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Best Practices of Great Coaches

The Northridge Group

Coaching contact center associates to drive a differentiated customer experience that delights customers is a tall order for their managers, who must continually strike a balance between associate development and sustained business outcomes. Highly effective coaches know that coaching to behaviors is what improves metrics!

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Culture is Contagious

ShepHyken

I was recently interviewed by Yigal Adato for his mastermind group, all entrepreneurs and owners of pawnshops. If any part of the team isn’t in alignment with the customer service vision, be it an individual or a department – or even an entire region for larger companies – they need to be coached and properly trained.

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How Do You Really Know If You’re Doing a Good Job?

ShepHyken

You can survey customers over the phone, via email, in focus groups and more. In addition to being a great speech coach, Patricia is also a dynamic keynote speaker. Find that person—or those people—and you’ll get feedback that’s worth a lot more than the cost of a few donuts! You can get objective and subjective feedback.

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Amazing Business Radio: Stephanie Coradin

ShepHyken

Understanding their style allows them to adjust to the different personalities and styles of their team members. Quotes: “Understanding how you lead first makes it so much simpler for you to go through the steps of leading another, whether it is a team or just one person.” That makes a world of a difference.”

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Empathy and the Customer Experience

The Northridge Group

While sympathy is feeling “for” a person, empathy is feeling “with” a person. We know that customers will become loyal to a company or product when they receive personalized service. Once believed to be a hard-wired trait, empathy is truly a skill that can be learned and coached to.

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When You, As A Customer Service Representative, Take Things Personally, You Make Your Job Harder

Myra Golden Media

My teenage friend Beverly saw the customer as getting away with something, and she took that personally. Her personalization caused her to be completely unwilling to work with the customer. Taking things personally often is a demonstration of your loyalty to the company and your insistence on things being fair and right.

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Guest Post: Good Customer Service Is More Than Good PR

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Patricia Fripp, executive speech coach and sales presentation skills trainer. If we give you good service, your group will bring back its business here and not to the competition.”. Patricia Fripp is an executive speech coach and sales presentation skills trainer. Everyone makes a difference.