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3 Reasons Why You fall short on Organizational Visibility

June 11, 2019 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

When it comes to organizational visibility, how do you rate yourself? Does everyone in your department know who you are? Yet, no one outside your department has a clue about who you are or what you do. During my keynotes and workshops, I ask audiences how visible they are in their organizations. The results are… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Human Capital & Industrial IoT Workforce, Professional Development Tagged With: customer service, engineering, human capital strategy, human resource management, Industry 4.0, IoT, management consulting, manufacturing, organizational value, personal development, quality, STEM professional development keynote speaker, STEM STorytelling keynote speaker, storytelling speaker, women in engineering, women in technology

Why Toxic Professional Stories involve Another Story Too

May 23, 2019 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Leadership through storytelling takes another look at your toxic professional stories. You know, the ones you bury, because you associate these stories not only with personal and professional embarrassment and humiliation. But also, with toxic workplace environments. Often, you move on: from toxic colleagues, workplaces and stories. However, you remain good and stuck in these… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Human Capital & Industrial IoT Workforce Tagged With: business growth, customer experience, customer retention, customer service, customer success, employee experience, employee retention, healthcare, human capital strategy, human resources, Industry 4.0, IoT, personal development, professional development, professional speaker, quality, STEM storytelling, STEM Storytelling Professional Speaker, storytelling for left brain thinkers, women in banking, women in engineering

Is Your Workplace Service Culture actually Self Serving?

May 22, 2019 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Rate your employees’ experiences within your workplace service culture. First, are employees more focused on serving themselves, their managers, each other? Next, do their actions allow them to best serve your customers? Then, ponder the workforce profitability of your current strategy. Often, employees are unable to have each other’s – and your customers’ – backs…. [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Collaboration And Convergence, Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Human Capital & Industrial IoT Workforce, Professional Development Tagged With: banking industry, business growth, customer experience, customer retention, customer service, employee experience, employee retention, financial services industry, healthcare industry, human capital strategy, human resources, Industry 4.0, IoT, manufacturing, personal development, professional development, professional speaker, quality, servant leadership, service culture, STEM Professional Development, STEM Storytelling Professional Speaker, workplace culture

Professional Communication Soft Skills are more than Talk

May 20, 2019 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

Today, make a list of your professional communication soft skills. If you Google “soft skills”, you arrive at 5-7 skill sets for which communication is deemed of utmost importance. These skills include: leadership, communication, ethics, flexibility, problem-solving, teamwork and interpersonal skills. What additional skills would you add to this list, based on your professional experiences?… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Customer Experience, Success, Loyalty, Retention, Professional Development Tagged With: collaboration, communication, customer experience, customer service, employee experience, Industry 4.0, IoT, Left Brain Thinker Professional Development, Left Brain Thinkers storytelling, manufacturing, personal development, professional development, professional speaker, quality, sales, STEM Professional Development, STEM Storytelling Professional Speaker, women in banking, women in business, women in engineering, women in healthcare, women in STEM

Why Professional Communication is impeded by Your Biases

May 13, 2019 by Babette Ten Haken Leave a Comment

All of us have professional communication habits. And these habits, both consciously and unconsciously, can reflect our professional biases. Biased behavior often reflects professional baggage created by embarrassing, humiliating or toxic encounters with clients and colleagues. When professional bias and baggage influences our professional communication, everyone is impacted. Leaving these biases unaddressed creates lousy employee… [Continue Reading]

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