ShepHyken

MARCH 25, 2020

They do customer service training during the onboarding process. Communication is a big part of keeping the “magic” going, and to do that you must consider ongoing training. However, the key to sustaining this type of training can be as simple as constant reminders and reinforcement. Applause for those that do!)

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

They are nice, even knowledgeable, but they don’t seem to be what I call customer focused. 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. The retail salesperson was sharp.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

If you’re worried about the levels of returning footfall within your business, then taking a closer look at the customer experience within your store could highlight a myriad of reasons why people aren’t returning or telling their friends and family to visit your store. Train Your Staff! Read on to find out more.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

You could simply give technical training on the new system, then let your agents loose. This could mean though that agents aren’t prepared enough to adapt their existing customer service knowledge to the live chat system – which could cause negative encounters with customers through misinterpreted comments, slow chats, or grammar gaffes.

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Help.com

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Training and re-training and 360 degree training (training of quote unquote leadership about what’s involved in actually doing the job). Onboarding procedures. Practices for how to treat vendors, each other, and other stakeholders. Appropriate quality control methodology and metrics. Benchmarking decisions.

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Comm100

JULY 28, 2016

A lot of different concerns crop up when you consider the best way to train your team in customer service. It’s enough work to consider all of your options and find the best course ; you also have to learn how to implement the training to get the highest ROI. Q: How do most organizations and companies fail their customers?

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2017

By getting everyone to know and understand your customer service vision, and showing on a journey map how everyone, even as individuals, impact the customer’s experience, you can begin to train everyone to your vision. Each and every employee must be properly trained. This is simple in concept, but not always easy to do.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

I pride myself on being firm and fair in all areas of interaction but sometimes this is not enough to appease a customer. The uncomfortable fact is that you can be as customer focused as you wish, but you will not always be able to help.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 18, 2022

Why does Customer Experience Training Matter? It’s common for Customer Experience (CX) to be misunderstood as reactive customer service, support, or even ‘just being nice to customers.’ I like to define Customer Experience as: A mindset. The Common Method of Customer Experience Training.

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Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

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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InMoment XI

AUGUST 2, 2023

Remember, customer feedback is a goldmine of actionable data that can steer your business towards delivering exceptional experiences and fostering lasting customer loyalty. Even if you have established listening posts and a customer-focused culture, poor execution will hinder your progress.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 31, 2020

Gerry Brown, Chief Customer Rescue Officer, Customer Lifeguard. Join us as we discuss: Train agents to engage and retain customers by delivering a personalised service: CS agents are the human face of your brand and their engagement with your customer counts.

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Eptica

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Building a strong customer-focused service culture. All customers today want fast, accurate and comprehensive service, but increasingly they require more – they want to have meaningful conversations that engage them with the brand. Published on: February 22, 2017.

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Customer Enthusiast

MARCH 30, 2016

Whenever Cooper goes to the free throw line to shoot a critical free throw, I encourage him with these words: “Trust your training.” You see, in the absence of all the time and effort he’s put into his basketball training, he would have no assurance of making one or both free throws. Can you trust your training?

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ShepHyken

JULY 28, 2021

One of the big concepts we teach in our customer service training programs is the concept of Always. This is the backbone of creating customer amazement. For example, your customers might say: “They are always so helpful.”. Beyond understanding, it takes training – and not just one time.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2021

If any part of the team isn’t in alignment with the customer service vision, be it an individual or a department – or even an entire region for larger companies – they need to be coached and properly trained. They must be trained to it. Everyone must know the role they play in delivering on that definition. They must live it.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 26, 2024

What you probably don’t know is that other than a pleasant demeanor – hopefully a natural part of the employee’s personality – there was a lot of training to get this person educated about the company’s products so they could deliver a knowledgeable and helpful experience. They made your experience enjoyable and easy.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 26, 2022

That is why hiring the right people and properly training them is so important. . Let’s talk about training for a moment. I’ve had debates with clients about training seasonal employees, part-timers, and employees they know will leave within a year. My position is that everyone must be trained.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The President Emeritus, Colleen Barrett, has a favorite saying about Southwest Airlines: “We are a Customer Service Company; we just happen to fly airplanes.”. Employees are supposed to focus on helping customers, not selling products. Once hired, employees are trained extensively in customer service, sales and product knowledge.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2016

