If you want to make everyone’s workday easier?  Then read on!  Person to person communication can be a bit nerve-wracking. If you’re a new salesperson, the first sentence of your pitch is the hardest. If you’re in customer service, trying to explain your company’s portal over the phone can seem impossible. Sometimes the problem is that you’re not sure if you’re working with a friendly audience: indifferent leads and irate customers aren’t going to make communication easier for you. But a large part of the problem is if you’re starting with a blank slate. Once you get started it’s easier to keep going,
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Having Good Communication Skills is Important to Any Leader When you think of great leaders in business, politics, sports, or any other field, you probably remember how their words affected and motivated you. Communication is a central leadership skill, one you can’t neglect if you want to succeed in your career. Here are some tips for getting your messages across:   Get personal. Let people know what you think. Don’t parrot your organization’s press releases nor try to hide your true opinions with vague language (“mistakes were made”). Honesty will earn people’s trust. They’ll accept what you say because they
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Looking The Part For Any Job Is Vital To Your Success Looking the part for any job is vital to your success. Taking care of your outward appearance will show your employer and your clients that you have what it takes to get the job done. Dress for success. This advice was probably beaten into your head throughout high school and college, but it’s the truth. Nobody is going to take you seriously in the office if you walk in looking like you did at last night’s party at the club. Separate your career wardrobe from your lifestyle wardrobe if
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Time to Set Business Goals! Setting goals are something that should be obtained within a certain period of time. As a business owner, you will naturally want your firm to be a success. What are you doing to make that happen? What goals if any did you make for this year? If you did not then that matter deserves serious consideration. Write down all the goals you want to achieve Writing down your goal objectives will help you to see exactly what it is you want to accomplish for the year and the tactical steps required to successfully execute them.
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No. 1 Priority is Providing Out-Of-This-World Customer Service When you are recruiting team members, the very first message a candidate should see or hear is that your No. 1 priority is providing Out-Of-This-World Customer Service.  Whether you are advertising for a position using a classified ad or a professional employment agency, there should be no question that the job requires commitment to extraordinary customer service. You may consider adding this line to your job announcement: “Experience is great, but Out-Of-This-World Customer Service is most important.” Consider directing calls from prospective team members to a voicemail explaining more about the position
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Calling Employees Team Members Creates A Positive Environment Employees by any other name are still employees, but I like to refer to my employees in a different way. I call them team members. Team members come together for a common goal and that’s what I want for my business. I firmly believe that there are no positions in my business that are more important than others. This includes my position as owner. Without my team members, I wouldn’t be able to offer the variety of services that I currently offer. I also wouldn’t have the social media and web presence
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