The technician had found a problem with a key piece of equipment and recommended to the customer that it be replaced as soon as possible. The customer asked the technician to have someone get in touch with him with pricing and installation information for the replacement. The technician reported the opportunity on the work order along with the request for a follow-up call by the salesperson responsible for the account. Unknown to the service tech, the information did not get to the salesperson and no one followed up.
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Step 4 of a Proactive Service® Culture – A Clear Opportunity Process
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1st Step in Creating Proactive Service® – Focus on Service, Not Selling
Technicians who seem naturally gifted at selling their company’s products or services do not see their efforts as selling at all – they recognize their recommendations as the valuable service that they are. To them it is a service activity.
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Posted in Business, Consulting Services, Customer Service, Education, Management, Manufacturing, Service
Are Your Employees Empowered to Deliver Exceptional Customer Service?
The bank employees were constrained by a bank policy that prevented them from delivering the quality of service they were capable of. Despite the fact that the bank staff was polite and professional, the experience was frustrating and time wasting and completely unnecessary. Now, there may be a good reason for this particular policy, but the branch employees were unable to explain it.
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Transform the Service Experience through Responsiveness
In this blog, we will consider what we can do to transform the service experience by demonstrating our responsiveness. Responsiveness shows our competence and this creates Assurance. Responsiveness shows that we are Reliable and demonstrates that we have Empathy for…
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Posted in Business, Consulting Services, Customer Service, Education, Management, Manufacturing, Service
Transform the Service Experience through Empathy
In my last post on the five key dimensions of service quality, we considered what we can do to transform the service experience through the tangible aspects of the service we provide. Here we consider what we can do to transform the service experience by clearly communicating to our customers that we care about them. Our customers will have little regard for us until they know that we have empathy.
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Posted in Business, Consulting Services, Customer Service, Education, Management, Manufacturing, Service
Posted in Business, Consulting Services, Customer Service, Education, Management, Manufacturing, Service
