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Customer Service Training Expert Barbara Khozam Changes Attitudes and Brings Positive Outcomes
A negative attitude is more contagious than a positive one, and negativity breeds negativity. Your brain is wired for survival, so it will react to protect you from whatever’s out to hurt you. The good news is that you have full control over your attitude. You can...
How to Put a Bit of Cheer Into Your Customer Service this Holiday Season
The end-of-year holidays can be a sad and lonely time for many people. And the added stress of holiday to-do lists, running around, and unmet expectations can result in very short fuses and angry customers. So this holiday season, why not put a bit of cheer into your...
Customer Service Speaker Barbara Khozam Positive Outcomes
Cultivate more positive outcomes by consciously connecting and trying to connect with customers. For example, when someone is yelling at you, your fist instinct is to yell back. This, however, fuels the fire and does not end in a resolution. When you are defensive,...
Authentic or Effective — what you need to know to be a better leader
To be an authentic leader, you should always speak your mind. Unfortunately, you’ll encounter a major challenge in doing so: speaking your mind doesn’t always translate well to being effective. It’s always best — while remaining authentic, when listening to others —...
A dollar’s worth of BAD customer service
Have you ever had such a bad customer experience with a company that you talked about it continually for four days? This is such a story. Real World Story: My friend told me the following story about his experience with Dollar Rent A Car. One evening earlier this...
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