Networking Insight

Five Emotions Experienced in Business Relationship Building

While interacting with others in business, you will experience a whole set up emotions. Learn from these emotions so you can build better business relationships. Below are a few of those emotions:

Happiness - When you meet someone and you instantly click, you should feel happiness. It is important to continuously seek out these types of relationships. In fact, any interaction with people that causes you happiness is something to strive for with you relationships.

Anger - Certain people can make you angry by their words or actions. When you find this type of person, it is best to stay away. Keep positive people around you as much as possible.

Frustration - With some people you may really click but the relationship becomes one sided. You seem to be the only one who is providing value with connections, guidance, resources, etc. Keep these relationships in check. If the one-sided relationship continues for an extended period of time, you need to re-evaluate the relationship.

Comfortable - With some relationships, you just let them play out and hope to turn them into more positive. At the same time, it is difficult to remain engaged with everyone. For better or worse, you will have many relationships that still need to evolve into something of more value.

Fascination - Meeting people for the first time can be exciting because it is fascinating to learn about peoples' lives and business. By getting to know people, you can find ways to support them, which is good for long term relationship building. 

What other emotions do you experience?

Five Reasons Why Your Business Relationship Building Could be Suffering

Building business relationships is something that we do just about every day. Most days we experience positive outcomes from interacting with others. However, at times, we may also fail to generate a good outcome from our efforts.

Several reasons may exist as to why our business relationship efforts can suffer:

1. Poor or negative attitude - If you are emitting a bad vibe, then people may stay away from you. As a result, your efforts will most likely fall flat. Stay positive as much as possible around others.

2. One-sided relationships - For a relationship to last over time, both sides need to make it work. If you find yourself as mostly a "taker" from certain people, then chances are that these people will stop interacting with you. It is okay to ask for assistance but you should also have a plan to give it back.

3. Building the wrong relationships - Building a network of quality and diverse people is generally better than a large network. Focus on building fewer key relationships who have access to a larger and influential network. Be more strategic in your relationship building. Your time is a precious commodity.

4. Lack of nurturing existing relationships - While it is important to continuously meet new people, it is equally if not more important to build up your existing relationships. You should keep some of your key relationships strong by interacting on a regular basis while providing value. 

5. Find new ways to meet people - Diversifying how you meet new people will keep you fresh and give you the opportunity to meet people who you may not have met otherwise. Be creative and find new ways to meet people both online and in person.

What other reasons why could your business relationship building be suffering?