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Managers as Mentors is a rapid-fire listen and a provocative guide to helping associates grow and adapt in today’s tumultuous organizations. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. As with previous editions there is a fictional case study of a mentor-protégé relationship running through the book, but this is augmented with six actual case studies of top CEOs who relate key mentoring experiences in their lives. This hands-on guide takes the mystery out of effective mentoring.

Today's customers demand service that isn't just beyond the norm, but makes its mark in their minds and in their hearts. This updated edition of Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service provides listeners with up-to-the-minute advice on how they can create world-class service both in their operations and through their people, whether they work with customers face-to-face, on the phone, or in e-space.

Best-selling authors Chip Bell and John Patterson here describe the new rules for coping with demanding customers in a wired, want-it-now world. Bell and Patterson provide a tested formula for restoring balance to the customer relationship by establishing what they call “Service Calm”. The three steps to Service Calm sound simple, but they draw on sophisticated psychological principles and are profound in application.

Customers are bored! Service providers, chastised by the "less-than-exciting" results of their surveys, have put all their eggs in the "improvement basket". According to Chip Bell, "Take Their Breath Away" service is about bringing a new spirit to the service world. His new book, Take Their Breath Away, co-authored by John R. Patterson, offers a practical blueprint and courage-builder for business pioneers who are unwilling to be lulled into complacency by the same old service practices.

Chip Bell, author of Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service, discusses the changes in customer service and the tradition ideas of the customer. With the arrival of new technologies such as the Internet, customers are now more frugal than ever and expect their shopping experience to be top notch.