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"Can do" vs. "not my job" attitude when dealing with clients

Found a new law management practice blog today.

The blogger posted a good piece today on client service that is applicable, not just to law firms, but to anyone who is in a service position (such as most IT pros).

Good read on what not to do when dealing with clients (both internal and external, and yes, I deal with both) and how an organization that stresses the "can do" attitude when dealing with clients will have a big leg up over those that do not.

Don't let people take a "not my job" air in your firm or company.

With all of the news items, blog pieces, etc. on the poor service of the big telecommunications companies, you really have to wonder what their business model is and how companies can remain in business with such blatent disregard for their reason for being...their customers.

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If microsoft needed or wanted your help they would ask for it. snitch

Microsoft is notorious for

Microsoft is notorious for having a "not-my-job" attitude among its employees. Once, I reported a website that was selling counterfeit versions of Microsoft software. I tried my best to find the correct place on Microsoft's website to report it, but couldn't find an exact match. So I reported it on the most relevent page that I could find. A few days later, I received an e-mail message from the department to whom I reported the website that was offering the counterfeit software. Basically, I was notified that I had reoported it to the wrong department, and would I please notify the correct department. What gall!!! Here I am, trying to be helpful (to a company that really doesn't deserve anyone's help in the first place), and instead of a "thank you" note, I get this rejection notice!!!

It just goes to show you that, as Clare Boothe Luce once said, "No good deed goes unpunished."...