What Great Service Leaders Know and D..., James L. Heskett
What Great Service Leaders Know and D..., James L. Heskett
List: $19.99 | Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

What Great Service Leaders Know and Do
Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms

Author: James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, Jr., Leonard A. Schlesinger

Narrator: Wayne Shepherd

Unabridged: 7 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 09/01/2015


Synopsis

The service sector has grown to become 80% of the US economy, yet it's poised for a revolution in personalization, big data, and complexity. How can companies design a strategy to compete?

The service sector-any company not involved in the production of products-is now 80% of the US economy, and growing part of the world economy. Written by the three leading scholars of service sector management, this book seeks to provide a roadmap for the design and delivery of winning services for leaders and managers entrusted with the task in the years to come.

The authors review their own seminal work on service management, testing the durability of concepts they've helped develop over the past thirty years. Then they move on to look at how better results will be achieved in the future-what needs to be done to create great places to work, design efficient and enjoyable service experiences, use technology to improve service delivery, and engage and retain customers. Using examples of dozens of companies in a wide variety of industries, the authors present a narrative of remarkable successes, unnecessary failures, and future promise.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

Mostly common sense in my opinion, but I have a finance/business background so that might be part of it. Enjoyable case studies and simple message.......more

Goodreads review by Peter

I will first and foremost admit I am not a great lover of non-fiction, particularly those with a business focus. However, if a book has a great lesson to teach and can do so in a convincing matter, I can appreciate it nonetheless. This book was not that book. "What Great Service Leaders Know and Do"......more

Goodreads review by Ian

good coverage of topics related to service industries. fairly recent topics covered. too heavily focused on broad trend anecdotes with little substantiation based on research or diving down into backend services.......more

Goodreads review by Amber

I got this book from goodreads for an honest review. I just didn't like it but did give some good info though.......more