This document discusses customer service and business success. It addresses common excuses for poor customer service, such as lack of skills, inability to connect jobs to company success, and poor hiring standards. The document advocates structuring customer service around skills, style, systems, staff, strategy, and shared values. It promotes empowering front-line staff, focusing on customer awareness, and celebrating successes. Regular reviews of metrics and human interactions are presented as keys to assessing and improving customer service culture. Persistence and a compelling vision are highlighted as important for executing effective customer service.
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