{"id":335,"date":"2010-08-31T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T04:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2010-09-01T15:19:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T07:19:51","slug":"making-great-connections-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shirleytaylor.com\/blog\/making-great-connections-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Making great connections count."},"content":{"rendered":"

Building great working relationships is key to your success and happiness in the workplace by Shirley Taylor and Alison Lester <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Your effectiveness at work will largely depend on how much people want to interact and connect with you. The route to professional effectiveness is not only paved with knowledge and experience, but also with relationships. If people avoid you, it will be very difficult to do your job. If you are to make successful connections – connections that you can count on when you have new ideas and goals – you need to develop great working relationships. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are five steps you can take if you want to make great connections that really count:<\/p>\n

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  1. Increase your credibility<\/b><\/li>\n
  2. Find common interests<\/b><\/li>\n
  3. Be courteous<\/b><\/li>\n
  4. Make others feel important<\/b><\/li>\n
  5. Show humility<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Most people would agree that their satisfaction at work is largely derived from the way they, their colleagues and their clients communicate. As with any other endeavour, the more you put into it, the more you'll get back. When you start practising these basic success tools for making great connections, you will see the massive rewards they can bring, both personally and professionally.<\/p>\n

    To read more about these 5 steps, please click here: http:\/\/www.stsuccessskills.com\/articles-st-mgc.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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