Five Keys to Powerful Business Relationships: How to Become More Productive, Effective, and Influential

author: Sherman

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.00

book published: 2013

rating: 3

read at: 2014/11/15

date added: 2014/11/15

shelves: non-fiction-business

review:

'Five Keys to Powerful Business Relationships: How to Become More Productive, Effective, and Influential' by Sallie Sherman, Joseph Sperr and Steve Vucelich tells us that building good relationships in business is important. It's something that would seem to be obvious, but based on my business dealings, it would appear not to be the case.



Business books seem to like to give us numbered lists and prescriptions and this one is no different. We get five keys introduced, then each one gets it's own chapter filled with anecdotes, evidence and a nice summary for review. Among the keys, we learn the importance of empathy, connecting to others before we start a task, and trust, among other things. Again, it should be obvious, because we know these things in our personal lives, but perhaps the workaday world of business provides to much focus on things like the bottom line. It's good information and presented readably enough.



There are additional chapters on building relationships online with social media and three challenges are given to leaders for building relationships in business. There is a nice annotated bibliography for specific further reading as well as a general, larger bibliography and chapter notes. I read a lot of business books. I look for readability and applicability. This book had both.



I received a review copy of this ebook from McGraw-Hill Professional and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.







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