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Can You Remember Names?
A person’s name is the most beautiful sound in any language. Using someone’s name is guaranteed to get their attention, and help you...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20202 min read


Learn to be Lazy
You know that moment when employees show up at your door and say, “Hey, boss we have a problem. ” I think you have two choices: 1. You...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20202 min read


How to De-Escalate
Why you should use empathy statements when dealing with upset customers. For the last two years, I have been an avid user of an exercise...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20202 min read


How to Build Rapport
A client met a man at a business mixer; they exchanged names, she asked a few questions, then, after a few minutes of talking, she could...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20203 min read


Energize Your Sales Meetings
Companies seem to love meetings, drawn to them like moths to the light. Cheryl was a manager about to lead a sales meeting and her body...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20203 min read


Conversation Improves Results
An auto insurance company contacted me to request some help. According to management, the marketing department had done a nice job, foot...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20204 min read


Why customers get upset and how your call-center can avoid it
Why customer service should use empathy, even when they don’t have any? It was one of those days; I was in Hartford conducting a...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20203 min read


Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
As the bus pulled out of the airport, en route to the car rental center, I turned to my neighbor and struck up a conversation. Yes, I am...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20203 min read


The Tale of Two Managers
Leadership is action, not position Donald H McGannon I worked with two managers from the same company. Let's call them Bill and Dave. ...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20202 min read


Shorter Meetings - Increased Production
Do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of. Benjamin Franklin “Don’t bother asking for an hour, no one gets an...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20202 min read


Airline Pilots don't wear jeans
Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.” Coleman Cox My wife and I were waiting to board a flight when...

Stuart Chant
Jul 14, 20203 min read
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