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Chapter 1

How to set your service standards

with
Christine McHugh
Former VP of Customer Service for Starbucks, Author
WHAT'S INSIDE?
Chapter 1
How to set your service standards
In this chapter, we’ll explore how great service standards start with a deep understanding of customer expectations.
We’ll then discuss how to...

• Understand customer expectations

• Make your promise to your customers simple and clear

• Best build a powerful service standard and empower your employees to live it every day

• Finally, we’ll also touch on the risks of defaulting on the promises you make to your customers.

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Chapter 1
Set your service standards
“The service standard you set should be easy to understand, and even easier to follow...”
In this chapter, we’ll explore how great service standards start with a deep understanding of customer expectations.
We’ll then discuss how to...

• Understand customer expectations

• Make your promise to your customers simple and clear

• Best build a powerful service standard and empower your employees to live it every day

• Finally, we’ll also touch on the risks of defaulting on the promises you make to your customers.

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“The ‘Starbucks Experience’ has been built from thousands of hours of research around the world and countless data metrics that prove the formula works. Their service standard is ‘Make every moment right’. That same service standard is a direct reflection of what really matters to Starbucks customer and the company’s strategy has been shaped around these expectations.”
Christine McHugh
Former VP of Customer Service for Starbucks, Author
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Christine McHugh
Christine McHugh is a celebrated customer experience expert, having played a key role in the success of the Starbucks customer experience over 27 years. That journey took her ‘from barista to boardroom’. She’s a systems thinker who works hard and has fun doing it.
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 4
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