Here's how you can cultivate and sustain professional relationships as an executive.

A escuta ativa é crucial para executivos, pois vai além de ouvir palavras, entendendo também as emoções e intenções. Praticá-la demonstra empatia e engajamento, fortalecendo a confiança e o respeito nas relações profissionais. Isso contribui para uma comunicação mais clara, resolução de problemas eficaz e um ambiente de trabalho colaborativo.

Active listening is a cornerstone of cultivating and sustaining professional relationships. As an executive, actively listening demonstrates that you value the contributions and perspectives of others. For example, during a client meeting, actively listen by paraphrasing their key points to show understanding and asking thoughtful follow-up questions to delve deeper into their concerns. Through such active listening practices, you create a foundation of trust and respect that is essential for sustaining strong professional relationships.

As an executive, your role is to execute decision which are deals or agreement or contracts. And to remain means you have to cultivate patient and understanding of circumstances and situations in dealing with humans in their business. This means you have to learn of your partners or affiliates or Cos (as in co-workers, co-partners etc.). Not to use against but to equipped you to build relationship that is of Sustenance as in lasting.

Mutual respect is essential for successful business relationships. It fosters effective communication, trust, collaboration, and boosts morale and motivation. Respectful workplaces reduce conflicts, enhance reputations, and ensure legal and ethical compliance. How to reach our goals? It is key to be vigilant and inclusive. Having better communication encourages open, clear dialogue, leading to effective problem-solving. Respect for others on the team. Everyone has their own mission in this life and it’s important to have a clear understanding of the personalities and traits of each member. Respect is earned, and it takes a great mentor to achieve this in a team. Be the person that leads by example!

Setting a regular cadence to communicate with a mentor, a trusted business partner and/or colleagues is crucial. Purposely scheduling time isn't impersonal. Rather, it shows the other person you truly value the relationship, so much so that you're willing to set a hard stop in your calendar for it. All of us are busy. Setting calendar dates shows that the relationship is more important than other things that might otherwise occupy that space in the day.

In addition to above mentioned points...Respect and Trust are most critical elements for a professional relationship. It is necessary for all leaders including Executives to respect all team members and keep communication going with team around. Just Greetings with team members only also helps to built good work climate.