R e b e c c a M o r g a n ' s
Insights & Information
June/July 2009
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Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC
Certified Speaking Professional
Certified Management Consultant


Developing your key talent for strategic growth

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Rebecca@RebeccaMorgan.com
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Get a Deal if I'm Working Near You!

You can save money by piggybacking with my other clients. If you want to explore what I could do to help your people be more effective, contact me ASAP so I can work you into my travel schedule.

Or get several companies together for a presentation. Or gift your clients with a presentation for their teams.

June 12-13 Tulsa, OK
June 13-16 Wichita, KS
June 18-23 Dubai Public workshop "Achieving Customer Retention & Maximizing Customer Loyalty"
June 24-July 1 Oman (hold)
July 18-22 Phoenix
Aug. 7-19 Brunei (hold)
Oct. 9-11 Wash., DC

Rebecca's Recent Media Appearances
Calming Upset Customers

Calming Upset Customers

Find out more about how to calm down your upset customers with professionalism, either through live training, or the book.
Professional Selling: Practical Secrets for Successful Sales

Calming Upset Customers

Could your sales force use new or refined skills to close more sales? Professional Selling: Practical Secrets for Successful Sales has been used as the corporate sales guide for many companies.

Discover more info on live presentations or the book.
Snapshots From Around the World

While awaiting take off on Royal Brunei Airlines, I was surprised when the pilot said we'd have a prayer. A voice I assumed was an imam's, chanted a prayer in Arabic. Our flight was without incident.
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408/998-7977
Brunei Bank Managers Are Stars!

In May, I had the honor of conducting a 5-day leadership, communication and presentation skills course for 25 senior managers at Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam. The group was fabulous. They were hungry for information to be better leaders and communicators. They embraced every exercise I asked them to do, no matter how uncomfortable it felt.

Read more on this special group, their comments and pictures.
Special Pricing for You on Our Newest Books

Calming Upset Customers
Remarkable Customer Service ... and Disservice: Case Studies and Discussions to Increase Your Customers' Delight (eBook)

This book is full of examples of superior customer service ... and below par service. Following each example are questions to ask your team to prompt discussions of what went right -- or wrong. Then you can decide how to use the lessons to improve your customers' delight.

Regular price: $20. Your price $10.

Calming Upset CustomersGrow Your Key Talent: Thought-Provoking Essays for Business Owners, Executives and Managers on Developing Star Staff(eBook)

Many executives think that only HR needs to think about how to grow their internal leadership. By offloading all the thinking about this they are sure to stunt their company's growth. This book helps you examine what you should be considering when looking at helping your people grow to take on more responsibilities.

Regular price: $20. Your price $10.
Outstanding Service at Brunei's Empire Hotel

My 7-night stay at Brunei's fabulous Empire Hotel began at the lobby door. The Manager on Duty greeted me by name as I entered the exquisite lobby. Quite a feat for a 450-room hotel.

At the front desk I was informed I'd have free Internet via DSL. "No wireless?" I asked. The clerk paused, then said, "Hold on a minute." She made a quick phone call and came back with, "I've arranged to have a wireless router put in your room." "Is there a charge for that?" "No charge."

I'd begun to see why this is such a highly rated hotel.

(Read more examples of their outstanding service.)
Singaporeans Hungry to Enliven Training

They were hungry for information on how to make their training sessions more interactive and stimulating. The 500 attendees at my session at the Singpore HR Summit were from a myriad of SE Asian industries. My session, "How to Enliven Training Using Gimmicks, Games and Gizmos" proved to be the one of the most popular seminars at the event.

When training SE Asia and the Middle East I've learned those audiences love activities. North Americans like to be involved, too, but sometimes, especially in Silicon Valley, they seem to just want a data dump of the informaiton and consider role plays and other activities as frivolous folderol.

Not so abroad. In fact, if you try to talk at them too long, they start texting, getting emails, napping or leave! Of course, this happens in No. American audiences as well.

("Read the description of "How to Enliven Training Using Gimmicks, Games and Gizmos.")
Buca di Beppo Service Goes Blop!

Buca di Beppo has been running a series of coupons to lure customers to their restaurants. Unfortunately, once they've accomplished that, they don't create an experience that has customers wanting to come back.

Read my recent experience and how you can apply the lessons to your organization.
Charming Hospitality at Rustic Resort

After conducting a day-long seminar on Interpersonal Communications in Batam, Indonesia, I decided to relax for a few days at the island's rustic but peaceful ocean front KTM Resort. The manager, Ms. Rina, took very good care of me, situating me in a deluxe family cottage on the water. The spacious 4-bed, two-bathroom cabana had a kitchenette and large balcony overlooking the lagoon and ocean. Additionally, the staff, especially Ryan, the assistant front desk manager, and Glenn, the rooms manager, made sure my every desire was fulfilled.

(See pictures and read more on what the KTM Resort team did to make my trip memorable.)
Free White Paper

My friends at SupportIndustry.com are offering a free white paper, "Best Practices for Coaching Your Support Team to Handle Anything." It provides a step-by-step game plan for solving your support agents' worst nightmares, based on the author's experience in successfully "turning around" support performance, as well as current research in the psychology of how we communicate with people. In the process, you will learn how specific, procedural skills -- both for how your agents respond to customers, and how you coach your team -- can change everything about how your interact with customers, in a way that will impact both your support metrics and your bottom line.

Download the full white paper.