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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference and Which Do I Need to Build?

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Job-seekers acquire these through education, training and experience. For instance, customer service, sales and human resources, while having technical aspects, are more likely to require emotional intelligence to succeed. Read the best personal development books. Take online personal development courses.

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Ep 234: Sarah Abbott – Executive Assistant to the CEO of Utz Brands

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She has over a decade of administrative experience and lots of customer service stories! ––– THE LEADER ASSISTANT PODCAST IS PRESENTED BY EZCATER ezCater is the nation’s most trusted provider of corporate food solutions — the best way for companies to order food for daily employee lunches, meetings, and events of any size or budget.

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12 Customer Service Lessons

Make or Break Moments

Although I don’t believe there were any huge new “ah ha&# moments, the list is a good one that focuses on the importance and value of building relationships with customers. Out-serve competitors (don’t bash them – just be better!)

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Ep 238: Concetta Green – Chief of Staff at Harvard Business Publishing

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Author of the book, Too Busy, Too Bored for Prayer: A 7-Day Challenge (available on Amazon). ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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Ep 235: Jodi Reed on How Drag Racing Makes Her a Better Assistant

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LEADERSHIP QUOTE If service is beneath you, leadership is beyond you. CONNECT WITH JODI Jodi on LinkedIn Jodi on Facebook Book recommendation -> Living Loving and Learning by Leo F. Buscaglia ABOUT JODI Jodi Reed has been an admin for over 30 years and an executive assistant for 5 years. Either way, I’d love to hear from you!

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Ep 239: Lucy Brazier – Author of The Modern-Day Assistant

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Lucy is author of The Modern-Day Assistant: Build Your Influence and Boost Your Potential , as well as the CEO of Marcham Publishing, a global force synonymous with world-class conferences and training. In this episode, Lucy talks about her new book, the Global Skills Matrix for administrative assistants, and much more.

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Customer Service Blogs to check out

Make or Break Moments

He offers up: Amazingserviceguy By Kevin Stirz Business Is Personal By Mark Riffey Customers Rock! By Becky Carroll CustServ By Meikah Delid Maximum Customer Experience By Kelly Erickson People2People Service By Maria Palma QA QnA By Tom Vander Well Return Customer By Joe Rawlinson (Joe and I both started customer service blogs in April 2005.)