by Jeri Quinn | Dec 17, 2015 | Business coaching, Change to Goal Achievement & Implementation, Client Loyalty/Experience, Communication, Customer Service, Dance of Business, New york small business training
“We practice NEAT here”, said the manager. “What’s NEAT?” said the temp. “It’s an acronym. It stands for – say the customer’s Name, make Eye contact, Ask Questions and say Thank you. We really want the customer to experience how special she is. At our business...
by Jeri Quinn | Sep 15, 2011 | Business coaching, Customer Service, Sales
Perhaps one of the most important and often times forgotten skills is being aware of what is going on in the process during sales conversations. This is true in retail or business-to-business sales. Those who master the art of being aware of where the customer is and...
by Jeri Quinn | Aug 16, 2011 | Business coaching, Customer Service, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Marketing, Sales
Let’s use an Olympic athlete as an example. She probably was introduced to the sport like downhill skiing at age 5, took lessons, practiced, started to shine by age 9, took advanced lessons, attended special camps, traveled to where the best teachers were for private...
by Jeri Quinn | Jun 30, 2011 | Business coaching, Client Loyalty/Experience, Customer Service, Employee Engagement & Staff Retention, Leadership, Recession Proofing
What is a culture of connection and what does it do for the profitability of a company? In your industry who is eating who for lunch? (yes you’ll understand what I mean if you read through the article.) Years ago when I had my IT company we received a $1,000,000 RFP....
by Jeri Quinn | Jun 21, 2011 | Business coaching, Customer Service, Employee Engagement & Staff Retention, Executive Coaching, Leadership
Henry has a decision to make. The disgruntled customer in front of him has a valid point. There had been a mix up on the part of Henry’s service team and things had not gone smoothly. It wasn’t the end of the world but the customer had been inconvenienced once and now...
