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The role accents play in customer service
If you haven’t yet seen Sorry to Bother You, it artistically and absurdly illustrates the very…
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From geniuses to ninjas—why companies are branding their support teams
It’s Saturday. I walk up to the bar feeling cool and confident, but also anxious. Not…
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If you want customers to trust you, trust your agents to make them happy
Maybe I just caught him on a bad day, but John Tschohl, an expert on customer…
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Customer service in the sharing economy: a delicate balance
The sharing economy is a whole new beast. This is the economy by which people use…
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Tackling difficult topics head on: A conversation with Amy Gallo
The author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict and a contributing editor at Harvard…
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Jenny Dempsey teaches that your health is a unique ecosystem all your own
How many health and wellness listicles have you favorited? You know, those stories like: “5 foods…
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The Empathy Economy: Care, so your customers will too
I probably don’t need to tell you this, but trust is in short supply these days.…
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Take it from Zappos—holiday hiring is everything
Though it’s only September, many companies are already deep into preparation for the upcoming holiday season.…
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Founders are leaning in to service when launching customer-focused startups
How startups can leverage customer feedback to build better relationships
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Take care of yourself, your team, and your customer—in that order
The four components of customer anger I outlined last week—the situation, its ramifications, baseline stress, and…
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Customer entitlement: the high price we all pay
Every year, with the help of technology and data-driven insights, companies get better and better at…
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Improving the customer experience: why UX writers and customer service should team up
I was terrified the first time I filled out my taxes. Combine dense government jargon with…
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What women leaders bring to contact centers
Sarah Stealey Reed remembers a pivotal moment in her career as a contact center leader. She…
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Machine translation—is it good enough for customer support?
In 1954, at the first public demonstration of a machine translation (MT) system, researchers from IBM…
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Would you like a boxed water with that? Retailers reenvision the customer experience
Shopping used to mean spending hours in a crowded galleria that smelled faintly of churros and…
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