5 Tips To Build Better Business Relationships

No man is an island. We’ve all heard this old saying at least once in our lives. Well, I believe the same is true for our businesses. You want and need business relationships to inspire you, move your business forward, create referral pipelines, and collaborate on projects.  

Even in the early stages of business, a great business buddy can keep you accountable when you need to finish projects, find your first client, or hire your first team members (all real-life things that business buddies helped me do). Business relationships can also blossom into real-life friendships, and what can be better than finding like-minded people to go to happy hour with you or a meditation retreat if that’s what you're into.

So how do you find and build better business relationships?  Here are 5 tips for doing just that.

Tip #1.  Think of Your Network, not Networking

If you ask most people how to build relationships in business, they will answer with one word, networking. The problem is the term “networking…