https://bniblog.co.nz/bni-tips-for-members/above-the-ritual/ This is the blog of BNI (Business Network International) New Zealand Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:26:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://bniblog.co.nz/bni-tips-for-members/above-the-ritual/comment-page-1/#comment-21920 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:26:21 +0000 http://bniblog.co.nz/?p=4513#comment-21920 Dr Ivan Misner – the founder of BNI tells a great story about the comment “We are different” . He tells us that when he was starting to roll out BNI across the states, and around the world, that he was expecting to hear this from time to time – but that he first heard it from a chapter not a few miles from BNI Headquarters. It made him realize that in most cases, this is an excuse to lower the bar and that at the end of the day, it says more about the person(s) making the comment than about the matter at hand. It seems to me that the question is really, are you, as the leadership team of your chapter, prepared to stand within your own authority and to do what is needed, or are you going to seek to take the path of least resistance.

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