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Engaging Employees in the Customer Service Mission

Employee engagement is the first step to a successful customer service journey, because agency personnel are the people who will actually create and deliver services to constituents. When morale declines, so does productivity and service. On the other hand, when engagement is high, your employees will be driven to provide exceptional experiences that serve the… Read more »

Making Connections That Matter with Better Public-Sector Customer Service

Governments have made great strides in the past few years to improve the customer experience (CX), in part because of a growing realization of its importance and because of federal mandates such as President Obama’s 2011 customer service executive order. In GovLoop’s recent survey of 176 public-sector employees, results showed that although they still face significantRead… Read more »

Defining Your Role in Government Customer Service

Leaders across local, state and federal government recognize the need to improve customer service across the public sector. The Federal Agency Customer Experience Act was introduced in Congress in May, while customer service has been a cross-agency priority goal for years. States and cities are hiring experience officers to lead the charge toward better customerRead… Read more »

DorobekINSIDER Live: Evaluating Government Customer Service

Government has a pretty negative customer service reputation. When you think of great customer service you probably think of airlines like Southwest or coffee shops like Starbucks. The government rarely makes the list of most customer friendly organizations. Nevertheless, everyone in the country has to engage with a government entity in one way or anotherRead… Read more »