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Commandment No. 8 – Thou Shalt Take Responsibility

Next up on our review of Ten Commandments of Superior Customer Service by Shep Hyken at Forbes, is “Thou Shalt Take Responsibility”. As Hyken explains, “In customer service, taking responsibility means you own it.” As he further adds, “It may not be your fault, but now it’s your problem (to…
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Commandment No. 7 – Do What Is Necessary, Not What Is Comfortable

Commandment No. 7 from Shep Hyken’s Forbes article, The Ten Commandments of Superior Customer Service, is “Do What Is Necessary, Not What Is Comfortable”. Succinctly, Hyken puts it, “If you are focused on your customer, you will do what’s right and necessary, not what’s easy.” So how does one know…
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Commandment No. 6 – Thou Shalt Anticipate

“Thou Shalt Anticipate” is commandment number six found in Shep Hyken’s Forbes article, The Ten Commandments of Superior Customer Service. Anticipation requires some measure of assumption, which is a risky proposition according to the old saying, “when you assume, you make an…”—well, you know the rest. But being prepared is…
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Commandment No. 5 – Thou Shalt Be Willing to Apologize Quickly

The next commandment laid out in Shep Hyken’s Forbes article, The Ten Commandments of Superior Customer Service, “Thou Shalt Be Willing to Apologize Quickly”. We all hate being wrong, especially when it means we’re not just incorrect but that we’ve actually aggrieved someone else. In the context of business, this…
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Commandment No. 4 – Thou Shalt Say Thank You and Please – A LOT

Let’s take a look at the next commandment described in Shep Hyken’s Forbes article, The Ten Commandments of Superior Customer Service, “Thou Shalt Say Thank You and Please – A LOT”. As Hyken explains, this commandment harkens back to the good manners “our parents should have taught us.” He further…
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