Posted on 19 April 2012. Tags: customer care, customer service, desk-side support, desktop support, field support
Not all customer-support providers are confined to phone support. Some provide desk-side support solely; but it’s not uncommon for a support professional to wear both hats. When supporting a customer in person, keep in mind that you still have only a few seconds to create a good first impression. Taking advantage of some key suggestions […]
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Posted in Customer Care, Support EDGE
Posted on 19 April 2012. Tags: abusive customers, customer care, customer service, difficult customers, learning
Anyone who has spent any time at all in the customer-support industry has at one time or another encountered this category of difficult customer. This is the customer who calls and immediately bombards you with foul or abusive language. These are the worst kind of difficult customers precisely because they seem to go out of […]
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Posted in Customer Care, Support EDGE
Posted on 19 April 2012. Tags: competencies, development, training
It’s a common mistake made every day by managers who seek to develop the skills of their team and mitigate performance issues. Got a skills gap? Training. Got a development need? More training. Got a performance issue? Training . . . training . . . and still more training. Training is defaulted as the solution […]
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Posted in Organization Development, People Development, Support EDGE