By Ralph Dandrea, Frederick Beer, Jonathan Coupal and Sean Flaherty Service organizations usually don’t become successful, and stay successful, by accident. More likely, its leaders have recognized what works and have assimilated those factors into its mission, vision and values.…
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Delivering Value in a Service Organization
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Merging Technical and Personal Performance to Create Stellar Customer Relationships
Creating a loyal client relationship requires great personal performance and great technical performance. Customers actually sometimes care less about what they ask for than about how they are treated. We can never achieve a high level of customer loyalty without…
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Distinguishing Superheroes from Villains
Customer service is usually perceived as a necessary evil, not something we get excited about, on either side of the phone. What if we instead viewed our part of the customer service equation enthusiastically, as an opportunity rather than a…
Introduction to Spectacular Service
A 7-Part Recipe to Move Clients from Anxiety to Joy When clients complain – in any industry, whether it’s service or product based, and whether it’s an internal client or an external client — our first instinct is to try…
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Distinguishing Specified from Important
When issues arise at the workplace, it can sometimes seem like a scene right out of an Abbott and Costello bit, as one misunderstanding begets another until we and our clients are confused and unproductive. Situations like this often arise…
When the Clock Starts Ticking
One of the key principles of customer service is understanding our clients’ perception of their interaction with us. It does us no good to do an incredible job if, at the end, a customer thinks we’ve failed them in some…
Managing Client Anxiety
A workable relationship is marked by feelings of comfort, ease and safety. If one of the partners feels too much anxiety too much of the time, the opposite of those positive sensations, the relationship will be problematic. And if one…
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Considering Affinity in Client Relationships
Affinity is a term that is bandied about without much thought behind it. So what is an affinity? Affinity is a liking for or attraction to a person, thing or idea. In short, it’s a connection and our connection to…
That’s Horrible!: A Recipe For Excellent Customer Service
When customers complain, our first instinct is to try to solve their problem. But customer complaints are multi-faceted, and solving the problem only rids the customer of the technical aspect of the issue. Customers who call in to complain are…
Hunters, Farmers & Self-Deceivers
In the business world, there are two main types of salespeople: Hunters and Farmers. Hunters go out and find new customers, and Farmers maintain existing customer accounts. However, there is a third type of salesperson, one that no one ever…