Speaker 1: Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the New Corner Office,
Speaker 1: the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the
Speaker 1: new world of work where location and ours are more
Speaker 1: flexible than in the past. Today's tip is to be
Speaker 1: your own receptionist or do other front line work from
Speaker 1: time to time. If you're in a leadership roule at
Speaker 1: your organization, you probably take a broad view of your
Speaker 1: organization's work. You focus on the mission you ask about
Speaker 1: the bottom line, is your market share growing, what our
Speaker 1: employee retention rates? What new competitors have entered your space?
Speaker 1: Questions like these are essential, but sometimes it can also
Speaker 1: be helpful to get down into the weeds so you
Speaker 1: can understand the everyday experiences of your clients and customers.
Speaker 1: One great way to do this is to fill in
Speaker 1: as the receptionist every now and then pick up the
Speaker 1: phone for the mainline at your organization and pay attention
Speaker 1: to what colors have to say. You could do the
Speaker 1: digital equivalent by fielding the queries that come into your
Speaker 1: organization's main inbox. Do you get questions from customers about
Speaker 1: whether your current hours and services are the same as usual,
Speaker 1: or whether there have been COVID related adjustments. If so,
Speaker 1: maybe you can make this information easier to find on
Speaker 1: your website or social media. Are concerned clients calling or
Speaker 1: emailing because they haven't yet received a mailing they usually
Speaker 1: get in early December, Maybe that means you need to
Speaker 1: communicate more clearly that you've gone all digital this year.
Speaker 1: Are you getting compliments about a recent webinar and inquiries
Speaker 1: about whether the recording is available for people who couldn't attend.
Speaker 1: That is a great occase to share the positive feedback
Speaker 1: with the person who put together the webinar and talk
Speaker 1: with the communications team about promoting the recording to new audiences.
Speaker 1: It's easy to assume that as a senior leader, your
Speaker 1: time is best spent far away from day to day operations,
Speaker 1: and that's generally true. But by taking a different perspective
Speaker 1: from time to time, you can enjoy a front row
Speaker 1: seat to see the experiences of your customers or clients.
Speaker 1: By filling in as a frontline worker every now and then,
Speaker 1: or by shadowing a frontline worker, you can learn a
Speaker 1: lot about how your organization is serving your customers, and
Speaker 1: you will definitely get ideas for how your organization can
Speaker 1: do its job even better. In the meantime, this is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's the succeeding in the New
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