Strategic Service Institute: Looking Under the Hood of Service Offerings

You arrive at your destination on time, but your luggage doesn’t—and when it does, it’s somebody else’s. That’s a spectacular service failure, and one that’s easy to describe. But not all bad service experiences are as clear cut. Sometimes a customer will be unhappy about her interactions with your company, but she won’t be able …

ServiceFriday: Interesting Reads for Service and Beyond

Welcome to the CSL’s “ServiceFriday”. Each Friday we post three summaries from some of our favorite sources from research literature, news articles, blogs, and more. The posts are curated to cover topics that are interesting, relevant, and thought provoking in the realm of service, business, education, and beyond. If you like our blog and posts, …

ServiceFriday: Eye of the Beholder – How Beauty Impacts Customer Behavior

– Written by Jack Lechich for the Center for Services Leadership Gone are the days of Carl’s Jr. producing commercials with scantily clad women pretending to eat their burgers by taking bites the size of which would make NFL offensive lineman Aaron Donald impressed. Carl’s Jr. may have been criticized for choosing to use the …