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Betsy Sanders (Author)
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July 17, 1997 0787909386 978-0787909383 1
Develop standard-setting customer service!

Based on the best-selling book Fabled Service by Betsy Sanders!

This program will help you develop exceptional customer service that puts your organization above your competition. Inspiring Fabled Service helps you assess your needs and select activities to improve weak areas in your current customer service.

Teach others vital customer service skills, such as how to:
* Positively represent the organization
* Satisfy customers so they will buy the product or service
* Encourage customers to return
* Understand what motivates people and initiates action
* Solve problems immediately and effectively... and more!

Simply written, this program includes all necessary materials to create results-oriented, customized customer service training. A Trainer's Guide includes specific direction for administering the Customer Service Survey, which assesses individual strengths and weaknesses in three learning areas: understanding him or herself and others; planning for results; and product/service knowledge. The Guide also includes 12 prepared activities that correspond with the three learning areas. Using results from the survey, you choose activities that will help your group improve in its weaker areas. Each activity specifies goals, materials needed, time required, physical setting, and process (including questions to help you review what was learned and help people understand what can be applied to every day situations).

You will need to order a Participant Workbook for each person involved in the training. The Workbook includes a copy of the survey and participant materials for each activity.

Create great service that gets customers talking!

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Betsy Sanders, a former vice president and general manager with the extraordinarily consumer-oriented Nordstrom department-store chain, believes that true success on the sales floor stems from dedicated leadership in the management ranks and a steadfast commitment to related ideals from those at the top on down. In Fabled Service: Ordinary Acts, Extraordinary Outcomes, Sanders outlines the fundamentals for others who would like to achieve the legendary customer-friendly status that is widely accorded her former employer. The outcome, she stresses, is service that is so effective that it actually influences the decisions of shoppers.

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In this riveting best-seller, former Nordstrom vice president and general manager Betsy Sanders shares her secrets for making the customer feel like gold, and for achieving the kind of service that made Nordstrom a retail legAnd. It can help you set the same standards for your organization.Drawing upon her nineteen-year career with retail giant Nordstrom Inc., renowned for best-in-the-business customer service, Betsy Sanders brings her unique insights to this practical, easy-to-read guide. Using real-life anecdotes and examples from a variety of sources, Sanders outlines the many ways excellent service is created and shows how how you can go about setting the standard for your particular industry. Complete with checklists and action plans, Fabled Service reveals an expert's secrets for for making customers feel like gold--which inevitably translates to increased profits.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (July 17, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0787909386
  • ISBN-13: 978-0787909383
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabled Service: Ordinary Acts, Extraordinary Outcomes, March 25, 2000
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Gene Crumley (Davis, California) - See all my reviews
I have read at least a dozen books on customer service. None even come close to Elizabeth Sanders' book on Fabled Service. Sanders makes her points clearly and cogently, illustrating each with a vivid picture or metaphor of how to get it right! I have used Fabled Service as a great departure point for conversations among my colleagues about customer service leadership. If you are only going to read one book on customer service, this is the one to read.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book truly changed my personal & professional life, July 8, 2000
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Michelle L Wiginton (Norman, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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WOW! Betsy Sanders truly inspired me to delve deep into myself and fill page after page of ideas for customer service that had nothing to do with her industry...this book speaks to any industry or field. Because fabled service is so rarely experienced, but continuously sought after by businesses everywhere, this book is a must for any new hire, established executive or just the coordinator of a small volunteer organization. The essence of fabled service is the people, so hiring and retaining excellent employees is simply a must, as is recognizing their efforts, ideas and energies expended on your behalf. I applaud Betsy and her comprehensive collection of ideas, thoughts and direction to help others achieve true Fabled Service in their own lives!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book!!, February 15, 1998
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The best book on customer service that I have ever read. Betsy Sanders takes the mystery out of providing great service by clearly explaining, with examples, that it comes from the top.
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