Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Everyone's building their own bridge
In order to succeed in the business world one must have connections. And yes it is true what the saying says: "It's not what you know. It's who you know."
Building individual bridges for everyone is a business in itself because it allows you to be connected to other people who may at one point need something from you, which then you would be able to negotiate something to exchange.
Building bridges is very important because slowly and easily everyone becomes connected and through interests or commonalities. These being those bridges.
Being able to find a common ground with someone you don't know is a bridge in itself because it is giving you the opportunity to identify with that other person or persons on a similar level/platform.
This is very important for not only business, but for such fields as journalism and public relations.
3 comments:
I do agree with you that it's important to network and grow your own personal network. However, it takes more effor for further negotiation. Which is why companies have different account for entertaining clients. A aquaintance can however, make it easier.
I do agree with you that it's important to network and grow your own personal network. However, it takes more effor for further negotiation. Which is why companies have different account for entertaining clients. A aquaintance can however, make it easier.
Good points. I think that's why it's very important for companies to have social events to bring the company together. When I first started at my internship, I knew no one and no one talked to me. After the first after-hours social event (involving alcohol), I'd made a lot of friends in the office and had many friendly faces when I went to work. Over time, I've built up those relationships and know that I can use those connections in the future for favors or other personal/professional gain.
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