Even as many countries' borders are shut, NOW is the time to reach out and build global connections. In this talk I shared at the Rotary Club of Madras Central, I shared strategies on how to build global connections.

1. GLOBAL NETWORKING
Building Global Relationships and Collaborations
for Business Success in Today's World
Coen Tan
International Speaker

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• Make use of the CHAT Function to ask questions,
comments and network
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Some Housekeeping Agreements:

5. Global Relationship Building Tip #1:
Why NOW is the Best Time to Think
Globally… Virtually…

6. Old Economic Model
Wealth is held by the
Industrialists, Factory
and Machine
Owners, Landlords
They pay workers enough to
keep them working, but low
enough to maximise their
Profits

7. New Economic Model
Wealth is held by
Providers of
Platforms, Ideas,
Knowledge,
Inspiration
They engage workers who
are based in different
locations, in collaborative
and flexible manner

8. Old Communication Model
Life-changing
Message
Very Good
Idea!
No Vote, Just Follow
Confused
Frustrated
Distracted
Lost
New Communication Model
Broadcast, Share, Tweet

9. Working from Home…
or
Living at Work?

10. The Status Effect
Past:
• Spatial demarcation bestows authority and
status (Speaker on stage, Leader on the Power
Seat on a Boardroom, the Corner Office)
• Possible to display status through body language,
grooming
Now:
• Spatial effect of status is flattened by virtual
communication space
• Technology is s leveler / game-changer

11. The Accessibility Effect
Past:
• The “cost of entry” for events, membership
(financial, geographical barriers)
• Extraverts “work the room” have the
advantage
Now:
• Communicating across physical spaces
virtually
• People crave community and connection
• Introverts can communicate from the
comfort of their comfortable space

12. The Psychological Anchoring Effect
Past:
• People go to different physical spaces for meetings,
trainings, conferences.
• As they change places, they settle in different states of mind.
Now:
• People could be consuming entertainment, replying emails,
shopping online through the same 13 inch screen
• Harder to shift between psychological spaces

13. Reaching Out to
Global Thought
Leaders

14. Global Relationship Building Tip #2:
How to Accelerate the Building and
Deepening of Relationships

15. Creating Shared
Experiences
• Deepening relationships
• Regulating emotions

16. On our Life Journeys, we
don’t assess them by the
moments, there are key
moments we tend to
remember:
• Peaks
• Pits
• Transitions
(Celebrate)
(Fill)
(Smoothen)

17. Celebrate the Peaks

18. Celebrate the Peaks
Questions to Ask:
• What excites you the most about
_________?
• What are your grateful for?

19. Fill the Pits

22. Fill the Pits
Things to Say / Questions to Ask:
• I noticed _______, do you want to talk
about it?
• I don’t know if I can help or offer any
advise, but I’ll listen…

23. Smoothen the Transitions

24. Smoothen the Transitions
Things to Say / Questions to Ask:
• What’s challenging about _______?
• If there’s something that might make
things easier, what might that be?

25. Filling the Empathy Gap

26. Power of Moments Exercise
RIGHT NOW… Reach out to someone you know who
may be experiencing any of these moments:
• Peak – e.g. A birthday, an anniversary, getting married, getting a
promotion, just had a child
• Pits – e.g. Lost of job, separation, financial challenges
• Transitions – e.g. Changing to a new job, moving to a new
home/city/country

27. Global Relationship Building Tip #3:
Bridge Geographical Boundaries by
Sharing your Authentic Stories

32. Countries have Borders
Your Stories Don’t!

33. Global
Collaborations

35. Empowering
Conversations
For Career
Development
With Coen Tan
connect@coentan.com