[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1548289356400{background-color: #bcbcbc !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4872″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1753495299494{padding-right: 19px !important;padding-left: 19px !important;}”]Your banker is a professional with extensive education and experience, and as a business owner, you need to present yourself as a professional as well. Learn what it takes to demonstrate professionalism to your banker.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]
Chapter 6: Demonstrate Professionalism
Your banker is a professional, and you always want to present yourself as no less professional than your banker. This does not mean that you need to wear a suit and tie when meeting, but it does mean that you need to be prepared. Documents need to be accurate, neat, and organized without spelling errors and coffee stains. It may require you to step up your game a little. Meeting your banker is not like meeting your friends at the local pub. Your banker is a professional and you should dress and act professionally. Your demeanor is also important, you want to come across as confident but not cocky. Remember that you are representing your personal business brand. How do you want to be perceived? In all relationships, perception matters. Run everything you might present to your banker (documents, email, your website, and yourself) through the lens of your banker’s eye before you send something to them or meet.
Show competence by being prepared with accurate documents as well as knowledge about your industry and your business. Be polite and treat your banker with the same level of respect you would treat your very best customer, and always, always be on time. Being reliable shows respect. When communicating through written correspondence with your banker, make sure that you are brief and to the point. This also applies to phone conversations. Most important is to be accountable. If you make a mistake, admit that you did, take ownership, and explain what happened and how you plan to correct it. This is the level of professionalism that will help to establish a trusting relationship with your banker.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Make Your Banker Happy
10 Keys to Unlocking a Good Relationship with Your Banker
The various aspects of your business are like links in a chain, and your banker serves as one of those links. Because any chain is only as strong as its weakest link, it’s vital to develop an excellent working relationship with your banker, even to the point where your banker is a trusted advisor. In this book, a leading consultant who helps his clients generate dramatic results you will show you the keys to unlocking a good relationship with your banker.
As a business owner, your relationship with your banker is essential to your success. Follow our series on the website and get your desktop reference copy from Amazon.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4854″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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