Employer branding is the external perception of what it’s like to work at your company. It has always existed in some form,...
Entries Tagged Communication
Editorial
When It’s Time to Break Up With a Customer
More than 100 clients only use her services once a year. They expect champagne service on a beer budget, and they pull...
Editorial
The Team Comes First
In 2015, while working for a real estate auction company selling land and commercial property, Jason Wiggins came across a ready-mix concrete...
Editorial
Retaining a Customer’s Love Sometimes Means Saying You’re Sorry
Question: As the COVID pandemic is approaching the two-year mark, we are finding the overall stress level among our customers seems to be...
Editorial
Mastering Difficult Workplace Conversations Will Dampen Conflict
So you see a colleague violating a safety procedure while operating equipment, or breaking office ethics protocol.
Given most people’s propensity for avoiding...
Editorial
Learn the Secret to Selling Real Value Over Low Price
How many times do you hear, “The customer only cares about the price?” Many small-business owners say they hear it all the...
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How to Improve Your Team’s Listening Skills
Listening is a crucial skill for anyone who works in a customer-facing position.This is true for receptionists, it’s true for sales reps,...
Editorial
Portable Restroom Graffiti Plays a Pivotal Role in Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Graffiti on portable restrooms can be a persistent and time-consuming problem for you and your technicians. The labor and cost of cleaning...
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The Downside to Being an 'Expert'
There’s a fascinating concept called knowledge blindness. Once you are an expert at something, you can’t imagine what it is like to...
Editorial
How Would Minimum Wage Changes Impact Your Company and Crew?
Question: The federal minimum wage will be increasing at some point soon and we are wondering how to address this with our employees...
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Keys to Effective Communication for Project Leaders
A study from consulting firm FMI Corp. and PlanGrid discovered that 52% of all construction industry rework is a result of poor...
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An Ever-Evolving Company is a Successful Company
How long have you been in business? Twenty years? Perhaps 40 years or more? Apparently, you’re doing something right then.
Think back to...
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Improve Employee Communication By Sharing a Story
The next time your company decides to launch a new initiative, you could use facts and figures and charts and graphs to...
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Silence Will Kill Your Safety Culture
So you see a colleague violating a safety procedure while operating a pumper truck. Or breaking an office ethics protocol. Or doing something as...
















