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Effective Customer Service Strategies: 4 Key Factors

Dec 20, 2024 | Customer Experience, Customer Service, Leadership, LinkedIn Learning

As 2024 comes to a close, take some time to reflect on your customer service strategic direction. Is there a secret to ensuring that your customer service strategy is effective? Are there common denominators among organizations getting the best results? I’ve...

Responding to Negative Feedback

Dec 13, 2024 | Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Customer Surveys

Elon Musk, the successful entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and other companies, often highlights the importance of negative feedback: “You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it....

Champion the Customer: Make It Easy, Make It Happen, Show You Care

Dec 5, 2024 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, LinkedIn Learning

One of my newest LinkedIn Learning courses, Championing the Customer in Everything You Do, outlines the CENTERED approach – simple steps anyone can take to keep the customer front and center. This video discusses the second step: Engage proactively. Take a few minutes...

A New Wave of Work Is Coming to Contact Centers

Nov 21, 2024 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Leadership, Multi-channel Support

Epiphanies can come from the most unexpected sources. My wife Kirsten and I recently spent some time in the London area. It was to be a quick business trip, but seeing that it fell on my birthday, we decided we’d add some personal days—with the goal of trying a new...

Customer Journey Mapping Tips

Nov 15, 2024 | Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Quality Management

One of the most popular arrows in the quiver of a customer experience professional is the customer journey map. And for good reason…it’s a straightforward, effective way to visually depict a customer’s relationship with your organization. There are countless...