today’s bissett bullet: “we might want to work with a potential client, and see the benefit to them of doing so, but that is immaterial if they themselves don’t understand why.”
by martin bissett
so often i am told by the accounting profession that they just cannot understand why a business did not come on board when it was so obvious as to the benefit to them for doing so.
the reality is, whether we see the necessity or not for a client to work with us, our opinion is irrelevant. the responsibility is incumbent upon us to make sure that the business sees a compelling reason for working together, and make sure that the reason creates a sense of urgency that allows them to give us a decision in our favor.
let’s not fall into the trap of thinking that just because we understand why they should change that the business automatically does too.
today’s to-do:
give thought today to the next meeting you have got coming up in your diary with a potential, or indeed existing, client. make sure you have a way prepared of making the client or prospect understand why working with you is in their best commercial interests.
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