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I feel like a number

“I feel like a number. Feel like a number. Feel like a stranger. A stranger in this land. I feel like a number. I’m not a number.” Even as companies emphasize the importance of personalizing their service in order to create unique and individualized experiences for their customers, these lyrics

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Can job essence be scripted?

Last week, I worked in Freeport on the island of Grand Bahama for a client in the insurance industry. Over lunch she questioned whether or not the essence of an employee’s job could be captured in his job function. My reply was that job essence and job function were separate

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You’re always on stage!

Last week, I visited a leading “big-box” retailer to do a bit of holiday shopping. The first thing I noticed upon entering the store was that a large group of perhaps twenty employees had formed a circle to conduct an informal pre-shift meeting. As I passed by the group, I

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Paper or Plastic?

Ever noticed the greeting you receive more often than not by the person bagging your groceries at your local supermarket? If your local supermarket is like mine, it probably sounds something like this: “Paper or plastic?” All too often, appropriate greetings have left the repertoire of most customer-facing employees in

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