Calling all shared services professionals: Are you minding your mindset?
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A few tips ago I wrote about why it’s critical, as a services professional, to see your own value as more than just a trusted problem-solver. I shared the four levels of relationship as a framework to help. Recently, I’ve been revisiting a variation of that model that a colleague and I created specifically for anyone in a shared services (or internal consulting) role. It provides a way to re-think your value, and find proactive ways to consistently be seen as more than just an order taker.
An error message that packs a humorous trust punch
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If you’re suffering from Spring Fever like I am, you probably can’t tolerate anything too heavy or serious right now. So, this week I’m offering up a humorous (albeit poignant) example of a trust-building way to deliver a tough message.
Can someone who lies be trusted? The answer might surprise you.
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Last week’s tip about the value of candor when you’ve screwed up triggered another walk down memory lane, to a time shortly before Charlie Green and I joined forces, when a colleague’s courageous admission taught me an unexpected lesson about trust-building.
Join me as we roll the clocks back.
Trust-building lessons from a bounced check
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Something recently made me think about a check I bounced about a gazillion years ago. (Some of you might actually remember the days of writing checks.) Reflecting on the situation and how I handled it then, I see two important trust-building lessons worth featuring today.
Wish you were a little more charismatic, compelling, or magnetic (secretly or otherwise)? Try this unexpected approach.
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We can all benefit from learning how to be found a smidge more charming by clients, even the humblest of introverts among us. Not in a disingenuous way, of course, but in a way that creates an immediate and meaningful connection. This Weekly Tip gives you an unexpected insight into how to do that—one that’s also surprisingly palatable and easy.
