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The Culture Challenge

ShepHyken

Culture is one of the most important parts of customer service and customer experience. I’ve written numerous articles about this and have included a chapter on this topic in my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , which by the way, is finally out.

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Bad Customer Service Isn’t the Problem. A Bad Culture Is the Problem

ShepHyken

A bad culture is the problem. The culture of any organization is defined by leadership. Leaders must work on the culture they want employees and customers to experience. It all comes down to the person at the top of the organization deciding to create a culture that drives a positive service experience.

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How to Build a Strong Customer Service Culture

Help Scout

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of September 28, 2020

ShepHyken

CX50 2020: Great customer experience starts with company culture by Morag Cuddeford-Jones. MarketingWeek) At our exclusive roundtable featuring members of 2020’s CX50, the consensus was that taking care of employees has helped take care of customers in this time of crisis.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of August 19, 2019

ShepHyken

(G2 Crowd) Providing great customer service is not a choice or luxury; it’s a standard your customers expect. Well, here are nine “how to not’s” to consider in your customer service strategy. If live chat and chatbots are part of your customer service strategy, read this article.

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We Work Hard to Make It Look Easy

ShepHyken

When I’m invited to speak to a group of business leaders as the keynote speaker, I often share my Six Simple Steps to Building a Customer-Focused Culture. It is incredibly complicated, but the Amazon experience is so easy! Yes, the steps are simple, but that doesn’t mean they are easy. There’s a difference!

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of September 19, 2016

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. The Customer Service Strategies Behind Zappos’s Success by Sharpen. This article is filled with comments about the company’s culture, empowering employees and much more. Are customer service chatbots full of chit?

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