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As a cutting edge Service Framework Company, The Art of Service is leading the way in providing high end, client focused Books, Toolkits and online and classroom Education Programs. We've served over 800 corporate clients and 500,000 individual clients and students in 87% of the world's countries. A recognized leader in the Service Management community, The Art of Service has quickly become the Specialist- and Manager’s Educator of Choice.

Extraordinary customer service occurs often when the employee has to “break the rules” to do the right thing.

Quite often managers try to “program” the language of customer service into staff by having them say “Have a nice day” etc. The test comes when the customer needs something that goes against policy but the employee could make it happen. That is when there is customer advocacy not just service. Example, the nurse at Rex Hospital (Raleigh, NC) who turned off the annoying machine that went BING for 15 minutes so I could fall asleep even though the Doctor’s orders were not written to allow this. Anti customer service example. JC Penney’s Men’s department. A customer is returning a suit. He paid full price. The suits are now on sale and policy says you return it for the current price. The sale ends tomorrow. Do you…
A) return the suit for the sale price only
B) tell the customer to [...]

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Customer Service Surveys- Your Performance Grade Card

If you really want to know how your customers perceive your retail store’s customer service, there’s only one way to find out. And it’s really [...]

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Why Great Customer Service is So Critical For a Virtual Assistant

Customer service is a powerful differentiator that can set a virtual assistant apart from her competitors. This translates directly into more [...]

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5 Keys to Good Customer Service

If you own a business or manage a business, then you have to understand how important customer service is. This is especially true for those of [...]

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To Improve Customer Service Capabilities, “Perception Deficits” Must Be Eliminated

I was called in to consult for a major insurance company that faced a conundrum. The sales team was losing one major client after the next because [...]

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Why Is Customer Service Important

If you are someone who eats out a lot then you know how important customer service is. Of course, it varies from establishment to establishment, [...]

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Customer Service Speaker Says: One Person Isn’t A Country!

I was helping a friend to get a visa to travel to a foreign country when I encountered some of the worst customer service within memory. [...]

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Customer Service – Building a High Performing Team Culture

The power of Team Culture is extremely influential on the performance of our Customer Service Team and the quality of Service we deliver to [...]

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