⁣In this episode of Leaders On The Rise: The Podcast, the host, Lydia Pierre, talks to Richard Blank. In this episode of Leaders On The Rise: The Podcast, the host, Lydia Pierre, talks with Richard Blank all the way from Costa Rica. At the University of Arizona, Blank studied Spanish communications and microexpression. This educational skill proved to be a valuable asset to his future as he eventually started a business to train telemarketers. Client engagement is Blank's strategy. He contends that the use of filler words will limit your ability to discover more about a person. Taking into account how significant it is to actively communicate and how it would enhance people's lives. On the Leaders On The Rise podcast, Pierre Branding Group Senior Director and Leaders On The Rise podcast host, Lydia Pierre, encourages entrepreneurs to share not only their expertise but their stories and their hearts. This educational skill proved to be a valuable asset to his future as he eventually started a business to train telemarketers. Client engagement is Blank's strategy. He contends that the use of filler words will limit your ability to discover more about a person. Taking into account how significant it is to actively communicate and how it would enhance people's lives. Lydia Pierre CEO & Sr. Director of Brand Management. Lydia has more than 15 years of experience in marketing, brand building, communications & strategic planning for small businesses & non-profits. Lydia has a very active role as a leader in the business community. Known for always contributing to her passion for helping executives and entrepreneurs succeed, Lydia launched The Corporate Socialite®, Book Club where the aim is to leverage Lydia's top reads as well as the books written by guests from the Leaders On The Rise podcast to further help the audience in their goal of finding their personal path to success in business. We cover a wide range of topics – From how and why you started your business, to topics that would be of great value to our guests. We believe that every person has a unique message which can positively impact the world. We let our guests share on the subjects they’re well-known for. No matter the topic, you’ll be hearing real stories from real people. Richard’s vision quest journey is filled with twists and turns. When he was 27 years old, he relocated to Costa Rica to train employees for one of the larger call centers in San Jose. With a mix of motivational public speaking style backed by tactful and appropriate rhetoric, Richard shared his knowledge and trained over 10 000 bilingual telemarketers. Richard Blank has the largest collection of restored American Pinball machines and antique Rockola Jukeboxes in Central America making gamification a strong part of CCC culture.Richard Blank is the Chief Executive Officer for Costa Rica’s Call Center since 2008. Mr. Richard Blank holds a bachelors degree in Communication and Spanish from the University of Arizona and a certificate of language proficiency from the University of Sevilla, Spain. A Keynote speaker for Philadelphia's Abington High School 68th National Honors Society induction ceremony. In addition, inducted into the 2023 Hall of Fame for Business. Giving back to Abington Senior High School is very important to Mr. Blank. As such, he endows a scholarship each year for students that plan on majoring in a world language at the university level. Costa Rica’s Call Center (CCC) is a state of the art BPO telemarketing outsource company located in the capital city of San Jose, Costa Rica. Our main focus has been, and will always be to personally train each and every Central America call center agent so that we may offer the highest quality of outbound and inbound telemarketing solutions and bilingual customer service to small and medium sized international companies, entrepreneurs as well as fortune 500 companies. https://costaricascallcenter.com/en/outbound-bpo-campaigns/ #RichardBlank #CostaRica #CallCenter #Outsourcing #Telemarketing #BPO #Sales #Entrepreneur #B2B #Business #Podcast #Leadgeneration #education #leadersontherise Richard Blank | Leaders On The Rise Podcast | Actively Communicating https://youtu.be/fYszh80HNnU?si=xHjUUY6kW6yGhogK In this episode of Leaders On The Rise: The Podcast, the host, Lydia Pierre, talks to Richard Blank. https://youtu.be/A2h1PowLUyw