Published: May 12, 2021, 8 a.m.
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Jeff Nischwitz is known as a Snow Globe Shaker who\\u2019s on a mission to help people shift how they lead and thereby shift their leadership impact. He\\u2019s an international speaker and personal transformation coach and the Founder of The Nischwitz Group, a speaking, consulting and coaching company that transforms people and organizations\\u2014one truth at a time! He\\u2019s the co-founder of Cardivera.com and co-host of the Leadership Junkies podcast (www.leadershipjunkies.com). Jeff has published four books, including his most recent \\u2013\\xa0Just One Step: Walking Backwards to the Present on the Camino Trail.
What you\\u2019ll learn about in this episode:
- How Jeff started his career working for a big law firm, and how he realized the importance of\\xa0learning business development\\xa0once he struck out on his own after a decade
- How Jeff learned that becoming a \\u201crainmaker\\u201d was more about relationship-building through consistent and reliable behavior
- Why it is impossible to have a team of all rainmakers but it is crucial to have a \\u201crainmaker mindset\\u201d that empowers everyone to collectively succeed
- Why teaching your team members business development skills isn\\u2019t necessarily the best use of your time as a business leader, and why creating the mindset is more effective
- How Jeff learned that a service mindset was powerful for learning business development, and how he builds a \\u201ctoolbox\\u201d by cultivating relationships within his network
- Why stories serve as powerful connective tissue that builds relationships, and why it is important to tell your story in business development
- Why business development needs a rhythm that can create ongoing momentum to avoid the \\u201cpeaks and valleys\\u201d
- Why there is always a \\u201cnext action\\u201d that needs to be followed up on beyond just reaching out to someone
- Why it is important to avoid being lazy and giving people \\u201chomework\\u201d, and why you should never have others own the follow up action but should instead follow up yourself
- Jeff shares tips and strategies for building stronger relationships and learning business development skills
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