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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

Success

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less By Greg McKeown You won’t fulfill your dreams, change the world or make an impact if you’re simply reacting to everyone else’s expectations and requests through a bombardment of emails, meetings, calls and commitments. Excuse Me: The Survival Guide to Modern Business Etiquette By Rosanne J.

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Be Positive About Your Customer Service Issues

Professional Assistant Blog

Imagine how much more receptive the customer service representative would be if you tried to deal with your issue in a more positive manner. Would it also be nice for the client to call every so often to commend your company on something that they did right and went above and beyond the call of duty?

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

Customer-service focused. But do you always “listen” or do you distract yourself with reading emails while someone is talking to you? Ability to prioritize. Accountable. Trustworthy. Ability to remain calm under pressure. Excellent calendaring skills. Excellent time management skills. Good listener. Professional presence.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Customer Service in Different.

Service Untitled

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. What interested me was how the importance of customer service varied in different industries. What have you noticed about service in countries besides the United States? Both factors are probably at play here.

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Answering Reader Mail: 7 Tips on Attire, Scheduling & Etiquette

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I sat at my kitchen table watching my phone blow up while people were emailing and IM’ing me all at the same time wanting to know why they couldn’t get on the call. I am copied on highly confidential information and I read emails that seem to be written in a new language – sales speak. Gosh, I know this was a lot.

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How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

Professional Assistant Blog

Money, of course, is important, but what about the customer? Providing excellent customer service is crucial. Passing the buck to another co-worker or department can result in customer frustration and might end in a spin off of negative results. Keep in mind that they are the ones that are paying your salary.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Jet Blue flies high with customer.

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. On Valentine’s Day, 2007 an ice storm in the northeast set the venue for a customer service disaster when hundreds of passengers were held captive on the tarmac and thousands of travelers were stranded in airports.