by Dr. Rick Goodman | Nov 18, 2015 | Continuing Education, Customer Service, Human Resources, Personal Development, Personal Success, Sales Success
Does multitasking make you more efficient? Not necessarily. While it is sometimes necessary to do several different things at once, there is compelling research that suggests a divided attention span begets low-quality work and less overall productivity. By focusing...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Sep 17, 2015 | Business Success, Continuing Education, Customer Service, Personal Development
The most effective forms of employee development tend to happen on the job—in the actual workplace. Being in a work environment brings focus and seriousness to the training process, and also emphasizes the practicality of it. Employees who learn while they are at work...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Aug 27, 2015 | Business Success, Customer Service, Personal Success, Sales & Branding, Sales Success
Cold calling isn’t necessarily anyone’s favorite part of business ownership—but even in the days of inbound marketing and online commerce, cold calling remains a necessity. Hopefully, you have a team of sales professionals who are comfortable with the cold call, and...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jul 15, 2015 | Business Success, Customer Service, Personal Development, Sales & Branding, Sales Success
Customer service is an essential for business success. You won’t grow your business unless you bring in new customers—and you won’t win over customers unless you can provide them with a consistently positive experience. That’s one of the reasons why ACES provides so...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Mar 3, 2015 | Continuing Education, Customer Service, Human Resources
Does your company provide a satisfactory customer experience? Hopefully the answer to that is yes, but it’s important for business owners to stop, really think about this question, and take its implications seriously. Your kneejerk response may be to say that yes,...