Relationship economics : transform your most valuable business contacts into personal and professional success

"If a man is judged by the company he keeps, David Nour's Relationship Economics provides a systematic approach to building value in that judgment. The concepts reach well beyond networking to building lasting and productive relationships." —Dennis Sadlowski, President and CEO, Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc. "Relationship Economics is so much more than networking-it's a systematic approach to building and nurturing relationships to get things done." —William L. Koleszar, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Citizens Financial Group/Royal Bank of Scotland "Social capital is essential for success, and Relationship Economics provides an approach to enhancing its value." —Terry C. Blum, Director, Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Georgia Tech College of Management "In the airline industry-or any industry for that matter-strategic relationships are instrumental to your success to drive profitable, long-term growth. David Nour has captured that essence in Relationship Economics." —Randy Martinez, Col. USAF (Ret.) and former CEO, World Air Holdings, Inc. "In Relationship Economics, David Nour highlights very timely concepts and successfully points out that with today's technology and global knowledge, we are able to formulate personal, functional, and strategic relationships essential to our success." —Peter M. Sontag, Chairman, Orthopedic Development Corporation "Forget cold calling. It's still about who you know, and Relationship Economics paves the fastest and most disciplined process for building a world-class portfolio of quantifiable and strategic business relationships." —Greg Alexander, CEO, Sales Benchmark Index, and author of Making the Number and coauthor of Topgrading for Sales "The Relationship Economics principles are critical to business, cultural, and diplomatic success. Look at any successful businessperson-they have done an outstanding job of managing their relationships, consistently over a long period of time." —Ken Stewart, Commissioner - Economic Development, State of Georgia "A fantastic read. Constantly weaving great ideas with practical applications. You'll never look at business relationships the same way again." —Rick Frishman, founder, Planned Television Arts, and Publisher, Morgan James Publishing "Relationship Economics teaches the reader that success comes from learning how to invest in people and how to turn your most valuable relationships into results. Understanding and developing the three types of relationships- personal, functional, and strategic- will ultimately help you hone critical skills to not only develop a nose for identifying great opportunities, but which relationships to tap for execution, performance and results. The new paperback of the book will be revised and updated to include the following updates, among others: 1) new case studies and examples; 2) an updated resource recommendation list; and 3) a finalized set of relationship self- assessments for the reader to take." Foreword: the strategic value of business relationships Why most networking doesn't work! The evolution of quantifiable relationships Strategic relationship planning? Understanding the science, Social Network Analysis (SNA) Relationship-centric goals for business development Pivotal contacts for leadership development Relationship bank for strategy execution Relationship currency for adaptive innovation/best practices Influential change agents The LinkedIn effect. Relationship Economics takes a unique long term, strategic and quantifiable view of business relationships that goes far beyond networking oriented books. Nowadays, many companies believe that networking is the key to success. Relationship Economics shows