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Category: Customer Service

Announcing The 2nd Edition of Lead With Your Customer

February 1, 2019 J. Jeff Kober 69 Comments

We wanted you to be the first to know: The 2nd edition of our successful book, Lead With Your Customer, is…

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Posted in: Benchmarking Experience, Customer Service, Employee Engagement, Leadership Filed under: Lead With Your Customer

Being a Customer Service First Responder

October 2, 2018 J. Jeff Kober 1,445 Comments

As a customer, have you ever experienced the following: Waiting for people to get back with you on a request…

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Posted in: Customer Service Filed under: Baton, Customer Service First Responder, No Wrong Door, Service Run Arounds

Customer Service: Allowing First Responders to Deliver the First Response

June 11, 2018 J. Jeff Kober 57 Comments

Too often when the service scenario becomes complicated or frustrating, management wants to step in and take the matter in…

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Posted in: Customer Service Filed under: Customer Service, Engagement, Front Line, Service Recovery, Stand Up Meetings

3 Low Cost Opportunities at SeaWorld & Beyond

December 6, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 31 Comments

Every theme park or amusement enterprise wants to be great – even the best parks in the world have opportunities…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Hospitality Filed under: Characters, Low/No Cost Ideas, Sea World, Zoos

Reducing Social Harm in the ICU

October 1, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 89 Comments

An article in the Boston Globe focuses on the affect that healthcare has on patients–even when they are sedated or in…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Healthcare Filed under: Customer Service, Healthcare, ICU, iPads

Join us at Disneyland!

August 27, 2017 Leah Zanolla 17 Comments

We’re announcing the return of a popular program, Perfecting the Customer Experience, to be held October 26 & 27, 2017…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Leadership Filed under: benchmarking, Customer Service, Disney at Work, Disneyland, Jeff Kober, Ted Topping, Walt Disney Co.

Is Quality Guaranteed?

May 31, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 77 Comments

In a “carnival-style” retail shop at Disney California Adventure, I found this humorous play on the oft repeated phrase, “Quality…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Retail Filed under: L. L. Bean, Promise, quality, Retail

Harley Davidson: Six Shift Points of Great Customer Service in Retail

May 22, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 203 Comments

Motorcycle engines have all sorts of sophisticated terms and parts. One of them is something called a shift point. A…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Retail Filed under: Customer Service, Harley Davidson, Retail

Zappos: Would You Hire This Employee?

May 15, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 93 Comments

On one occasion when we hosted an executive session for the Society for Human Resource & Management (SHRM), we took…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Retail Filed under: Retail, Selection, Zappos

Brick Ownership

April 19, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 28 Comments

Recently I was asked to do a program on the future of Customer Service. One of the key concepts I…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Retail Filed under: Brick Ownership, Customer Involvement, Lego, Retail

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