Building Effective Business/Career Relationships (2)

Good day people. How are you doing? Happy new month. 
Today, we'll continue with the series "Building Effective Business/Career Relationships".
Last week, we talked about identifying and nurturing key business/career relationships. I hope you've used some of these tips (or others)? Please share the stories, if you don't mind, to encourage others.
Let's talk a bit more about NURTURING WORK RELATIONSHIPS.
After identifying key relationships that have the greatest potential to impact your career/business, you should be deliberate about nurturing these relationships. I have a few nurturing tips to share. I hope Tentmakers will share a few more tips.
1. Pray about these work relationships. As believers, we should pray about EVERYTHING, including our business and career relationships. Ask God to open your eyes to see opportunities to build these relationships positively.
A colleague and I had a STRONG difference of opinions. I was torn between escalating the issue to management or just allowing him have his way. None of the options were acceptable to me as the consequences were equally terrible. I decided to take a break and just pray about the matter (and other issues). By the time I returned to my seat, I saw an email from my colleague. He had agreed to do what I proposed. Eventually, we reached an equitable agreement (I'll share more about that below).
2. Be willing to shift ground and find a WIN-WIN solution.
Of course, be clear about your ethics and principles. However, if you are open enough, you'll find that in many situations, you can find an arrangement that works for you and your boss/colleague/client/customer.
My colleague and I both had to shift ground to find a relationship that works. I tried to understand his perspective by LISTENING to his words and more. I have learnt to listen MORE and talk less. After he agreed to do what I proposed, I explored all available opportunities, including going back to our client, to try his own proposal. Eventually, his proposal is what we fell back on with a few edits here and there. Our team is outperforming other teams and we've all been rewarded at least twice recently.
3. Build trust in your work relationships.
I realised that my colleague's issue was that he didn't trust that I had his best interests at heart. I also realised that I just expected him to trust me without earning/proving it. So, I took advantage of every opportunity I had to prove to him that I "had his back".
4. Build mutual respect in your work relationships.
One other missing ingredient in this work relationship was respect. I deliberately started asking for his professional opinion, even on matters that I KNEW the answer.
I've deliberately focused on my relationship with a colleague. These tips work (and have worked for me) in nurturing most, if not all, business relationships (and even marriages/romantic relationships). I know there's more to share on NURTURING WORK/BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS.
Please share your views and experiences.