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Service with a snarl: What to look for and how to avoid it

Service Untitled

Customer service agents are not FBI hostage negotiators and should not be expected to tolerate screaming profanities, unrealistic goals, and vulgar behaviors. High levels of service are expensive, and it costs more to provide those services, but the costs for dissatisfaction issues are much lower.

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Bioteams Part 4: The Team Organization Zone

BioTeams

T his article was originally published in 2005 by Ken Thompson and Robin Good. Teams traditionally define their goals and roles in terms of activities, tasks or outputs. A pest is somebody who intends to achieve their goals at the expense of the rest of the team – no matter what the cost. Introduction.