Why no rewards?

12/3/08

This question has come up a few times recently and is very easy to answer – BNI is based on recommending people you know, like and trust, not those that give you a ‘thank you’.

Obviously no one is going to worry about a bottle of wine, or similar, but when these ‘thank yous’ get bigger and expected, even arranged, well, that’s when the problems start.

I’m not even going to go down the tax/legal route as that is outside my area of knowledge, although I would guess it’s not good, but on the BNI front, what would it say if we recommended someone from whom we were getting a ‘present’?

Could our judgement be trusted?

The person or company you recommended might be the best there is, but think about it from your own point of view. If you knew the person or company being recommended to you was being given a nice ‘thank you’ to do so, would you trust them?

I would suggest not!