- What are your business relationships like at the moment?
- Weak to nonexistent? Or positively bad?
- Do you want better relationships with everyone or just a few?
- Do you build relationships strategically? Try this quiz.
- To manage yourself effectively, think strategically - how should you invest your time and energy to obtain the greatest return?
- What can you minimally do for those people who count most in your personal strategic plan?
- It's not about transforming your entire personality - even if you could, it would be too large an investment for too little return.
- It's better to take just those few practical steps that will get you the return you need with minimum investment.
- Do you feel that your colleagues are undermining you? Try quiz.
- What is your influencing style? Try quiz.
- How well do you listen? Try quiz.
- Do you see organizational politics as destructive? Try quiz.
Common reasons underlying relationship issues
- I need to develop relationships at work but I never find time.
- I have had feedback that people find me too competitive and aggressive to form or maintain good relationships.
- I have been told that my relationships suffer because people find me too impatient and short fused.
- I should spend more time developing relationships, but being introverted, it doesn't come naturally to me.
- I find it difficult to trust some of my colleagues.
Characteristics of good working relationships
- What counts as a good working relationship for you?
- What steps can you take to build better working relationships?
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