Confirm permission
Obtain the person’s permission before sharing private contact information or career documents.
Professional partners
Relevant introductions.
Clear responsibilities.
Discuss a professional referral or specialist collaboration. Commercial arrangements and client-data sharing require an agreed scope before work begins.
In practice
Before an introduction.
Agree the arrangement
State the work, conflicts, commercial terms and attribution in writing. No referral fee is implied by an enquiry.
Keep the client informed
Explain who will receive their information and why. Respect withdrawal and confidentiality requests.
Your next step
Discuss a collaboration.
Email the team with a brief partnership enquiry.