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Compliment Others Easily With Great Introductions!

Introducing people by recognizing talent and giving praise is an important part of being a good leader, team member, and friend. In my book, "People Savvy Leadership," I give the following tips:

When you focus on other’s accomplishments and notice what is worthy of praise, your energy is lifted, and you build successful interactions.
A simple way to give praise is with an introduction. For example, when you introduce your friends, coworkers and business associates to someone new, share their name and an accomplishment. "Jim, this is Sara Beckman, she just headed up the committee for our new quarter sales meeting and it was fantastic." "Tom, this is Morgan Tyler, she just spearheaded the new marketing project." "Karl, this is Veronica Mann, she works with our top client Prudential." Or “Pam, this is my dear friend Karla, we have known each other since we were kids and she has the best sense of humor” “Karla this is my co-worker Pam, she has designed our new social media platform to rave reviews from the team or “Mark this is my colleague Jim, Jim he is our go to expert on customer loyalty, he really knows his stuff.” Jim, this is my friend Mark, Mark and I met at Top Golf benefit he was in charge of last year and it was a huge success and did us proud.” 
If you need a quick reminder on proper introductions you typically say the name of the highest status, eldest, or most honored person’s name first. Sometimes it gets complicated so here is an example. If you are bringing a top client, honored quest, or say the speaker for the event up to a small group of people who don’t know the guest and you are introducing them to a high-status person such as the president of your company you should say the name of the person you are bringing into the group first, for example, “Patti, I would like to introduce you to our president Jim Shore who has led us to the most profitable year ever.” “Jim, this is our speaker Patti Wood an internationally known expert of Body Language. Hearing their name first makes the guest feel warmed and welcomed. Try a compliment introduction in the next 24 hours.

Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.