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THE PHONE CALL IS A POWERFUL, FORGOTTEN LEADERSHIP TOOL

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The client was a Fortune 200 international company that had contracted us to answer technical support calls from customers. The hiring profile for these employees requested a high level of customer service, but strong technical support experience was not required. The praise call works.

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The Supervisor Cadence – Does It Drive the Wrong Behavior?

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If you could, all customer service, technical support, and sales organizations would be hitting their metrics. They cultivate new skills and strategies in real work situations so that leaders can utilize these new skills over and over so they become sustainable skills. You can’t manage organizations to achieve success with cadences.

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Six things I’ve (re)learned since “retiring”

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in June of 2000 as Head of Customer Technical Support - Chicago. David Offutt is a retired senior leader in industries including non-profit healthcare, consulting, insurance, mail order and financial industry. His last position at Deutsche Börse Group US was President. He joined DBS Inc.