Summer is here and many colleges and universities are hosting new student orientations for the fall semester. Looking through the lens of the new student, their emotions are high. For some students this will be an exciting adventuresome event, for others, it will cause great anxiety. As a school, if you truly wish to […]
As a young child through my high school years, I was a ballet dancer. For years, I would spend three to four days a week inside a ballet studio. In ballet, every class starts the same routine. I can still remember most of them. There is a smell to a ballet studio: from […]
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and not only is it a time for families to gather together, eat turkey and give thanks, it is also a time for students to gather with their old high school friends. It is the first extended length of time many of them will have together since they started their college […]
If we want improvement in our processes, it is important to measure. By not measuring, we don’t really know what or how big is our problem or obstacle. I am often asked the question: “How do you measure service?” Below is a worksheet that may help you. MEASUREMENT WORKSHEET 1. What are ways our department […]
Great coaches know the importance of keeping their team in line with a clear vision of where they are going. When team members drift off, the coach is right there to bring them back. When I ask the question to managers “why is counseling employees challenging?” I usually get the responses: it’s uncomfortable, I don’t […]
More and more, as I work with colleges and universities, I am hearing the word “transparency” coming up as a needed service standard. This implies to me, that currently, there is little to no transparency. Is it that we live in such a non-transparent world today that people are wowed by the organization that actually […]
1. Remember their name or show familiarity whenever you see them on campus or talk to them by phone. 2. Identify with their emotions first, then try to meet their needs. For example, “John, I can see you are frustrated, let me see what I can do to help you.” By addressing their emotions […]
Colleges and universities are beginning to recognize why having a culture of service excellence is so important, but don’t know how to design and implement it. This article gives an overview of the 7 Leadership Actions that if developed, communicated, executed and focused on the student’s experience will create and sustain a culture of service […]
Graduation is right around the corner for most college campuses and everyone is getting prepared for the big event. What a great time to showcase the college and impress your visitors with your outstanding customer service. Those visitors are your customers for the day and they consist of the graduates, parents, grandparents, siblings who […]
Colleges are struggling to increase student retention rates. What would Walt think of the way staff, faculty, students and parents all interact? Walt Disney once said “do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring back their friends.” If Walt was to go back to college today, what […]