How to Create Win-Win Strategic Growth Alliances with Dr. J.C. Baker

Your business can’t operate in a vacuum; you need win-win strategic growth alliances to grow faster than you could alone. It’s one thing to say win-win; it’s another thing to successfully create those situations again and again. I discuss how to do that in this episode with my guest, Dr. J.C. Baker. Dr. Baker has invented the standard for Business Health and has dedicated his life to reducing business morbidity. He is the Founder of The Business Hospital, and The Business Hospital Institute. The Business Hospital is the only one in the world operating in 15 countries. Dr. Baker is a Doctor in Business Administration with a focus on Organizational Leadership. Dr. Baker is a six-time and #1 Best-Selling author with textbooks on how to launch a business and how to make good business decisions. We dive into topics including: ● The growth of The Business Hospital through strategic growth alliances. ● The problem with being too selective when it comes to who you network with and take meetings with. ● The art and science of asking the right questions at networking events. ● Examples of a series of meaningful questions to ask in different networking scenarios to uncover potential mutually beneficial alliances. ● How to bridge the gap between just giving help but also getting help at the same time. ● How to create,structure, and foster ongoing mutually beneficial strategic growth alliances. ● The importance of a CRM and how to use it to maintain and build strategic growth alliances. ● How to ask for help or referrals without coming across as pushy. ● What to do when an initially win-win strategic alliance becomes a one-way street. ● How to be discerning in the relationships you build without becoming transactional. ● How to know if and when you have enough strategic alliances to scale back your networking initatives. ● The one thing, above all else, that you need to do to create win-win strategic growth alliances. …and other golden nuggets of advice! Onwards and upwards!