Leaders build a connection muscle by asking genuine questions and listening fully instead of waiting to pitch. Trust comes from authentic engagement, not self-promotion, and naturally opens doors to business opportunities.
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So when you think about being a really, really effective connector or using connection day to day as a leader, give us a couple of examples of what leaders can be doing to really bring that to life.
Take yourself out of your comfort zone is the key one. It's about building that muscle. It's about really experiencing different things because though you never know where those doors are going to go. Asking questions rather than talking about yourself and talking about your organization. But the key Of course, when you're asking questions, you gotta listen to the answer. You can't be waiting to get your spoken. You're genuinely listening to the answer. And if you genuinely deeply listen, you'll find that connection. And that connection will actually build that trust, build a business opportunity. So that's, that's very much what we talk to our participants when they come on the program. Leave your business behind, leave it behind. Don't be throwing the card across the table. The business opportunity will come about when you create that trust.