motivating employees chicago Archives - Tooty Inc https://www.tootyinc.com/tag/motivating-employees-chicago/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:23:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.tootyinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/apple-touch-icon-60x60.png motivating employees chicago Archives - Tooty Inc https://www.tootyinc.com/tag/motivating-employees-chicago/ 32 32 Action Versus Intention https://www.tootyinc.com/action-versus-intention/ Mon, 07 May 2018 16:07:35 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=804 In customer service our attention tends to go towards putting out fires.  Goals for improving or changing a process are put on the back burner for so long that we forget we ever had goals.  It’s exciting and motivating to be able to share with you how others have been able to improve and innovate […]

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]]> Who Is Your Customer https://www.tootyinc.com/training-session/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:41:15 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=731 During a recent training session, I asked someone who is designated as a back-up to answering the phones who her customers were.  She was confident in her response, “I don’t have customers.  I don’t have anyone from the outside call me.”  I explained that customer service isn’t a job title, but a trait a person has.  […]

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]]> Inspiration for Sales and Customer Service Teams https://www.tootyinc.com/inspiration-sales-customer-service-teams/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 22:41:39 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=710 Where does your inspiration come from? Let me be more specific. Where do you go for fresh ideas to motivate your team? Possibly you have had a rough month or two with weather related heartaches, price increases, technology or attendance issues. For some of you it has been all of the above! Some of you […]

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]]> Do Unhappy Customers Scare You? https://www.tootyinc.com/unhappy-customers-scare/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:04:21 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=702 What is more intimidating than an angry customer complaining about service? An angry business customer complaining about service! Customer service and sales representatives have confessed that they are nervous when they hear a harsh tone of voice or have a business manager complain that he has called multiple times for the same thing. Costly short-cuts […]

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]]> Patience and Understanding https://www.tootyinc.com/patience-and-understanding/ Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:46:16 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=671 I did some volunteer work with a group of first graders and one of our lessons focused on patience. It is endearing when a 6 year old scrunches her nose and asks, “Patience? What is that?” But, I admit I am more likely to throw my hands in the air as I shout, “Patience? What […]

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