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Why is Great Customer Service So Hard to Find?

Service Quality Institute

I have never figured out why so few firms deliver great service. In 1979 I wrote the world’s first customer service program because customer service was awful. Customer service probably is worse today than when I started. All firms in the US believe they deliver great service.

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Blueprint to Become a Customer Service “Rockstar”

Service Quality Institute

Customer service sucks. It is worse today than in 1979 when I decided to do something about customer service and developed the world’s first customer service program, Feelings which was released in January 1980. Most owners of businesses believe they already have great service. Worthless.

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New Programs and Upgrades of our Customer Service Programs

Service Quality Institute

In Minnesota, where I live, most people smile. The post New Programs and Upgrades of our Customer Service Programs appeared first on Service Quality Institute. Reach out to Carmen Velasco for Latin America at Carmen@servicequality.com and John Tschohl at john@servicequality.com for our Certified Trainers. It is magic.

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Deliver a Service Culture and Customer Experience so Positive that Your Customers Fall in Love with You

Service Quality Institute

In 1980 I released Feelings the world’s first customer service program based on a very simple concept. When you treat a customer like a king or queen they come back, spend more with you, and bring their friends. This is the foundation of great customer service. Everyone must be trained in customer service.

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Celebrating #CXDay

Heart of the Customer

They have televisions throughout their offices, and for this day they focused exclusively on customer experience topics. Because this is also Customer Service week, the rest of the week they are focusing on service, with numerous activities designed to engage and recognize employees who work in Operations, including in the Call Center.

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Ethiopian Airlines Soon to be the Most Customer-Centric Airline in the World

Service Quality Institute

They want all their employees to be Customers Oriented, Not Task Oriented. We then trained 50 selected leaders to facilitate 3 of our customer service programs. Empowerment, Speed and Loyal for Life (Service Recovery). Michael Yared, Vice President of Customer Service. Mesfin Tasew, CEO. His photo is below.

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Handling Complaints and Irate Customers in 2023

Service Quality Institute

This Richfield Minnesota store is their flagship store about four blocks from the corporate headquarters. Their mistake is they spent NO money training their staff on how to handle customers or how to deliver great customer service. I think customer service is maybe worse today.