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What is the Key to Your Long-Term Success? Relationships.

If you are reading this ‘Tuesday Tip’ it is likely because the ‘key to success’ aspect caught your eye– or maybe you are surprised that the answer we provided was relationships.

Many people we talk with don’t necessarily connect relationships with success early on. They begin with factors such as superior product or technical knowledge, improving productivity, identifying and developing strengths, improving communication skills and the like.  Those can’t hurt, but they are secondary to being effective at building relationships.

In today’s knowledge worker based economy we must get things done with others. This is equally true whether you are a first level supervisor or a senior executive. If you cannot build and maintain relationships you are unlikely to accomplish what you are responsible for.

imapMyTeam® is about- first and foremost- great relationships.

To be good at relationships you must first start with understanding yourself then consider the critical relationships you have such as:

·         You and your manager

·         You and your peers

·         You and your direct reports (if you have them)

Ignore people’s motivational needs at your own peril. 

imapMyTeam® measures internal motivational need and helps you understand it. Most of the iMapMyTeam reports you access about others are written to their needs…and if you understand someone else’s needs and follow the advice -you’ll improve the relationship.

Being better at the relationship means a greater chance at long-term success no matter how you personally define success.