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... to stop him. The only solid defense would have been to head off the problem before it became unmanageable. So what do you do? Even the best-run companies will occasionally create an unhappy client. When you and your employees face an angry and complaining client who threatens to take his/her business elsewhere, you can't afford to view the situation as bothersome or only as a headache. Dealing with an upset client offers you two opportunities: (1 ) To learn what your agency needs to improve; and (2 ) to make this client a raving fan. Saving clients, then, represents a real gold mine. WHAT YOU CAN DO Proactive Client Contact Studies show that a majority of clients do not complain. Consider this example from the airline industry. An airline lost all the luggage on one of its flights. Twenty-four of the passengers complained. The rest of the passengers didn't even let the airline know that they didn't receive their luggage. A startling 96% of all clients will not complain, and if they have four or five negative experiences with your organization, they'll simply walk away and you'll never know why. Regardless of whether they're trying to avoid conflict or they believe complaining will do no good, these departed clients will engage in the negative word-of-mouth advertising mentioned earlier. This means that your goal must be to increase the percentage of clients who are comfortable complaining to you when necessary. Transform unhappy clients who are non-complainers, and the least loyal clients, into complainers, who can become the most loyal. Your agency should proactively contact A and B clients on ...

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... that won't play. 107 incorrect medical procedures will be performed by the end of the day today. 315 entries in Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language (unabridged) will turn out to be misspelled. Incidentally, 99.9 percent accuracy would be a remarkable improvement in the context of current performance levels. For example: A Hewlett-Packard study of 300,000 semiconductors from three American firms and three Japanese firms recently found the average failure rate of the American chips was more than 0.1 percent. The failure rate for the Japanese-made chips was zero. The U.S. airline industry, despite reams of advertising about improved performance, reported last year that just 80% of its flights departed on time-and only 74% arrived on schedule. The airline industry also assumes 5% to 10% of all luggage will be mishandled and 3% of all checked baggage will be lost en route. And don't look to the heavens for salvation: The Office of Technology Assessment recently published a report stating, Of the more than 20,000 objects fired into orbit since 1957, fewer than 5% remain operational. Natalie Gabel compiled this report while working as an intern for Training Special Projects. Reprinted with permission form the March 1991 issue of Training, The Magazine of Human Resources Development, copyright 1991, Lakewood Publications, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (612) 333-0471. All rights reserved. Login or Register (for FREE) to gain access to thousands of other great articles. Need more reasons to join? Need insurance for you, your business or your family? Get quality appointments - Save ...

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