Items Tagged with 'soft skills'

Being more organized is a hugely popular new year’s resolution and there’s an entire industry of professional organizers to help, so this blog is about alternative ways to get organized.

Are customers’ expectations higher today than they were 10 years ago? What about five years ago? What about two years ago? I’m sure you would agree that customers’ expectations have risen exponentially over the past years with the growth of information gathering, smartphones, and savvy consumers.

Industry educators have told me over and over again that the younger techs entering the trades generally either possess the technical skills to do the job or can be trained in those skills easily enough, yet they often lack the ability to communicate effectively with the customer both in writing and in person.