John Tschohl

Many people do not love their government. Too much bureaucracy, lack of speed, poor hours and often unfriendly people. Most large cities in the US are poorly managed. Most lack customer service. More concerned about politics than their customers, taxpayers and citizens. This is true in most large cities in the world. Moscow is light … Read more

Employees are driven by recognition. They want to feel valued, loved and appreciated. The less they are paid the more important they receive this recognition. The first program I developed was in 1977 called Better Than Money. Today we have a program called Coaching for Success that is implemented in a one-day seminar. Front line … Read more

I have been following service leaders for over 30 years. Too many firms spend a fortune on advertising trying to attract customers like Schwab that have awful service. Every few weeks they run a full-page ad in the Wall St. Journal that probably costs about $50,000 for each issue. They should spend the money training … Read more

During the next several months I will share this proven process and formula I have been helping leading organizations across the US and world master.  Some use just my service strategy seminars. Others use our leadership courses to help create a service culture. Some prefer to start with our Certification Seminars, books and training programs … Read more

There are so many elements that make up the customer experience. To some, it is courtesy. To others its speed. To some, it is knowing about your products and services The obstacle many of us face is we think we’re awesome at customer service. We reinforce this with fake surveys which organizations spend a lot … Read more

I started working with Tom Raffio of Delta Dental in 1990 with the Guarantee of Service Excellence when Tom and Bob Hunter implemented it on April 1, 1990, at Delta Dental of Massachusetts. In 1995 when he became CEO of Northeast Delta Dental Tom again implemented the Service Guarantee Tom is Relentless. Now focusing on … Read more

Amazon just released its 2020 annual sales. I follow Amazon every day. Jeff Bezos is stepping down to become executive chairman and promoting Andy Jassy to CEO. Andy was CEO of Amazon’s cloud business (AWS). Sales with AWW were $45.4 billion in 2020  with an operating net income of $13.5 billion. This is business to … Read more

Customer service is not very hard. I think very few firms really try. There are 4 doors you need to use. Door One your physical location. This is the most expensive. Your business need to have hours convenient to the customer. Few firms do. Most banks are open hours and days convenient to the owner … Read more

Customer service in the US has reached a new low. Frankly it is getting worse each week. You’d think with all the closed businesses due to the pandemic that the companies that are struggling would be so much more aware of their customer service.  The problem is almost all CEO’s believe they provide great service … Read more