More and more companies are recognizing just how important a deliberate and intentional customer-focused culture is, but few companies do it well. Make customer service a key priority. Make it easy for customers and your team to provide ongoing feedback about how to improve the service experience—both good and bad.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Grant authority to employees to make customer-focused decisions. This is about giving your team the authority to take care of your customers. It takes some training to show an employee how far they can go, but once you train them, let them go forth and be successful. I know… this is common sense. Not that much!

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ShepHyken

JULY 29, 2020

It’s about the proper training to create the consistent experience. (By By the way, that training must be ongoing and consistent, too.) The bottom line is this: our customers may not know it, but they love boring. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author.

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COPC

JULY 11, 2016

Posting 1 of 2 in a Series—Call Center Best Practices for Recruiting, Hiring and Training. To improve performance and provide a superior customer experience, call centers often focus on the three main functions of operational management, quality, and workforce management.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

5 Straightforward Ways Small Business Owners Can Create a Stellar Customer-Focused Culture by Steven Van Belleghem (America’s Small Business Network) Embarking on a journey to craft a customer-focused culture within a small business landscape isn’t just about adhering to the norms—it’s about redefining them.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author. For information on The Customer Focus customer service training programs, go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. For information, contact 314-692-2200 or www.hyken.com. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 15, 2020

Train everyone in your organization how to respond using this process. Training is important to ensure consistency. While Tom’s question was focused on how to respond in a customer support center, this situation could happen to anyone in almost any department. Get the process on paper and train… and then train again.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The dance is the metaphor for your business, and what got them to the dance is why customers keep doing business with you.? . The point of this is to think about changes you make that aren’t customer-focused. Any change, even if you think the customer will like it, could be opposed and cause friction.

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Smith+co CX

JANUARY 15, 2018

If a brand just happens to have a good team in any given department at any given time, and its culture and training hasn’t been delivered as intentional employee engagement, then that business is simply very lucky. So, without further ado, let me describe for you our Smith+Co approach to branded training. So what’s the solution?

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Even with the right people, they haven’t properly trained them. Today’s customers are more demanding and have higher expectations of everyone they do business with. They have become educated about what good customer service looks like. In short, the customer experience starts and ends with the organization’s culture. .

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Avoid phrases customers hate, such as, “It’s not my department,” or, “That’s our company policy.” Train and empower your employees. If you have good people and train them well, let them do their job. Customers love working with empowered employees. . Be customer focused. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 22, 2022

However, if you upset a customer by referring to them the wrong way or say something that is socially or politically incorrect, having the best intentions doesn’t make it right. But for training purposes, you have to acknowledge the intent before focusing on the change of behavior. . Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Great customer-focused companies make it easy to get information quickly. It might be a Frequently Asked Questions page on the company’s website or a video tutorial that teaches exactly what the customer needs without having to call customer support. They want to get information quickly and easily.

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ShepHyken

JULY 14, 2021

And, that’s a pretty big difference, but not to the customer. The key is in how you train people to not say, “No.” Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times, bestselling business author. For information on The Customer Focus customer service training programs, go to www.thecustomerfocus.com.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It’s about a customer-focused, friendly approach that doesn’t taint the experience. Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. It’s not about blame.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 4, 2019

There are certain things employees should never say to a customer. But the real goal of training isn’t to teach employees about specific things to share or not share with customers. It’s to teach the common sense that you shouldn’t say anything that isn’t customer-friendly. I think you get the point.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 28, 2021

This is a great customer service training lesson. So, he calls the dealership’s customer service number, which was actually a support center for all of that brand’s dealerships in the U.S. It probably wasn’t an actual script, but it was an answer she was trained to use. What could she have done for her customer?

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The salesperson missed the opportunity to sell more to the customer the first time, causing inconvenience—not to mention frustration—for the customer. This is customer disservice. Sometimes customer disservice happens because someone is taking a shortcut. The concept behind customer disservice is the missed opportunity.

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