CQ of Customer Service

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Lately, I have had several requests to write about online customer service. So I thought to myself: what are my expectations for online customer service as opposed to the brick and mortar version?  Are my expectations different? Or are they the same? I believe that all customer service comes back to relationships. It really is about someone’s intuition around approach and having the wisdom … [Read more...]

CQ of Relationships

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Since returning from a wonderful visit home, I have found myself asking a question more often: what is a relationship? Is it after you’ve broken bread together or signed a contract or continuously bumped into one another at the gym? Or is it based on whether you ‘click’ or not? © Sonja Nuttall 2008-2011 Roger’s 21st Century Thesaurus states: accord, affair, affiliation, … [Read more...]

How to Think Like a Zimbabwean

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Growing up Zimbabwean has taught me many things but, like a silly goat, I perhaps didn't learn to pause until quite recently. I travel a bit too much. The hurried rush of the crowds, a constant change in scenery, and an almost clockwork level of order stir up my fondness for home. It was, after all, where I learned about the importance of CQ™ – receptive and expressive intelligence – in … [Read more...]

Basics Of Project Management: Clarity, Collaboration and Cognition

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For you more visual learners, please also see my slideshare on project management. We all know managing projects is really about managing personalities and communication.  We also all know styles of personalities are as complicated as different learning styles and as bizarre as various communication styles.  Therefore, the approach my company takes is to create some effortless structure; … [Read more...]

Basics of Social Media in Human Years

Please note: this is a cross-post by Alasdair Munn. You can find his website here. Enter Alasdair Munn: Social Media years are a little like dog years. The signs are out that Social Media has settled into its teenage years. As with teenagers in general there are several teenage stereotypes. The overconfident rebel leader The party seeker and connector The Geek The student The … [Read more...]