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What’s Your Biggest Asset? Is it leveraged?
Posted by: | CommentsWhen I begin an engagement, I ask this question to all of my clients and invariably they come up with answers like: my building; my client list; my equipment; my Accounts Receivable.
I’ve been reminded of the real answer repeatedly over the last few weeks.
If you look from a macro perspective – YOUR NETWORK is your largest asset.
And not just in an abstract way.
It’s the relationships that are right there in front of your face that make the difference.
With the shift in my business, I’ve begun to re-audit and build out my network.
I’m seeing my connections and relationships in a completely new light – given my new perspective.
And the conversations I’ve been having are helping me re-write my website, redesign my messaging, tap into new resources, and frankly, reconnect with people that it’s been too long since I have talked with.
I’m clear I have some work to do to re-establish some relationships and maybe even clean up some messes I didn’t realize I’d made.
But that’s the beauty of it all.
Even if I have to eat crow.
I’ll be revising the text and purpose of my website over the next few weeks.
Please check in and let me know what you think. Your feedback is appreciated and welcomed!
Raymond Chip Lambert
Network 2 Networth
Your Outsourced Business Development Training Partner
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Recession and Relationship
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I was on the way home from a client meeting this morning, listening to talk radio and the announcer, Daryl Ankarlo, talk about the possibility that with gas at nearly $4 a gallon, the weak dollar, 500% increase in foreclosures, we are on the precipice of a recession.
It struck me that the people who really suffer in recessions are people who have not taken the time to build their networks.
I wrote about this in an earlier post. Taking care of the relationships we have, while sometimes daunting, is critical.
This is especially true when things get scary or shaky. If we have not taken the time to build and nurture our networks, we go it alone.
Who’s there to help you when you fall down? Who’s there to help you build your business? Who’s there to turn you onto new resources? Who’s there to help you find a new job? New clients? New sources?
If you haven’t really begun the work in earnest – don’t fret.
People are intrinsically generous. Especially the ones we’ve made a difference with. If you reach out now and begin to let the people in your life know what you need, know what you are working on, and offer to be a resource for them as well, they’ll rise to the occasion.
AND THEY’LL BE THERE WHEN YOU NEED THEM MOST!
If you haven’t taken the opportunity to do our LinkedIn Webinars, please consider doing that now. Build it before you need it.
Raymond Chip Lambert
Network 2 Networth
Deep Business Development
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Build Your Network Before you need it!
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So it’s not an original thought.
But a few interactions I’ve had over the last couple of days has really illustrated this for me.
I had a good friend and colleague Linda Baugh from American Career Executives come through my Linked In webinar. She trains people to tap into their networks to find the right positions for themselves. After completing the program, she approached me to make it available to all of her clients. “A great Linkedin Profile is critical”.
Then I was working with another client, Bil Austin of Arizona High Tech Talent Partnership and he was sharing with me about his work with The Scottsdale Job Network and how they help people find Phoenix Jobs.
It struck me how important it is to spend time building relationships with people in your network. In the training I do, I’m often surprised at how little attention people pay to the quality of their networks and the quality of the relationships in them.
In fact, in our transaction oriented, bright-and-shiny, ADHD-like relationship to our everyday life, we often forget the reality of how networked we really are. Think about it – schools, work, place of worship, associations, family – all networks.
Take care of your networks and they will take care of you!
