By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer “We can’t find good employees” is a phrase I continue to hear from nearly every client. No matter what the industry or geography this sentiment is shared often. And while we are a smaller company that doesn’t depend on many employees to manage our businesses, I do have many...Read More
By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer How is it that the employees of the same company can differ so much when it comes to customer service? This is a question of training versus common sense but really it comes down to hiring culture. I recently attended a client’s annual meeting and awards dinner at a...Read More
By Karen Stone Mickool, Culture Curation Specialist THE STORY…. A number of years ago, I interviewed for a job as a Training Manager for a division of a well-known insurance company. In those days, my experience hadn’t led me to the classic lessons I would later learn from recruiting pros and headhunters. So, while I...Read More
By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer How often have you experienced a poor customer service situation where the employee says “I’m not allowed to do that” or “It’s our company policy”? It’s frustrating and annoying. One of the first things we teach in customer service training is what NOT to say. Don’t tell the customer...Read More
By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer For several years I got sucked into the selling mantra (taught by the guru sales coaches and trainers) that emphasizes the need to highlight your prospects’ pain points to get them to buy from you. “Show them their ‘pain’ and then sell them a solution.” In theory it made...Read More
By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer Dedicated to Isolde Trimarco, my mother I’m writing this post from a hospital waiting room while my mother undergoes open heart surgery for an aortic aneurysm. Sounds pretty scary, right? It is! It’s life-and-death scary and it has unexpectedly turned my world upside down in every aspect of my...Read More
One of my best investments was a pair of cowboy boots. I bought them in Austin, Texas on a business trip. Now to know me is to know I’m not really a cowboy boot kind of girl. So, why buy them? Because I love new experiences and I wanted to understand why people love their...Read More
