Office Dynamics

AUGUST 30, 2009

I don't want to give too many secrets away; here are a few topics: * Preparing for Your Annual Review. Company Holiday Party Etiquette. Based around fall and holiday themes, these short and to the point videos will show another dimension of me; especially for those of you who wonder, "Does Joan ever let her hair down?".

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 27, 2010

Senior managers have to be involved, instead of just delegating training to lower-level managers. It is the senior representatives who need to have the vision for the company, and they are the ones who need to focus on the critical processes, and in turn teach and mentor each lower level of management.

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Customer Service Suppliers Etiquette 2010 40

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 9, 2010

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Offer to help train others and organize your work as best you can for an easy transition.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

It becomes a finely honed combination of quantity and efficiency developed by knowledge of the product, understanding the needs of customers, training, and the support tools available to the customer service team. Solving someone’s issues with courtesy, honesty and efficiency breeds quantity also.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

a Georgia provider of Customer Experience Management reported American consumers feel customer service satisfaction has slipped since the first quarter of the year. Employees need to be better trained and rewarded for exemplary customer service behaviors using team awards, benefits and senior management acknowledgments.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Employee engagement is a force behind success Cheryl September 08, 2010 Behind the Scenes , Employees , Hiring & Training 2 Comments Employee engagement is the motivation, commitment, and loyalty of people working in order to further an organization’s interest.

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Customer Service Self Esteem Suppliers Payroll 40

Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Help your customer service staff to help your business succeed Cheryl September 09, 2010 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service , Hiring & Training 1 Comment I was pulling into my office this morning when I heard a Zappos commercial on the radio.

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Customer Service Purchasing Etiquette 2010 40

Service Untitled

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Now we have progressed to a Social Customer Relationship Management (Social CRM) which takes us from the original CRM and now adds new communication channels via the social web to concentrate on better customer relationships. Watch criticism, review feedback, and pay attention to marketing successes and failures. Networking.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Cheryl October 13, 2010 Customer Service , Customer Service Experience , Surveys No Comments Empathica, a customer service management firm, surveyed 3,000 U.S. “It’s not that we have less customers,&# states Dave Billingsby, manager of a local restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens, “they just spend less; an average of 7%.

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Customer Service Restaurants 2010 Etiquette 40

Service Untitled

AUGUST 10, 2010

Training is based on practice, practice, practice. The unique and effective skills needed for managing heated confrontations need to be reinforced with role-playing and again – practice, practice, practice. The Devil is Really in the Details Customers use detail management as an indicator of a service.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 10, 2010

The culture of the company is what the company is all about, and as new employees train with two weeks of classroom training and two weeks of practical knowledge answering customer calls, they are offered money to the tune of $1000 to quit if they feel they do not fit with the culture.

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Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Customer Escalations and You Douglas November 06, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service 1 Comment Many customer service managers (especially in small to mid-size businesses) spend quite a bit of time handling something I always refer to as “escalations&#.

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Service Untitled

MAY 15, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Use Glass Doors to Improve Accessibility Douglas May 15, 2009 Culture No Comments In my post on Wednesday , I touched on what I think is an important aspect of manager accessibility, a physically inviting workplace.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving. Prepare a meeting package for your boss and bring forward prior to the meeting to give them adequate time to review (hardcopy or electronic depending on your boss’s preference). Provide a contact number. 23, 1 p.m. .

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Gratitude – A True Measure of Your Service Warmth Chip and John September 10, 2009 Customer Service Experience , Etiquette , Little Things, Big Differences , Specific Companies No Comments “Thank you” are the two most important words in the English language.

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Customer Service Holidays Etiquette 2006 40

Service Untitled

AUGUST 6, 2009

In one drive-through experience, I managed to find what seemed to be the black hole of McDonald’s and get told to pull up to the exact same window I was already at. I hand him my credit card and he then instructs me to pull up to the first window and continues to look at his screen.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Better trained employees take a personal interest in the business and the customers. Tom Burello, a manager in Anderson, South Carolina, who has been with Publix for ten years praises the company as being an excellent and upbeat place to work. The stores are uncluttered, well-stocked and clean.

