1. Seeing customer service strategically : understanding the true role of customer service in your business -- 2. What do customers want (and what should we deliver)? : understanding customer expectations and setting goals strategically -- 3. Tactical responses and strategic solutions : dealing with customers' problems and addressing their causes -- 4. Fixes and finances : making the financial case for customer service investments -- 5. Information, please : developing an efficient, actionable voice of the customer process -- 6. Defining processes that work for customers : using the eight-point TARP framework for delivering service -- 7. Technology and the customer interface : creating systems that customers will use -- and enjoy -- 8. People are still paramount : four factors for creating sustained front-line success -- 9. The ultimate customer experience : boosting revenue by creating delight -- 10. Brand-aligned customer service : building the service strategy into every function -- 11. Ride waves without wipeouts : dealing with trends in labor, technology, and politics -- 12. A thousand things done right : translating the strategy of delivering superb service into organizational behavior.
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The success of any organization depends on high-quality customer service. But for companies that strategically align customer service with their overall corporate strategy, it can transcend typical good business to become a profitable word-of-mouth machine that will transform the bottom line. The author draws on over thirty years of research for companies such as 3M, American Express, Chik-Fil-A, USAA, Coca-Cola, FedEx, GE, Cisco Systems, Neiman Marcus, and Toyota. Filled with proven strategies and eye-opening case studies, this book challenges many aspects of conventional wisdom using hard da.