From the Vault: Service: A Key To Business Success

From the Vault: Service: A Key To Business Success

Good advice then, and still good advice now! Service is all about exceeding customer, client and patient expectations. Service is about making people say ‘Wow!’ It’s about making people feel great about the way you handle their enquiry, their complaint, their problem,...
Recognition is powerful

Recognition is powerful

Napoleon Bonaparte was reported to have said, “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon” or more colloquially, as I put it, “Men will die for a medal!” It’s incredible. People will do something to get recognition more often than they will do it...
Eight Tips for Great Phone Impressions

Eight Tips for Great Phone Impressions

Two statements that pack a lot of profitable power are ‘You never get a second chance at a first impression’ and ‘Last impressions linger’ and probably the most important time to remember them is when you and your team are dealing with people over the phone. You see,...
Make It Easy – Part 2

Make It Easy – Part 2

In a recent article I complained about difficult-to-read name badges. Now, I’ve discovered a couple more instances of people not thinking of an end user who’s vision is not what it used to be or where the circumstances may create a problem. In the first example, the...
Name badges

Name badges

I know that most caring people and businesses have name badges to make themselves and team members easily recognisable and establish rapport. Now, however, as I am slowly sliding into senility, I’m finding that name badges can be the curse of my life. Why? It’s...