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Infographic: 7 steps to Achieve Service Excellence

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Franck Louveau

Consultant - Service DNA at EHL Advisory Services

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A large percentage of business success stems from how a customer is made to feel, not just how happy they are with their purchase or service.

In today’s experience economy, customers not only value but expect exceptional service – and they will reward or punish for the quality of how they are served with their spending choices.

7 Steps to Service Excellence

1- Dig into Your Customer Behavior

What is your customer saying about the service delivery of your brand?

2- Make Customer Focus Part of Your Culture

Because service is often intangible and cannot be measured, excuses are found not to fight for it.

3- Hire with Service Excellence in Mind

As a customer-focused business, your employees must live and breathe your company values.

4- Set-up Customer-focus Governance

Effective customer-experience efforts need to be uniquely cross-functional.

5- Set Customer Service Goals

Service excellence goals set the stage for your long-term strategy, helping you maintain an excellent relationship with your existing customers, and foster meaningful relationships with new ones.

6- Equip Your Employees to Deliver on Excellence

Documenting the standards is not enough.

7- Measure Your Performance

How do you know if your customer service is living up to customer expectations?.

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