If you are in the service industry…and if you’re reading this, you most likely are…you will have heard the universal law of customer service, ‘The Customer is Always Right’. This phrase was made famous by Harry Gordon Selfridge , a successful retailer over 100 years ago, who learnt early in his career that the success of his department store depended on the happiness of his customers. Swiss hotelier César Ritz, founder of Ritz Carlton … [Read more...]
How to be Empathetic and Keep your Cool
With customer service becoming the new black, more and more organisations are making it a focal point of their business. They are stressing on their people the importance of great customer service. As a result, empathy is one of the interpersonal skills that many organisations are placing on their list of values, as their promise to their customers.. But do people really understand what the word empathy means? And how so many people can see … [Read more...]