Comments on: Relationships Matter in Hard Economic Times

By: Kristen Kent

Kristen Kent — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:45:13 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this post on how relationships and innovation are the key success factors when times are tough. People band together and develop innovative ways of coming up with solutions that are effective and valuable rather than just throwing money and empty deliverables at the problem.

A great way to stand out in this market and help build relationships of trust is to bring a company immediate and real value. The Project Management Professional certification is the one credential that can help you get in doors fast to begin building those relationships.

I know that people who have gone through Cheetah Learning to get PMP certified say that it has helped them get jobs and the other courses they took through cheetah to maintain their PMP helped them keep their jobs and enhance their professional relationships. Even if you can’t take one of their courses right now, Cheetah has some great free downloads at http://tinyurl.com/freepmtools.

Those are my two cents, thanks for your insightful blogs.

Kristen

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:13:43 +0000

Kelly- I’m guessing that the annoying vendors are probably the ones that you don’t have good relationships with? Or is it simply a volume problem?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:25:00 +0000

I’ll confess that I’m one of those people who have found vendors more annoying as the economy cools down. Within the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed the marketing efforts have been substantially ramped up – and that means more calls to my office, more emails, more folks wanting meetings to “review” my situation. In contrast, my time is now more valuable because there is more pressure for me to get work done and bill out. It’s a terrible conflict.