Creating a Giving Culture  Grant suggests that people in leadership positions can: Encourage reciprocity: it's ok to seek help; it's good to give; pay it forward Help givers to set boundaries. Guide them to be perspective takers if they are prone to lacking assertiveness or to being overwhelmed with excessive empathy which can cloud their judgment Guide giving behavior in the direction of best impact: helping others whilst protecting one's own work commitments

Is Yours A Culture of Giving?

Dr Adam Grant, management professor at Wharton, wrote a book Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success. If you are on my mailing list and read my “Customer Care Tip” I’m going to take a wild guess that you are someone who has long ago embraced the idea of “giving”. When I recently saw an…

Who’s Your Gladys? How to Turn Even the Most Difficult Customer into Your Biggest Fan

A Must Have Book for Customer Service Inspiration

I love books! They spill out of my bookshelves and sit on my nightstands and even on my favorite chair. My favorite books though, are the ones that can be read and referenced time and time again. Who’s Your Gladys? How to Turn Even the Most Difficult Customer into Your Biggest Fan by Marilyn Suttle…

Are you walking your own talk? Do you need to have a "Get Real!" chat with yourself and make some adjustments? (Oooh I got a big yes to that one..)

Find The Leader Within

  A few years ago, on a fine spring day, I took a walk at the beach. It wasn’t just any walk, it was a walk with intention, a walk with a purpose.   That day while walking, I was asking for guidance from my Higher Self and the better angels of my nature.* It’s…