Empowering Employees as Customer Advocates: Overcoming Barriers
The idea of empowering employees to be customer advocates sounds great to many leaders—in concept. But doing so is easier said than done if barriers are in place. These can include lack of training, misguided performance targets, limited decision-making authority and...
The Seven Factors of Customer Tolerance
Customer tolerance influences how long customers will wait, how many give up and leave, whether they try alternatives, and how they feel about the experience. In this video from my LinkedIn Learning course Customer Service: How to Manage Your Customer Queues, I...
4 Essentials for Contact Center Success: The Best Days Are Ahead!
Last winter I reflected on what I learned at ICMI’s Contact Center Expo, and ended with a bold prediction: for contact centers and for those of us who are part of them, the best days are ahead. To read more about why I think this is the case, click here. The best...
The Enablers: 3 Essentials for High-Quality Customer Service
Some managers assume that quality standards are primarily for individuals, those actually delivering the service. But don’t miss half the fun and half the value. Establish the right quality standards for your organization, and you’ll see great things...