Why Human Connection in Business Matters More Than Perfect Emails

I had lunch last week with someone I love dearly. She started as a client, and somewhere along the way became one of those people I can be completely real with. A true business bestie. She’s at the top of her industry, the kind of person who is both wildly successful and deeply grounded. And […]

You Can’t Outperform the Relationship With Yourself

I’ve spent most of my career talking about relationships. With clients, with colleagues, with teams. And I believe deeply in all of it, because relationships are what drive everything that actually matters in business. But there’s a relationship that comes before all of those. One that shapes how you show up in every room, influences […]

The Cost of Disconnection: Why Your Business Relationships Are Quietly Eroding

Something has been shifting in our workplaces for a while now. Not loudly. Not all at once. Just quietly, slowly. The way a foundation cracks before anyone notices it’s no longer stable. Trust is declining. Not just between organizations and their customers. Between colleagues. Between leaders and their teams. Between sales professionals and the people […]

Why the Most Connected Leaders Feel the Most Alone

There’s a pattern I’ve noticed after two decades of working with high-performing leaders and sales professionals. The higher someone climbs, the lonelier they often get. Not because they have fewer people around them. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. Their calendar is packed. Their inbox is full. They’re surrounded by people all day long. And […]

Why Trust Is Declining — And How Relationships Give You the Advantage

A statistic stopped me cold recently. According to the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer, 7 out of 10 people are hesitant or unwilling to trust others. That means most of the people you interact with every day — colleagues, clients, prospects, and direct reports — are walking into conversations with their guard up. Not because they […]

Why Human Connection Is Still the Strategy

AI feels like it’s everywhere right now…​It’s in every headline, every conversation, every conference agenda, every blog post. Almost every business I talk to is trying to figure out how to use it more effectively and more strategically. How to move faster. How to stay relevant. How not to get left behind. And to be […]

The Question That Changed Everything

I want to share a moment that changed everything for me.​There’s a moment every book begins… Not with a contract or an outline, but with a question you can’t unhear.​For me, that moment came at a speaker event last year. I was sitting in the room, listening, taking notes, doing what I’ve always done. Learning. […]

Why Relationship Building in Business Is Your Greatest Competitive Advantage

We talk about appreciation and depreciation constantly. With money. With cars. With homes. With investments. We know a car loses value the second you drive it off the lot. We know a house grows in value when you care for it. We understand that what we invest in grows, and what we ignore fades. But […]

Why I Keep Telling You to Show Up on Social Media

One-to-many creates one-to-one. Learn how showing up human on social media builds trust, connection, and real relationships through presence, not perfection.

When a Friendship Quietly Slips Away

Relational drift is the quiet space that grows between two people who genuinely care about each other. In this post, Barb Betts shares why most friendships don’t end in conflict, they end in silence and how to reconnect before distance becomes disconnection.