After finishing the third chapter of this book, I put the highlighter down I realized there is so much to highlight here. There is a lot of meat to this topic in “Cultivate”. It is very thoughtful, clear and easy to use. First, there are many small bites and quotes that I found in particular and know I will use in the future. A few points on that:
• People need to be aligned to execute on the plan
• It backs up the premise that EQ is critical to relationship success
• It’s equally focused on your tough relationships, and not just on the good and easy ones.
• If you want to increase performance, you need to improve culture. In order to improve culture, you need to improve relationships, all your relationships. And they in the end may not all be great, but the object is to improve on each one.
• Provides an avenue to find success without it being at the expense of relationships
• It shows how organizational relationships are the key to process success. From what I’ve seen organizations are mostly using process in place of relationships.
• The book does a great job of showing how lack of trust prevents getting to the ideal path, the “Ally Relationship”, and how that is a major cause of lack of team collaboration and success.
Second, the framework described here is very interesting. Of all the times I have read books, and I’ve read a lot, they wind up being either too conceptual, or so detailed they are unusable. This book found I think the perfect balance. It is a framework, very clear, but is not overwhelming, and I really people, including myself, can use it moving forward.
Morag states that in order to do this right you need to invest the time. I don’t disagree, but she also provides tools you can sue at certain points in the process, or in your work life. I recommend the book, recommend that people get it to install the Framework in their people improvement practices, and try to use it to its fullest. I also recommend it for those who might only grab parts of it and try to make their teams more effective.
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The Best Book Out There on Cultivating Better Business Relationships
Yes, there are a million books out there on building and leveraging business relationships, but the brilliant and wonderful Morag Barrett's terrific "Cultivate: The Power of Winning Relationships" definitely stands out from the crowd! A highly-experienced executive coach and leadership development specialist, Morag also proves herself to be an excellent writer and master storyteller. Written in a simple, straight-forward, and conversational style, "Cultivate" is filled with a variety of valuable tools, tips, and techniques to help the reader enhance their effectiveness through building and nurturing “winning relationships.” And Morag's central framework -- "The Relationship Ecosystem" model (introduced on page 37) is, alone, worth the price of admission! In short, if I were to recommend just one book on how to "cultivate" better business relationships, this would definitely be it. And as I found out from the back cover of her book, Morag's name is Scottish for "great"...and she definitely lives up to her name as not just a great person, but as a great consultant and author as well.
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Yes, there are a million books out there on building and leveraging business relationships, but the brilliant and wonderful Morag Barrett's terrific "Cultivate: The Power of Winning Relationships" definitely stands out from the crowd! A highly-experienced executive coach and leadership development specialist, Morag also proves herself to be an excellent writer and master storyteller. Written in a simple, straight-forward, and conversational style, "Cultivate" is filled with a variety of valuable tools, tips, and techniques to help the reader enhance their effectiveness through building and nurturing “winning relationships.” And Morag's central framework -- "The Relationship Ecosystem" model (introduced on page 37) is, alone, worth the price of admission! In short, if I were to recommend just one book on how to "cultivate" better business relationships, this would definitely be it. And as I found out from the back cover of her book, Morag's name is Scottish for "great"...and she definitely lives up to her name as not just a great person, but as a great consultant and author as well.
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Very good. Insightful, Practical.
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