By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service We all know that trust between organisations and their customers is an essential ingredient for success. When customers trust businesses, they are likely to interact with them more frequently, spend more,…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service Earlier this week, we launched our latest piece of breakthrough research - examining the role trust plays in the customer experience. Trust is, and always has been, fundamental to our interactions…
With significant shifts in customer needs and behaviour in the last year, organisations have been under pressure to respond proactively to be able to maintain excellent service levels and business performance. For organisations to address urgent challenges, retain customers and…
There is no doubt we are navigating one of the most challenging periods in our living history. The events of the past year have shaken and changed the customer experience environment; perhaps forever, and the impact on the customer/organisation relationship…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service Despite the obvious challenges that we still all face, there are some positives that can be embraced and built upon. One of those is the rise of the green agenda as…
For Wednesday's Recognition theme in National Customer Service Week, our CEO Jo Causon held a practical session with Fran Rea, Director of Customer Service & Service Delivery at NewDay; Kathryn O’Brien, Customer Experience Director at TransPennine Express; Stephen Shaw, Head…
In July, we published the latest UK Customer Satisfaction Index, alongside the key findings we also made 8 recommendations for organisations to consider as they look forwards to the next 6 months. On this webinar we review those recommendations in…
By Jo Causon, CEO, The Institute of Customer Service Nearly every business works with a range of suppliers on whom they depend for materials, products or services and the recent months have brought this into even sharper relief! Effective procurement…
On the 24th September, we launched our latest Breakthrough Research*: The Procurement Partnership – Developing relationships to deliver excellent customer service though procurement. The key purpose of the research is to identify best practice in procurement of services and capabilities…
New research reveals more than half of customer-facing employees have experienced increased hostility from customers during the coronavirus crisis Two-thirds of customer facing staff feel under greater pressure as they’re being asked to perform extra duties, some of which may…