Building trust-based relationships – tough during the best of times and wildly challenging during the current situation. Yet financial institutions are critical to their consumers, businesses and wider communities. Financial coaching, reducing stress, providing flexibility and a conduit to available programs – trust is important, yet so many bankers need to improve building it; and utilizing alternative methods to communicate.Reach out, bring ideas, be authentic and make it about your clients and prospects, not about you or your bank. Show empathy, be direct but kind and help guide your clients to take steps to improve their futures. Everyone is overwhelmed, so think about ways to make their life easier.Having a roadmap (good grief – not a script!) helps relationship managers to deepen bonds and learn more about the needs of their buyers and position their solutions in a way that is compelling. We’ve been helping retail, commercial and wealth management bankers for decades – we are here to train and coach your teams to improve their business development skills. Contact me at jruffolo@smandh.com; follow us at Business Banking Network or head to our St Meyer and Hubbard website at smandh.com.
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