Build relationships and proactively meet people outside your team, outside your immediate surroundings. Selflessly investing in relationships and getting to know your fellow coworker, partners and vendors will undoubtedly prove to be of great strategic value to you and your team. Remember, companies don’t make decisions, people do.
Don’t manipulate people, convince them to join you
Manipulating people is easy in most instances, but it is wrong in every single case. Collaborate and be honest with people, build relationships and create trust in order to ensure long-lasting, fruitful relationships. Build alliances, establish partnerships and don’t trick people into things as that always ends in a win-lose situation and you will not always win.