Why is customer service such a challenge?

This book reveals many surprising causes of poor customer service and provides proven solutions drawn from real examples and cutting-edge research. 

Service Failure is available from leading retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Powell's Books.

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5/22: Goodreads Book Giveaway (open now)

6/19: Author Chat & Book Signing (San Diego, CA)

7/9: Customer-focused Culture (San Diego, CA)

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Praise for Service Failure

"Remove the obstacles that get in the way of providing excellent customer service. With multiple strategies supported by real-life examples, Jeff Toister teaches how to avoid service failure and provide service success."

- Shep Hyken, New York Times bestselling author of The Amazement Revolution

"Service Failure offers a very personal and deeply felt discourse on an important topic: improving (and avoiding failure in) customer service and the customer experience."

- Micah Solomon, author of High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service and business keynote speaker

"In Service Failure, Jeff Toister does a great job of validating the impact of human behavior/natural tendencies on customer service. Interspersed throughout the text, readers will find interesting/engaging psychological experiments that provide rationale for the quality of customer service provided by employees."

- Steve Curtin, author of Delight Your Customers

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