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Last Wednesday, I learned that a friend of mine was traveling from California to Marriott’s Marco Island Florida Resort & Spa to attend a coaching conference. Christopher and I both invested the early part of our careers working for Marriott and, knowing that he would not call ahead to request

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Delta connections

Typically, when you think of airline connections, you think of events that occur between departure and arrival at your final destination. But there’s another type of connection that’s equally important to the long-term success of an airline: personal connections. I recently read a Wall Street Journal article about the customer

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Comcast’s bizarre IVR

Interactive voice response (IVR) systems are typically used to service high call volumes, reduce cost, and improve the customer experience. When I called Comcast customer service last weekend, I was given the option to input my phone number and have a customer service representative return my call within the next

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The choice

Though business has its own set of complexities, customer service isn’t one of them. Exceptional customer service is simply a choice. Employees develop their own definitions of customer service and decide for themselves how they view customers: as honored guests who contribute to the success of the enterprise or as

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