood and vibe in an office environment can be highly contagious – this unfortunately goes for both a good or bad vibe, and this is again why it is so important to have a great bunch of people rather than a mediocre group of disinterested individuals.
Back to business relationships, building a community of like minded business owners via a solid networking platform is a great way to help and promote your business services, and then to get involved in helping others build their business through networking.
We at Bulls Eye Financial Services Group, through our public educational arm money101.co.za have just launched a great new business networking initiative called “ JUST ASK”.
We will be inviting business owners, sales reps and anyone who via a disciplined and structured weekly networking “time and effort investment” can benefit from the efforts and contribution of a highly motivated group of professional people.
While we certainly did not invent the concept of business networking – we have remodelled it to be simple, effective and most of all down to the point … so if you want business … JUST ASK!
Networking is about surrounding yourself with quality people, people who are professional, motivated and will commit to both yours and their own success. The importance of surrounding yourself with excellent people is like dipping your fist into a jar of honey – when you remove your hand some of the goodness will stick, and that’s what any business needs, good clients that will stay with you and help you to grow your business with qualified referrals because of your great service, this then completes the circle and comes back to employing quality staff.
What they say is so true … surround yourself with good people they are your biggest and best asset.
I can honestly say that I am surrounded by an awesome group of staff, management, advisors and business partners … and it makes all the difference.
