How to Make and Execute Business Development Plans
Business development is all about momentum and execution. But for some people, maintaining this effectively can be a huge challenge or obstacle that prevents them from getting far. In this video, I am going to share with you the key elements of planning, how to do them well, and how to execute on your plan.
The Right Mindset for Business Development – Part 2
In the last video, we talked about the importance of short bursts of activity to keep you focused and excited for business development, rather than focusing on the long-term goals. In this video, I want to share with you how you can go about actually doing this, through some of my own personal examples, and examples some of our clients have used.
The Right Mindset for Business Development – Part 1
Have you ever thought what kind of mindset you should have as you go into business development? How do you keep yourself on task, focused on building the clients and relationships in front of you, while looking beyond to be ready for the next opportunity? In this two part mini-series, we’re going to discuss the best mindset to have as you engage in business development.
The #1 Indicator of Your Quality – Hint – It’s Not What you Think
Probably one of the most important considerations any business person can have centers on the indication of their quality to their customers. Whether or not you sell your services can be made or broken by this. So, in this video, we’ll talk about the strongest indicator of your quality.
My Favorite Book of 2019 (So Far)
This week, we’re going to do something a little bit different than normal. I’m going to take a step back to share with you my favorite book for 2019 so far. You could say it is completely unrelated to business development, but it still has so many interesting implications about what we are doing and how we do it that I have to share it with you.
Practice to Be Successful at Business Development
One of the biggest objections I often see is all about the dangers of practicing. For a lot of people, there is a real fear of sounding robotic and rehearsed when you step into a meeting or an engagement. So in this video, I’m going to share the reasoning behind why practice is the most essential thing you can do to improve in business development.
Three Phrases I Use to Stay Focused
Focus. It’s one of those all important necessities for doing almost anything. But how do you keep it? In this video, I’m going to share with you three phrases you can use to not only maintain focus on what you are doing in the moment, but also to focus on what you will be doing in the future to achieve your goals.
The #1 Thing to Start a New Habit
Building good habits is a set of common buzzwords in this day and age. Whether it’s building better sleep habits, healthier eating habits, or better work habits, how we build and use habits is an important part of our daily lives. Which, of course, means it’s an important part of business development. So in this video, I’m going to share with you the most important thing in building new habits.
Great BD Leadership Part 4 – Control
In any business, it can be easy to center your goals on things that are somewhat in your control, but also by things that you can’t control. Things like growth goals or quotas can be met or missed, even if you were doing everything you could, simply because they weren’t in your control. In this video, I’m going to share with you some tips I’ve seen great BD leaders use to focus on only the things they CAN control, and avoiding what they can’t.
The Importance of Deep Work (And How to Do More of It)
Deep work describes the essential, incredibly important tasks and objectives that we set ourselves so that we can be our most productive and achieve our goals. But, they can also be difficult to set aside the time and energy that they deserve. In this video, I am going to share with you my four tips to help focus and get the deep work done, helping you to accomplish the most meaningful tasks when you need them.
How to Win a Meeting in the First 5 Minutes
Meetings with clients are essential. A client or prospect meeting can make or break your opportunities of working with them, so it’s so key that your first impressions start you off strong. That’s why, in this video, I’m going to share with you my tips on how to win a client meeting in those first five minutes.
The Four Levels of Business Development Expertise
In our last video, we discussed the importance not only of developing your personal craft and expertise that you sell to your clients, but taking the time to develop your business development skills into a secondary craft and mastery. In this video, I’m going to share with you a four step process that will help you go about growing and developing your business development expertise that I have never shared before.