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Customer Service Purchasing Etiquette 2010 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

I arrange quite a few events and have realized the importance of reading and reviewing the contracts carefully, highlighting key dates. When I reviewed the invoice I noticed there was a guest on our bill who wasnt in our party so that amount got taken off. Once the invoice arrives you should check to make sure everything is accurate.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Answer: What we do in training is make sure that our customer care professionals do several things and do them exceedingly well. We want to be sure we are empowering our professionals, providing the environment, training and support to empower them to leave a positive, lasting impression on our customers and effectively serve them.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 30, 2009

Share your short and long term strategies with your employees and let them know what the management team is working on. Consider having meetings with a couple of employees at a time where you answer questions and address concerns.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Take some time to review marketing and service/product information for service promises that could play a big part in expectations. It’s also good to review the mission or vision statement of your company. The first thing you’ll want to do is identify the service expectations of your customers.

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Customer Service Etiquette 2010 Social Media 40

Service Untitled

OCTOBER 29, 2010

In a recent interview with Doria Camaraza , Senior Vice President and General Manager of Fort Lauderdale Service Center for American Express, Ms. Here are some suggestions: Initiate high quality training programs. Colleagues support each other, and everyone matters when they come to work. CEO and all leaders need to be available.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The managing director of ACSI stated, “In a down economy, (consumers) say, ‘Quality is nice, but I need to get a good value for my money.’ Ann Arbor based American Customer Satisfaction Index surveyed 1000 soft drink shoppers in June and July and asked questions about different types of sodas and their value for the money.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Panera also provided cash bonuses for hourly workers as well as management incentives. Actually the company’s customer service award can be attributed to the attentiveness and concern for the well-being of their associates. Panera kept employee hours steady when other restaurants were cutting hours.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 26, 2010

Part one includes an introduction to Doria and her background with American Express, a quick overview of the different service centers that American Express has around the country, and some information on how American Express hires and trains its customer service representatives (called Customer Care Professionals). Things like that?

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Service Untitled

MAY 26, 2010

If you’re a manager, are you setting a positive example of service for your staff? He’s likely found in one of his franchise stores, working on his laptop, watching the servers create happy caffeinated moments for customers. What do you think? Have you defined your corporate mission, values and culture?

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Service Untitled

JUNE 14, 2010

Isn’t it up to team leaders and managers to supply the platforms that the customer service representatives can use as models, but still think independently for exemplary customer service? Customers want their problems fixed now and they dont want to hear “I cant do anything and you will need to speak to my manager&#.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Companies that have consistent positive brand images have measured, tested, and evaluated their target audiences to help identify what areas need immediate attention, and hence have employed new methods to manage any negative perceptions. Let’s begin with the classic example of Toyota. So what do these examples teach us?

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Service Untitled

MARCH 12, 2010

Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of Toyota Motor Sales, USA stated, “We launched this program to expand the focus on our customers, and thank them for their loyalty by adding value to our products.&# NJ toll road collectors lack customer service training Under the US Freedom of Information Act, the popular internet.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 24, 2010

Of course the main factors of incompetence, rudeness, minimal training, and economic cutbacks have made their profound impact on negative customer service experiences, so why not help ourselves feel better, help to improve the company’s customer service, and earn some perks at the same time?

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Service Untitled

APRIL 14, 2010

I was also disappointed last year when I had a problem (not my fault) with American Express; they lumped all of my accounts together, and it wasn’t until I spent hours chasing after an elusive manager that I was finally able to get all of my accounts reinstated.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 15, 2010

Employees should be able to voice their opinions and concerns to management without the threat of repercussions. If an employee perceives something in the company policy or required protocol when dealing with customers isn’t working, someone in management should deal with the problem before it becomes a major issue.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

Review these steps regularly and practice them in your day-to-day work life. Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 23, 1 p.m. .

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 20, 2010

Joesph has over 20 years experience managing brands and engaging with customers. If you are looking to create brand ambassadors, I hope this post will point you in the right direction. Today’s post was written by Joesph Eitan, Founder and MD of Photo Paper Direct. No related posts to display.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 11, 2010

According to Stuart Greif, vice president and general manager of global traffic and hospitality for JD Power and Associates, “Airlines generally compete based on costs and fees which is necessary to make their organizations stronger in an extremely difficult environment.

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Customer Service Travel Etiquette 2010 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

Before I left I went over my checklists a few times to make sure I had everything and it was stress free each day as I reviewed the lists and checked off the items to bring. Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. " Warning!

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

” Service Untitled: So I read somewhere that core values are incorporated into reviews at Zappos? Rob: It pretty much is your review at this point. We don’t really do formalized reviews like most companies do anymore. They do their review. So they have manageable team sizes. How does that work?

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