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Customer Service Is a Team Sport

ShepHyken

The employees recognized that customer service is a team sport. It’s everyone’s job to make sure the customers leave happy. Unfortunately, I’ve also witnessed the opposite at a restaurant. Get more information on The Customer Focus ™ customer service training programs.

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Playing to Win in Customer Service

ShepHyken

So, what does this have to do with business, specifically customer service and CX? Plenty! In any team sport, the goal is to win. In the customer service world, we should create a “game plan” to deliver an experience that is perfect, never requiring a customer to reach out to us because of problems.

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We Work Hard to Make It Look Easy

ShepHyken

Whether it’s sports, entertainment, or business, some people are so good that what they do looks easy. I Googled the quote to find out who to attribute it to and found numerous variations: In sports, Ken Griffey Jr., Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 5-23-2022

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Experience Leaders Can Learn from Baseball by Lynn Hunsaker. 3 Common Customer Complaints and How to Address Them by DP Taylor. 3 Common Customer Complaints and How to Address Them by DP Taylor.

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This is our time for a CX Revolution!

Bill Quiseng

Let’s be revolutionary to transform CX Into CXM, customer service to customer CARE, and customer service training to an education in customer CARE or customer CARE University. We remember our favorite sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. Why only three?

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When does customer service excellence become ‘legendary?’

Vonage

Many organizations use this phrase to describe and promote their service. But how many have really earned the right to claim customer service excellence? If you give good service, that’s not legendary. But if you provide service unsurpassed in your field, that can be legendary service. Chatting with the L.L.

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Sometimes Customers Are Just Having a Bad Day

ShepHyken

And then there are days when it seems things did go well, but you still can’t make that customer happy, no matter how hard you try. It’s like a professional sports team that played a great game but lost. So do your best, and remember, sometimes customers are just having a bad day! It’s going to happen. And, it’s not your fault.

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