The Importance of Well Trained Leaders

Apr 3, 2023 | Business Development, Key Client Management, Leadership, Podcast

SUMMARY

Business development and client relation management is part of a trinity with leadership and management. That’s the glue that holds organisations together that Gary will be discussing this week on Work Winning Ways. Find out why training in business development and client management doesn’t work unless you have well trained leaders.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

People aren’t prepared to say within an organisation where either they’re fearful about what is required of them or that they’re not heard. Businesses need to have psychological safety to retain good team members. You should have an environment that encourages people’s ideas to be listened to and given due consideration.

The introverts among us are happy to not contribute, despite possibly having some good ideas in their heads. A good leader would be able to get those ideas out of those people and encourage thinking diversity.

The SCARF Model was developed in 2008 by David Rock, in his paper “SCARF: A Brain-Based Model for Collaborating With and Influencing Others.” SCARF stands for the five key “domains” that influence our behaviour in social situations. These are: Status – our relative importance to others. Certainty – our ability to predict the future. Autonomy – our sense of control over events. Relatedness – how safe we feel with others. Fairness – how fair we perceive the exchanges between people to be.

BEST MOMENTS

“The client is at the heart of everything we do”
“There are a lot of people at a junior level who can contribute to how things develop but aren’t given a platform”

Valuable Resources

Questas Academy

The SCARF Model

The Fearless Organistaion – Amy Edmondson

ABOUT THE HOST

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Gary Williams

Gary Williams has been in sales and marketing his entire career. The past 10 years have been dedicated to helping technically minded non-salespeople become skilled and confident in selling themselves and their services.

An experienced business development consultant, sales trainer and executive coach, Gary is the founder and CEO of Questas.

A former sales director in the fast moving telecoms and IT industry, he has spent the last 15 years working in the professional and engineering services sector, helping companies to transform their account management, client relationship and business development skills. Find out more about Gary here.