by Patti Blackstaffe | Apr 1, 2009 | Business, Communication, Customer Service, Gratitude, Uncategorized
I was working with a client yesterday who is talented, driven and efficient. This client is one of those people who, if you added them to your team, would make the world a better place and get it done in half the time while managing to do it in a way that serves...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Mar 20, 2009 | Business, Communication, Customer Service, Gratitude
My last post ‘A Letter to the CEO’ drew a lot more attention than I expected! The attention was from leaders and employees alike all saying the letter beautifully highlighted common issues within most corporate life. This week I wanted to write a response...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Mar 9, 2009 | Business, Communication, Customer Service
Workshop: We’ve written a fictitious ‘Letter to the CEO’. This letter is written by an imaginary worker and is applicable for use across industries. We work with your team through discussion to dissect and create coaching opportunities that the...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Mar 3, 2009 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Management, Training
In this time of economic strife and angst there is a lot going on. I don’t have to tell you much about the global economic crisis, you are being bombarded on a continual basis by the media with statistics and results that are scary and leave you uneasy. With all that...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Feb 25, 2009 | Business
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. ~Peter Drucker That is one of my favourite quotes. Many of us enter positions, companies, roles, where things have been done a specific manner for years. We sometimes forget to take...
