Have you ever thought of teaming up with a strategic partner, a like-minded organization that your company joins forces with to achieve a bigger financial goal? Establishing a profitable strategic partnership can increase your credibility, distribution and positively impact your bottom line. A strategic partnership can take several forms such as a business partnership, joint
Mindful communication, what happens when you are truly present in the moment with curiosity, kindness, and compassion. At work, mindful communication can help you think on your feet, seek out information in a collaborative manner, help you resolve conflict in ways that helps everyone be heard, encourage transparency and idea exchange. All of these things
This week’s Member Success Tip is on how the website calculates our baseline metric of engagement. The first thing to understand is what are the activities that contribute towards that measurement of engagement. These activities include passing a referral; having a 121; or bringing a guest. The total of those activities is then divided by
How many of you will be attending tomorrow’s holiday bash at the Wayfarer? I’m looking forward to it, especially the opportunity to get to schmooze with some of you and raise a glass to ring in the new year. Even for hard core networkers like us, holiday parties can be anxiety provoking. Following are highlights
The world is complicated. Sometimes it doesn’t seem that way because all you have to do is enter two words in Google and it searches 12 billion pages for your answer. Simple….or not? There are whole sections of bookstores that will offer formulas for success. We live in a computer era where we want and
In honor of Disneyland’s 60th anniversary Economist magazine gathered inspiring quotes from Walt Disney and some of his movie characters. I chose a few of my favorites and tied them to customer service lessons we can all use. Walt Disney said: If you can dream it you can do it. –One of the most famous
Continuing this week from a September article from Inc Magazine dot com, I bring you the second of our two-part series about 10 Ways to Network Like a Pro: You’ve always heard that networking is everything in the business. From gaining job opportunities to bringing in business for your company, networking is the key to
From a September article from Inc Magazine dot com, I bring you thefirst of a two-part series about 10 Ways to Network Like a Pro: You’ve always heard that networking is everything in the business.From gaining job opportunities to bringing in business for yourcompany, networking is the key to success. Even though many people know
Are you a taker? Do you think of business as trying to get all the chips for yourself leaving none for others. It’s a struggle being a taker today in this connected economy. Your reputation gets spread quickly, but it may be lost on you. Here’s the reality that givers – those that freely give
How do you like to receive your referrals? A member in another chapter writes the shortest introductions I’ve ever seen. Boom- no warning- all of a sudden it’s in my inbox – Carey meet Jim, eye doctor interested in selling his practice Jim meet Carey, business broker. That’s it! I’d argue that’s the exception to
Elevate currently has 85+ members and we’ve passed over $100M in referral business with over $17M in the last year.
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