Are you juggling all the balls in your family and business life?
Are you struggling trying to keep all of the aspects of your business operating smoothly while meeting the needs of your family and others that rely on you?
Is there a way for you to have time for you, to focus on what you enjoy, and to find partners to help you GROW™ your business and to live the life you love?
As the founder of www.womenscommunity.com, I believe that the keys to growing your career or business and to living the life you love – are partnerships. I define partnerships simply as a relationship where two or more people or organizations come together to accomplish “all-win” outcomes. They achieve greater results together than they can individually. And, their results can be personal, professional or both.
Who should you partner with? A “Partnership with Yourself” means that you live a life of balance, and have time to do all that is important to you. So, partner with yourself and ask others to help you to achieve the balance you need to reduce your stress and to live a life your love.
In business, partner with those who can help you achieve your goals. Take an inventory of your needs to achieve your goals. If you need more sales or expanded market reach, find those who can provide you with quality and consistent referrals, those who can open doors to your target market, those who are influential in your field, those who can increase your reach and exposure…like WomensCommunity.Com!
There are various types of partnerships – partnerships with your:
• self - for balance and to live a life you love
• network – for referrals and solutions to your business needs
• clients – for increased satisfaction, referrals, add-on business
• prospects – for increased sales and revenues
Which one of these partnerships, if created or improved, could lead to your growth?
What would be the impact if you created, or improved, all of these various types of partnerships? Could you achieve exponential growth through the “Power of Partnerships”?
Once you identify which partnership is of most importance – use the proven GROW Partnership Model to create or improve the partnership. (The GROW Model stands for Goals, Roles, Operating Principles and Wins for all involved)
As you develop the components of the GROW Model, take the “ASK” approach - The key ‘Attitude’ is a belief in possibilities, the key ‘Skill’ is questioning to understand your partner, and the key ‘Knowledge’ you need is the GROW™ Partnership Model.
Go to www.d2partners.com to download your free chapter from the book, Create the Business Breakthrough You Want: Secrets and Strategies from the World’s Greatest Mentors © 2004, Mission Publishing. This chapter describes ASK and GROW in detail.
Denise Trifiletti is Founder of WomensCommunity.com and can be reached at denise@womenscommunity.com or 828-295-3369. She is also co-founder of Dynamic Destiny Partnerships www.d2partners.com
Thursday, December 21, 2006
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Many people don't realize how joy on the job is enhanced when we partner with others. Win-win relationships create happiness at work as well as in our personal lives.
When doing 10 years of research with entrepreneurs, employees, and managers in 21 organizations to discover the keys to joy on the job, I rapidly discovered that successful partnerships are a major key to happiness at work.
www.womenscommunity.com is a major resource that helps us share our best with others for mutual benefit.
Doris Helge, Ph.D. Author of "Joy on the Job," www.joyonthejobbook.com
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