TY - BOOK AU - Lucas W. Robert TI - Customer service: building successful skills for the twenty-first century. SN - 0072938056 AV - HF5415.5.L831 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw Hill KW - Customer service N1 - Includes index; Contents: The Profession: What is customer service? -- Contribution to the service culture -- Skills for success: Positive verbal communication -- Nonverbal communication in customer service -- Listening to the customer -- Customer service and behavior -- Handling difficult customer encounters -- Customer service in a diverse world -- Customer service via technology -- Self-help skills: Managing your stress -- Managing your time -- Enhancing customer relationships -- Encouraging customer loyalty -- Service recovery -- Customer service for the twenty-first century -- Focusing on the future -- Appendix: Reader's customer service survey ER -