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Mini Workshop: The 3R De-escalation Method

Myra Golden Media

If you find you need more help, spend some time looking around my blog , where I have dozens of tips, videos, and phrases to help you get angry customers to back down. When you use these steps in your next challenging conversation with a customer, you’ll be more assertive and in control of the interaction.

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Guest Blog: “We Hate ‘dat Letter”

ShepHyken

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Ricky Nowak, shares a customer experience she had recently with a hotel that didn’t exactly go well. She is a Conference and Workshop Presenter, Executive Coach and Author based in Australia. It’s a great example of how not to give excellent customer service!

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Guest Blog: Building a Customer-Centric Culture Around CRM Software

ShepHyken

As a reference, Shep defines the Six D’s of Creating a Customer-Centric Culture in his Customer Service Blog: Define it. In addition, make the training a hands-on experience; a classroom-like environment with workshops is better than one jumbled lecture-like session. – Imagine the desired customer experience. Disseminate it.

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Guest Blog: What Improvisation Teaches Us About Customer Service

ShepHyken

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Adam Toporek, writes about how important improvisation is in frontline customer service. Adam Toporek is an internationally recognized customer service expert, keynote speaker , and workshop leader. Shep Hyken.

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Guest Blog: Improve Company Culture By Listening to Your Employees

ShepHyken

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Brooke Cade writes about how important communicating with your employees and listening to their insight is for improving company culture. Create training programs and professional development workshops. Don’t make the corporate brand and the personal brand compete.

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Guest Blog: A Hidden Service Blocker – Unconscious Bias

ShepHyken

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, George Aveling, shares an experience he had demonstrating unconscious bias during the customer experience. I was running a customer service workshop in Australia some years ago. This is very true, unfortunately and a story we can all learn from. Shep Hyken.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of March 11, 2024

ShepHyken

BONUS Top Five Customer Experience Blogs by Steve Towers (CX Obsession) In the digital jungle, we’re all on a safari to spot the rarest of beasts: focus! Amidst the wild thicket of information, we’ve tracked down the ‘Big Five’ of blogs, as voted by our tribe of savvy members. It’s any and every type of interaction.