Customer Service or Excellent Customer Service?

Customer service is a popular motto that has been used for many years in the public and private sectors. It was developed with great intentions. All the recipients of customer services, whether they are internal or external are 100 percent supporters of the motto. However what is the reality behind this whole thing?
 
The unfortunate reality is that even though these sectors will never succeed without a strong implementation of a solid plan for excellent customer service, management does not have 100% control of how well this plan is actually executed by each individual.
 
Often times, both sectors conduct customer surveys to obtain feedback on how well their customers are being served. Other times sporadic workshops or training's are conducted to educate employees about customer service.
 
To me, there is a more critical and essential way to ensure that customer service will be executed consistently on a daily basis. That comes only by hiring the best, educate them and randomly test them for any adjustments that may be necessary.
 
If management is lucky enough, the person hired will come with skills that are not taught at work such as integrity, genuine commitment, honesty and pride in doing not only the job, but the best job plus, going above and beyond of what the job entails.
 
These employees that I am taking about ARE NOT those that when given a task are focused primarily on executing it, but on whether they are responsible to do it or not. Therefore, their immediate response, although not articulated is ”that it is not in my position description”.
 
Trust me; you do not need those employees. There are plenty of them around that are stuck in a limbo, often times blaming everyone for their incompetency and lack of commitment. 
 
The main problem with characters like these is that they not only provide meager customer service, but tend to have a negative influence on others by poisoning the environment.
 
So, make sure that when you hire people you use that internal “intuition” sense. That will be the key in hiring the best candidates that in turn will provide real internal and external customer services.
 
Finally, don’t forget that your employees are not machines. Most people are not self-maintain. If you take good regular and consistent care of them and train them well, they will take great care of your business or government agencies as well.