Empowering staff to break rules can make customers happier

Mediocre companies sometimes let rules get in the way of customer service, columnist Steve Strauss writes. If the culture of a business encourages managers and employees to make independent decisions to satisfy customers, the business will operate better, Strauss writes.

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This story published in BBB TrustBrief on 10/15/2009





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