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“May I Have Your Attention, Please?”

19 March 201219 March 2012 Columns Business Matters 3 Comments

All human beings have a basic need for attention. We are hard-wired to want others to listen to us and care about us. We need it in our business lives as much as in our personal lives; in fact, it is only by customers or clients paying attention to us that we have any business.

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