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

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Growing up as the daughter of an immigrant parent, goal-setting has always been a way of life for Maria. Maria graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Political Science, won the title of Miss Kentucky and competed in Miss America in 2004.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Working on customer service skills

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The customer service representative standing at the kiosk in the lobby of the bank had been speaking to a customer about a “Power of Attorney&# and its relevance to her aged parent.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Wachovia delivers positive.

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Up until a few weeks ago, I had never been to a Wachovia Bank, but special circumstances for an ailing relative brought me there. My congratulations to a team of professionals for going that extra mile for customers.

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Insurer Puts Integrity in its Name and Appreciation at its Core

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In 2006, company President and CEO Bob Ritchie created American Integrity Insurance after the 2004 multiple hurricane season significantly reduced the number of sound homeowners insurance options in Florida. Goodman, whose background includes both customer service and accounting, joined AI in 2013.

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Bank of America tanks for lender customer satisfaction

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The application process is longer and approval time for a loan has increased to 27 1/2 days; up from 20 days last year. Possibly Related Posts: No customer service for loan modifications In 2004, Missy and Keith paid $450,000 for their home, No customer satisfaction from TSA The issues of full-body scans and increasingly more aggressive pat.

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On the needles October 2008

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When I go into overdrive, however, my toil acquires a manic quality as I race to see just how many sets of needles and patterns I can juggle without tangling them all up. Without some mind clearing time every day, I believe we end up in the realm of mind numb, wherein we lose both our perspective and sense of self. Loose Ends.

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Interview with Rob Siefker of Zappos – Part 1 of 4

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Service Untitled: So tell me about your role and what you do at Zappos. Rob: I am the director of the Zappos Customer Loyalty Team. And I started in the company as a temp worker in 2004. How to establish a customer service culture Customers frequently offer feedback; sometimes it is solicited, and sometimes.