Powerful Strategic Networking Questions From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
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Powerful Strategic Networking Questions From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Networking is an important and absolutely critical activity for business marketers and sales people. People who have the ability to network strategically will always enjoy a competitive advantage in business. Are you comfortable in a networking role? Are you striving to be the best you can be when it comes to networking? What is one major thing you can do to ensure you will be successful at networking?
Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes the number one thing you should become is a master at asking questions. There is so much power in the ability to ask the right questions and Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach has developed a list of ten (10) powerful strategic networking questions for you to use in any business or social setting to help you open a valuable conversation without sounding like you are out hunting for business.
Strategic Networking Question #1: How did you get started in the (fill in the type of business the person is in here) business? People love to talk about themselves and share their personal stories. This question is a powerful way to give them carte blanche to share their personal information, which could provide some insightful and strategic information for you.
Strategic Networking Question #2: What do you personally find is the single most enjoyable part of your business? The power of this question is that it will get the person to focus on positive aspects of his or her job.
Strategic Networking Question #3: What is your unique selling proposition or what makes you and your company unique from your competition? The power of this question is that it provides the opportunity to learn how this person views his or her business compared to the competition.
Strategic Networking Question #4: What is the single biggest challenge for your company and your industry (or business sector)? The power of this question is that it will give you an idea of how the person views and defines challenges.
Strategic Networking Question #5: What is the single most significant change you have seen in your profession in the last five to ten years? The power of this question is that it will provide insight as to how the person defines significant change.
Strategic Networking Question #6: What do you see as the most important emerging trends in your business? The power of this question is that it will indicate how f the person is a visionary or is not able to see too far into the future.
Strategic Networking Question #7: What is the most memorable thing that has ever happened to you in your business? The power of this question is that it will help you understand what this person views as “memorable.”
Strategic Networking Question #8: What is the single most significant success you have achieved in your business? The power of this question is that you will learn his or her definition of a significant success.
Strategic Networking Question #9: If you could invite any person, living or dead, to have dinner with you, whom would you choose? The power of this question is its uniqueness and its ability to compel the person to stop and really give some thought to his or her answer. And the person they select will also tell you something about the person answering your question.
Strategic Networking Question #10: What headline would you like to see written about your business one year from today and five years from today? The power of this question is that it will give you insight as to how he or she views the short-term and longer-term future of their business.
Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach encourages you to develop the ability to be a strategic networking and feel comfortable in engaging people in conversation at any business or social event. If you would like to learn more about how a strategic thinking business coach can facilitate and guide you in that endeavor, please contact Glenn Ebersole today through his website at www.businesscoach4u.com or by email at jgecoach@aol.com
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