Yanique Grant

International Customer Service Week Blog Post #3 – Designing Your Customer Experience

Customer experience design is not about scripting your people, or prescribing exact behaviors at every point. It’s about creating the right environment, with the right ‘back-stage’ support and technology and then enabling your people to facilitate an experience that will be valued by your customers. There is a concept called ‘Loose/Tight’. Most organizations are very […]

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International Customer Service Week Blog Post #2 – Discovering Your WOW

WOW is such a short, simple word, but it really encompasses a lot of things. To WOW, you must differentiate yourself, which means doing something a little unconventional and innovative. You must do something that’s above and beyond what’s expected. And whatever you do must have an emotional impact on the receiver. You are not

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International Customer Service Week Blog Post #1 – Service Champions – Serving with Empathy

Serving with Empathy – International Customer Service Week – October 03 – 07, 2016 is finally here!!! This week we will be dedicating our blog posts to the theme of the week Service Champions. If you are in business – your number one responsibility should be to serve your customers. I want to start out

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Episode 022 : Customer Journey – Focus on Touch Points and Pressure Points with Adam Toporek

Adam Toporek is an internationally recognized Customer Service Expert, Key Note Speaker, and Workshop Leader. He is the Author of “Be Your Customers’ Hero: Real-World Tips & Techniques for the Service Front Lines” as well as the founder of Customers that Stick Blog. When he is not speaking or delivering high energy Customer Service Key Notes or

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Episode 021 : Customer Manipulation : Converting Customers & Increasing Profits with Chloë Thomas

Chloë Thomas is an Author, International Speaker and Host of her own podcast, eCommerce MasterPlan Podcast. Chloë has been working in eCommerce since 2003, learning how to increase orders, up customer retention and recruit new customers cost effectively. Working with businesses from the High Street right down to start ups, eCommerce MasterPlan is the result

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Episode 020 : Successful Leaders : Creating a Welcoming Environment with Brian K. Wright

Brian Wright is the founder of Brian K. Wright International whose mission is to motivate and inspire others to discover their unique talents and follow their dreams in life. With extensive experience teaching and training in academics and corporate environments, he understands that many people live far beneath their potential, primarily because they don’t believe

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Episode 019: The Human Connection : A Shared Experience with Tony Bodoh

Tony Bodoh is a #1 best selling author and he’s the founder and co-founder of 5 companies ranging from Customer Experience Consulting to Small Business Training to Television, he easily navigates the International stage, speaking at both personal growth seminars as well as the Uber Nerdy Technology conferences. Tony writes his business blogs, personal growth

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Complaining Customers and How to Handle Their Complaints

Customer complaints are inevitable in Customer Service, technology might fail, a overlooked issue might rear its head, there’s bound to be one problem or the other. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. Here are 5 types of Complainers & How to Respond: The Meek Customer – Generally, will not complain. Response:

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Episode 018: Networking Reinvented for Maximum Relationship Building with Jenny Green Powers

Jenny Green Powers is the CEO of Running With Heels. Running With Heels is a New York Invitation Only Society for the “On-th-Go” “In-the-Know” Women Executives and Entrepreneurs. It is a members-only event series designed to elevate your personal and professional life through curated connections and inspiring conversations. Jenny is a lifelong New Yorker and

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The Power of Empathy

Empathy is the art of seeing the world as someone else sees it. When you have empathy, it means you can understand what a person is feeling in a given moment, and understand why other people’s actions made sense to them. Without empathy and focus, you’ll never be able to communicate effectively and relate well

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