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Culture is Contagious

ShepHyken

We were discussing how important it is to “bake” customer service into the culture. It’s leadership’s job to define the customer service vision, ensure it’s communicated, and be the role models demonstrating how customers and employees are to be treated. And don’t think customers won’t notice.

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The Culture Challenge

ShepHyken

Culture is one of the most important parts of customer service and customer experience. I’ve written numerous articles about this and have included a chapter on this topic in my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , which by the way, is finally out.

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15 Top Customer Service Training Courses for Your Agents (Half Are Free)

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According to research conducted in 2015 by Aspect Cloud Solutions , 76% of respondents see “customer service as a ‘true test’ of how much a company values them.” ” And customer service training is vital to maintaining excellent customer relations. Image source: ALISON.

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Bad Customer Service Isn’t the Problem. A Bad Culture Is the Problem

ShepHyken

A bad culture is the problem. The culture of any organization is defined by leadership. Leaders must work on the culture they want employees and customers to experience. It all comes down to the person at the top of the organization deciding to create a culture that drives a positive service experience.

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Customer Service Training: When you’re done… you’re not done!

ShepHyken

So, I took a few minutes to talk to several people about how they were trained. I asked them what kind of customer service training they received from the companies they worked for. She delivered great service, however, her fellow employees didn’t seem to operate at her level. The retail salesperson was sharp.

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The need for excellent customer service training

Peter Lavers

Amongst all the hype of customer experience, AI, chatbots and real-time personalisation, don’t forget that staff still need excellent customer service training – no matter how successful your company is right now! When customer support representatives start at a company, they usually get a bit of training upfront.

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3 Ways to Add Magic to your Customer Service Training

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Or…they tell their friends how happy they were with the service of such an exceptionally helpful, friendly representative for your company. The post 3 Ways to Add Magic to your Customer Service Training appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting. In fact, these […].