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7 Customer Service Books to Help You Level Up Your Business

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Good customer service will help you level up your business. That’s because great customer service can turn even a dissatisfied customer into one of your biggest brand advocates. But customer service has become increasingly complex with more roles to play than ever. By Jeff Toister. By Mitche Graf.

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Ep 251: Maria Smith on the Science and Benefits of Goal-Setting

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Maria Smith worked as a sales leader for Fortune 500 companies across three different industries, and now she helps leaders, employees, and organizations understand the science and benefits of goal-setting. Growing up as the daughter of an immigrant parent, goal-setting has always been a way of life for Maria.

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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

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Based on your assessment, rate the skills from most to least important, and compare the necessary skills against your experience and training. For example, if you’re interested in a project management role, highlighting your time management and analytical thinking skills may be more important than focusing on customer service or creativity.

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What Is Professional Development? We Unpack the Essentials

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Before getting there, let’s unpack the essentials of what skill training really is. Then, we’ll look at the benefits along with examples of how to achieve your biggest goals. Leadership training Leadership skills are fundamental to career growth. Cross-disciplinary training Colleagues take vacations.

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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. Hard skills are measurable Hard skills stand out due to their measurable, easily identifiable nature.

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Ep 253: Amaia Arruabarrena – Former Executive Assistant to the CEO of ezCater

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In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Amaia shares her fascinating story about her pursuit of becoming a doctor, finding a customer service job at ezCater on Craigslist, becoming EA to the CEO, and how her experience as a c-suite assistant prepared her for her director role.

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Is Customer Service a Tactic or a Strategy?

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Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on June 27, 2010 under Customer Moments | Be the First to Comment I get confused sometimes, more often than not, some would say, about the right word to use. Which is customer service for your business? I just realized that the word CUSTOMER isn’t anywhere on the page.