The business partner relations team would like to share with you our new year’s resolution and encourage all of you to do the same. We are abolishing the word vendor and only using business partner. Whether it’s at an ALA event, at your law firms or law departments, and even at home, the word vendor has got to go. You may be saying to yourself why or even who cares? So, let’s examine the difference between a vendor and a business partner.

We’ve all heard that to be successful we need to build good, strong, lasting business relationships. But it takes a great deal of time and energy, and people don’t seem to want to put in the work. News flash: Lasting business relationships just don’t happen without dedicated and consistent work. Here are a handful of ways to build lasting business relationships.