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Customer Service

We all have our favorite customer service stories. For some of us, it might be lack of scruples of our local automobile repair shop, the horrible services of a restaurant, the cattle herding mentality of an airline, or completely inefficient … Continue reading

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Using Words

As human resource professionals, we serve as the nexus for most types of activities in our organization.  Employees joining the organization, being promoted, receiving pay increases, discussing performance issues, recognizing achievements, attending training, assisting with personal issues, and facilitating departure … Continue reading

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Getting the Message

Most of us would agree that words matter.  Our friends, family, and coworkers judge our thoughts, emotions, and motives by our chosen words.  Similarly, our direct reports and customers assess our communication and determine the significance, alternative meaning, and relevance … Continue reading

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Explore Your Customer Service

It is human nature to communicate more when we are unhappy than when we are happy.  Part of this tendency relates to a common perception that failing to meet expectations breaches some implicit agreement between the parties providing and receiving … Continue reading

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Internal Customer Service: Human Resource Delimma

Most organizations focus considerable resources on pleasing their customers.  It is one of the true business axioms that if you neglect your customers, then they will neglect you.  Although most of us recognize the need to listen and respond to … Continue reading

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Good Customer Service: How to Get There

“In order to compete in a truly customer-driven manner, an enterprise must integrate its entire range of business functions around satisfying the individual needs of individual customers – not just marketing, customer service and sales, but production logistics, and financial … Continue reading

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