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Tag: Customer Service

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

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.

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

Making People Feel Special

May 11, 2015 J. Jeff Kober 71 Comments

A fundamental human truth is the need to feel special. What are some ways to accomplish this? By taking additional…

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Posted in: Customer Service Filed under: Customer Service, Employee Engagement, making people feel special
Celebrating Guest Service at Disney

Celebrating Guest Service at Disney

January 12, 2015 J. Jeff Kober 63 Comments

One of the best benchmarks for great customer service are the Disney theme parks. This year Disneyland celebrates its Diamond…

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Posted in: Creativity & Innovation, Customer Service Filed under: Customer Service, Disney, Disneyland, Exceeding Expectations

The Golden Rule & The Platinum Rule

July 25, 2013 J. Jeff Kober 22 Comments

A few years ago I found myself outside the hospital walking past this presentation. Following the name of the hospital,…

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Posted in: Customer Service Filed under: Customer Service, Disneyland, Golden Rule, Hospital, Platinum Rule

That Alternate Universe Known as Entitlement

July 20, 2013 J. Jeff Kober 15 Comments

A couple of months ago, I took my daughter to a hospital that out of the kindness of my heart…

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Posted in: Customer Service Filed under: Customer Service, Doctors, Entitlement, Hospitals

You Can’t Buy This Kind of Publicity

February 6, 2013 J. Jeff Kober 1,627 Comments

It seems that organizations are in the news for good and bad. From Boeing to the U.S. Post Office, there…

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Posted in: Creativity & Innovation, Customer Service Filed under: Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Lego, Service Recovery, Woodland Park Zoo

What Makes Sammamish America’s Friendliest Town?

January 11, 2013 J. Jeff Kober 89 Comments

Forbes Magazine has named Sammamish, Washington as the friendliest city in America. With a population of 46,700, this bedroom community…

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Posted in: Creativity & Innovation, Customer Service Filed under: Customer Service, Government, Sammamish

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