Comments on: Building a Culture of Rainmakers http://www.cofebuz.com/2008/10/07/building-a-culture-of-rainmakers/ Building Business though Networking: a New Way of Thinking about Relationships Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:23:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Geryl Rose http://www.cofebuz.com/2008/10/07/building-a-culture-of-rainmakers/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Geryl Rose Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:11:59 +0000 http://cofebuz.wordpress.com/?p=393#comment-107 Hi Tim, Thank you so much for bringing "Building a Culture of Rainmakers" to Hartford, and thank you too to William H. Gordon Associates,Inc. for sharing you with us. It was a great program and you are an engaging presenter. The response has been wonderful. By generously sharing your valuable step-by-step approach, you are extending the value of the program and giving marketers a great tool for training within their own companies. I highly recommend that other SMPS' invite you to present to their chapters. Regards, Geryl Rose President, SMPS Connecticut Chapter Hi Tim,

Thank you so much for bringing “Building a Culture of Rainmakers” to Hartford, and thank you too to William H. Gordon Associates,Inc. for sharing you with us.

It was a great program and you are an engaging presenter. The response has been wonderful. By generously sharing your valuable step-by-step approach, you are extending the value of the program and giving marketers a great tool for training within their own companies. I highly recommend that other SMPS’ invite you to present to their chapters.

Regards,
Geryl Rose
President, SMPS Connecticut Chapter

]]> By: Tim Klabunde http://www.cofebuz.com/2008/10/07/building-a-culture-of-rainmakers/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Tim Klabunde Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:41:11 +0000 http://cofebuz.wordpress.com/?p=393#comment-108 Ford- Always good to hear your thoughts here, thanks for the great question. During the “Educate and Encourage” step in Changing Corporate Culture everyone in the firm needs to be taught about the new culture and vision. (You can see the power point or my previous blogs on the topic for more information on this step). The one thing I do question is the idea that “everyone needs to buy into a vision of the firm.” I have found that it is virtually impossible to build 100% buy-in until the culture transformation is in place. Even after a cultural shift has been embraced by a company we still see that it is very rare that ‘everyone’ is on board. The goal then is to permeate networking into the core of the company even as early as the Educate and Encourage step so that the success of the cultural shift is self-evident. On a side note, we are greatly looking forward to your lunch program at SMPS DC in February! I look forward to gaining more insight into this topic in addition to others. Tim Ford-
Always good to hear your thoughts here, thanks for the great question. During the “Educate and Encourage” step in Changing Corporate Culture everyone in the firm needs to be taught about the new culture and vision. (You can see the power point or my previous blogs on the topic for more information on this step).

The one thing I do question is the idea that “everyone needs to buy into a vision of the firm.” I have found that it is virtually impossible to build 100% buy-in until the culture transformation is in place. Even after a cultural shift has been embraced by a company we still see that it is very rare that ‘everyone’ is on board. The goal then is to permeate networking into the core of the company even as early as the Educate and Encourage step so that the success of the cultural shift is self-evident.

On a side note, we are greatly looking forward to your lunch program at SMPS DC in February! I look forward to gaining more insight into this topic in addition to others.
Tim

]]> By: Ford Hardiiing http://www.cofebuz.com/2008/10/07/building-a-culture-of-rainmakers/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Ford Hardiiing Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:08:47 +0000 http://cofebuz.wordpress.com/?p=393#comment-109 Tim: But networking to what end? Isn't it important for everyone to buy into a vision of the firm and its culture and their role in both for networking to be effective? Ford Harding Tim:
But networking to what end? Isn’t it important for everyone to buy into a vision of the firm and its culture and their role in both for networking to be effective?

Ford Harding

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