Where are all the good suppliers? Well, I’ve managed to work with some really top-notch vendors over the years, and as I’ve been meeting with a growing number of them to set up partnerships in order to better serve our mutual clients, here’s what I see in “the good ones”:
* Creativity – the best companies continue to think, re-think, and ask the right questions.
* Drive – if your offering (or gaining new business opportunities) doesn’t excite you, it definitely won’t excite me!
* Reputation – when clients and other vendors recommend someone highly, I’m all ears.
* Integrity and transparency – neither I, nor my clients, are looking for a new source of problems.
* Partnering mindset – a readiness to work on making the pie bigger for everyone.
* Chemistry – a sense of interpersonal ease, and an intuitive agreement on how to view people and business.
These companies are flexible, client-focused, and collaborative. And, as one individual recently put it as we discussed partnering, the key distinguishing feature is “us” – that is, quality people with a right attitude.
No individual or company is perfect, but my aim is to work with the good ones.
Impactiviti blog 
Yes!! I like this post and completely agree. It’s difficult to find partners with this mindset, although when you do, it really clicks. To me, if it seems “hard” to work with someone, then don’t try to force it. The ones that “click” just seem to zoom ahead…profit and satisfaction are both there.