by Barbara Khozam | May 15, 2014 | Customer Service Escondido
Have you ever called a company and been immediately turned off within the first few seconds? Did that negative impression impact the rest of the conversation? Was it a painful interaction? The way people answer the phone can make or break my entire conversation with...
by Barbara Khozam | May 8, 2014 | Customer Service Escondido
I consider myself a friendly and positive person. I enjoy making people smile and spending time with optimistic people. But for one reason or another, I’ve been surrounded lately by rude behavior, and it’s starting to drag me down. Real World Story: In one short...
by Barbara Khozam | May 1, 2014 | Customer Service Escondido
My last blog post, Is your Mission Statement Useful or Useless?, describes the importance of mission statements. These represent the center point from which a company can begin to create its company culture. But why do some companies thrive while others struggle to...
by Barbara Khozam | Apr 24, 2014 | Customer Service Escondido
Every company has one. Most employees have heard of them. Some are actually useful. What are we talking about? The company mission statement, of course. Real World Story: Recently, I was consulting on customer service with a healthcare organization. The company has a...
by Barbara Khozam | Apr 17, 2014 | Customer Service Escondido
To become an effective communicator requires that we know our strengths and weakness. This allows us to more easily discover our style of communication. On the general spectrum of communication styles, we can label the three most common styles as Aggressive, Passive,...
