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Leadership Sets the Tone of the Culture

ShepHyken

As part of his onboarding process, Bob was put through customer service training. He learned about how to treat the company’s customers with dignity and respect. Didn’t these same executives, not that long ago, talk about how their customers were so important, about how they must be treated with dignity and respect?

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[Interview] Improve Your Customer Service Training with This Expert Advice

Comm100

But now you can stop guessing, as we’re presenting you with some of the best customer service training advice in the industry from a seasoned professional, Ray Miller , who is the CEO of e-learning solution company The Training Bank and author of the book That Customer Focus. Download Now.

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Customer Service Training: Empowering A Service Mindset

Integrity Solutions

In the past, customer service centers were viewed as cost centers or expenses. Today, the organizations that are delivering a superior customer experience are proving just how outdated that perspective is. But great customer experiences don’t just happen.

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Culture is Contagious

ShepHyken

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. In addition, leadership and management must defend the culture. For information, contact 314-692-2200 or www.hyken.com.

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

ShepHyken

The customer now compares you to these rockstar brands, not to your competition. The culture of any organization is defined by leadership. Leaders must work on the culture they want employees and customers to experience. In short, the customer experience starts and ends with the organization’s culture. .

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Purpose-Driven Leadership For Superior Customer Service

Micah Solomon

This example, from my first book, co-authored with Leonardo Inghilleri, has been used in the customer service training at certain legendary organizations, and I hope it speaks to you as well. The maintenance engineer—inspired by your leadership—has now provided genuine service that anticipates the customer’s needs.

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Seven Ways to Handle Abusive Customers (And One Way Not To)

ShepHyken

All customer service reps must be trained to de-escalate anger whenever possible before it becomes an abusive conversation. . Leadership must show employees they have their backs regarding abusive customers. If employees are properly trained, leadership should respect an employee’s decision to end the call. .

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