Amazing Business Radio on the C-Suite Network features customer service expert
and New York Times bestselling author Shep Hyken, who interviews leading business
professionals and other customer experience professionals. Each guest shares insights
and tips on how to succeed and create amazing customer experiences.
The bright business minds featured on Amazing Business Radio come from all over
the world. They include viral video stars, corporate CEOs, bestselling authors, thought
leaders, and many other inspiring personalities. The show brings a variety of topics
related to customer service and customer experience to provide the answers that
C-Suite listeners will want to know to take their success to the next level.
and New York Times bestselling author Shep Hyken, who interviews leading business
professionals and other customer experience professionals. Each guest shares insights
and tips on how to succeed and create amazing customer experiences.
The bright business minds featured on Amazing Business Radio come from all over
the world. They include viral video stars, corporate CEOs, bestselling authors, thought
leaders, and many other inspiring personalities. The show brings a variety of topics
related to customer service and customer experience to provide the answers that
C-Suite listeners will want to know to take their success to the next level.
Unconscious Bias in Customer Service Featuring Bernadette Smith
Top Takeaways:
- Unconscious bias affects the way we think about others without being fully aware of it. It causes people to make assumptions about others that may or may not be true.
- Frontline employees must be trained to be aware of their unconscious biases. When employees act on incorrect assumptions, it can potentially offend customers.
- In today’s digital world, anything and everything can be filmed, put on the internet and go viral. This can turn into a PR nightmare for any company.
- There is a difference between proactive training and reactive Proactive training takes place up front in an effort to prevent negative situations from arising. Reactive training occurs after there is a problem.
- If an incident occurs, companies absolutely need to respond with reactive training. However, too few companies take advantage of proactive training for frontline employees.
- Mistakes will happen; this is inevitable. It’s how a company handles the aftermath that is really important.
- The best thing to do to avoid accidentally offending customers is to ask them questions. Ask questions from a position of curiosity, rather than confrontation, to better understand the situation and avoid making incorrect assumptions.
- Our brains process information and make connections very quickly, whether or not those connections make sense. Pause, take a breath, and think for a moment before judging a situation and reacting.
- Becoming aware of unconscious bias and avoiding assumptions is not difficult, nor does it take too much time. Anyone and everyone can do it.
- Diversity and inclusion training can and should be incorporated into a company’s culture, core values and existing training. View it as another way to provide excellent customer service.
Quote:
- “To help avoid the mistake of acting with unconscious bias, ask better questions and lead with curiosity instead of confrontation.”
About:
Bernadette Smith is the founder, president and CEO of Equality Institute. She is also an award-winning author of three books and will release her fourth book in 2020.
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