Come on....how hard can it really be for frontline employees to provide consistently excellent customer service? Just smile, listen and be polite - right? Wrong.
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I love my morning coffee but more than that, I need my morning coffee. I have been known to front up to Geelong coffee shops with a sincere look of desperation and although I try to be pleasant, I’m sure I probably sound like Darth Vadar giving orders to the Storm Troopers.
Whilst I wait for my coffee, I can’t help but assess the overall customer experience of every customer in the shop. I can’t switch off my customer service radar – it’s in my DNA.
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I am a Service Excellence Coach and passionate supporter of the many fantastic and truly dedicated customer service providers in any industry who day in and day out, work hard to provide great service to their customers. It can be a tough job as not every customer will be a delight to interact with and some customers can be quite difficult. I became a difficult customer recently and it was in response to some very poor service.
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For many businesses, following up after a sale or any kind of customer contact is something often considered an optional extra in their service provision. Many businesses encourage their staff to simply provide the customer with what they came for, and let them go on their merry way once they have got it. The priority after this is to go ahead with doing your job in respect to other customers.
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Staff who interact with customers should be the Superheroes of a business BUT, even Superheros have to control their super powers. Read on to find out how to put some shhhhh into your Superheroes - or risk them turning into "Super annoying" in the eyes of your customers.
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If your team don’t know their customer service style or their customers style, prepare for complaints.
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