Your ability to build successful relationships could be the key to your own success. Research is beginning to identify relationship building as the key to developing great teams as well as great customers. If you want to have great, relevant and appropriate relationships then you might want to consider each factor identified. If your ideas about each factor match those of the other person, then you are probably on to a winner.We are in relationship with everyone we meet, because we are always swapping energy. Even the guy reading the paper in the adjacent seat on the train might leave an impression as you form an opinion about or sense his energy. Ok, it’s not much of a relationship, but it is important to know we can actually impact everyone we meet at some level.
If we have even a slight impact with a complete stranger think about the impact we have on our nearest and dearest, our work colleagues, teams or customers. Human relationships whether they are romantic, work-based, friendship or family based are successful or not because of a number of common factors.
Forging successful relationships is essential for a successful life. Whether at home or at work, creating successful relationships is being able to identify what needs to be in place, and being able to understand ways your relationships work by heightening your understanding of the relationship through the following filters.
Purpose
If you are friends with Ted because you like going to the pub every best ai porn Friday, and he is in there, then that’s the relationship you have. If Ted stops going to the pub on a Friday, then it’s unlikely you will continue with your relationship. Understanding and being honest about the purpose of any relationship can prevent many misunderstandings and conflicts.
Reciprocity
A relationship can only be successful if both people want to be in it. If you’ve ever been friends with someone and you’re making all the calls or trying to make arrangements to meet, then you are probably more invested in the relationship than the other person. If a customer simply isn’t interested in your product, or your employee is looking for another job, then you don’t have a reciprocal relationship.
Energy
Sometimes we have the best relationships with people who have contrasting energy. Someone who is reserved and quiet may enjoy being in relationship with another who is exuberant and loud. Alternatively such a relationship might be a complete recipe for disaster. I remember being on an interview panel with a candidate who was enthusiastic and proactive. While I admired her energy, the other panel member felt drained by it. If matching energy is experienced, then people may feel extremely comfortable or very bored.
Values
Shared values usually create relationship success. If you are struggling in a relationship, examining each other’s values is a good place to start. If for example you value expensive things and a luxurious lifestyle and someone else values basic and simplistic living, then you will either come to terms with the differences or the relationship will not exist for any length of time. Likewise a caring, sharing colleague might form a close working relationship with a tough hard-headed business type, but more than likely won’t.
Expectations
Expectations can be centred on your own and/or other’s needs and wants. If you expect your employees to contribute a decent day’s work for a fair wage and that doesn’t happen, then the chances are you have relationship problems. Likewise with personal relationships, problems may well occur if you feel let down or expect something different than that which is on offer
Communication
How we communicate can determine the success or not of a relationship. Communication differences can ruin a relationship if there is a lack of understanding about different communication styles. For example conflicts can arise between people who communicate kinaesthetically and those who are auditory. I remember a long drawn out conflict between a manager and one of his team because the language he used was logical and factual and didn’t fit with her needs which were words of caring, feeling and empathy.
Attitude
Your beliefs, thoughts and conclusions can determine your attitude about people in your personal and work life. If you work for an employer and you believe you don’t count, then your belief is going to colour the relationship with your manager or team. Your attitude will seep out whenever you speak to others about work. Likewise, if someone has let you down badly in your personal life, if you are unable to forgive them, then your relationship will be affected forever by your attitude to them.