{"id":480,"date":"2013-05-08T14:08:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T21:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/?p=480"},"modified":"2021-05-30T03:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T03:58:24","slug":"complex-communications-solutions-vs-perhaps-a-simpler-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/2013\/05\/08\/complex-communications-solutions-vs-perhaps-a-simpler-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Complex Communications Solutions vs. Perhaps a Simpler One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nocontest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DavidWaterSchererCollage1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-491\" alt=\"DavidWaterScherer\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nocontest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DavidWaterSchererCollage1.jpg?resize=600%2C495\" width=\"600\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nocontest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DavidWaterSchererCollage1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nocontest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DavidWaterSchererCollage1.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From <a title=\"Paul Constant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestranger.com\/seattle\/paul-constant\/Author?oid=17693\">Paul Constant<\/a> in <a title=\"Paul Constant's blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/slog.thestranger.com\/slog\/archives\/2013\/05\/08\/the-customer-service-problem-at-mcdonalds-is-a-symptom-of-a-much-bigger-problem\">The Stranger today<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-mcdonalds-can-fix-customer-service-2013-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris DeRose published an article at Business Insider<\/a> addressing the fact that McDonald&#8217;s is failing at customer service, with a vice president of the company openly talking about the \u201crude or unprofessional employees&#8221; at some franchises. Here are DeRose&#8217;s suggestions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Create shared emotion around delivering a great customer experience.&nbsp; <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Keep simplifying work processes and rules<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Invest more in tools and training.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Reward and recognize great service.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>What DeRose doesn&#8217;t suggest? <strong>Paying the employees a living wage<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>h\/t <a title=\"Atrios\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atrios\">@atrios<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Collage by <a title=\"David Scherer Water\" href=\"http:\/\/basil2011.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/29\/the-martin-building\/\">David Scherer Water<\/a>, used with permission<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Paul Constant in The Stranger today: Chris DeRose published an article at Business Insider addressing the fact that McDonald&#8217;s is failing at customer service, with a vice president of the company openly talking about the \u201crude or unprofessional employees&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/2013\/05\/08\/complex-communications-solutions-vs-perhaps-a-simpler-one\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[26,29],"class_list":["post-480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roberts-posts","tag-courtesy","tag-customer-service"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2112,"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nocontest.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}