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Lousy Customer Service Starts At The Top

Silly me. Every time I think the corporate world has a handle on this “customer service” thing, I hear an anecdote like the one below. When

The Simplicity of Being Outstanding

Lie: The customer is always right. Truth: The customer is always the customer.   In Outstanding! we included a chapter titled, Never Forget Who Pays

JUST199WORDS: Millennials Get the Job Done

Inspired by last week’s Ansel @ Alamo piece, Dan of Hubbard Family Swim shares this story about two Millennials, Erin and Erin: John, I witnessed a

Ansel @ Alamo: Accountability in Action

Michael Pemberton is president of UNIQUE Paving Materials. UNIQUE employs 40+ people and has been adding value to our economy since I was a one-year-old.

JUST99WORDS: The Service Secret

David, a Rockwall, Texas Costco photo customer, shares the secret to winning him over forever: My posters were done when promised. They took the time

JUST99WORDS: Outstanding Service

*JUST99WORDS I dropped my family at the San Diego airport and drove the mini-van to the Hertz facility. Once parked, I headed toward the Hertz

“Sorry, that’s our policy” = FAIL!

“Organizations that put polices before people fail everyone.” Outstanding! Have you taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)? The Millers have, and doing so has enabled

Outstanding Service: Making a Customer for Life

Now that we have a daughter working at Target (“Cool Managers” blog), I’ve learned a bunch about the challenges—headaches!?—of managing a retail store. And here’s