I (Laurel Delaney and creator of this blog) have the good fortune of connecting on a quarterly basis with Colleen Killen-Roberts, Divisional Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Edward Lowe Foundation through the global business work I do in their System for Integrated Growth (SIG) program.
Below Colleen talks about why relationships matter and how to take 5 steps to building stronger ones.
One step in particular resonated with me:
4. Be consistent — and genuine. Walk the talk. Do what you say you’re going to do — and in a timely manner. Bring the authentic version of yourself, warts and all, when meeting with existing or potential partners. You don’t have to be perfect. But you do have to be real.
So often people don’t practice this. Do you?
Read the entire article, Relationships Matter: 5 Steps to Stronger Partnerships
