With more than 20 years' experience in customer service, I thrive when I am helping others: whether meeting customers' diverse individual needs or getting the best from my team -- helping them reach their full potential by tapping into their strengths.You will find I offer focused, supportive leadership to drive service excellence / total satisfaction for optimum customer growth and staff retention, demonstrating the proven ability to: • Energize the organizational culture, building / motivating cohesive teams and providing clearly defined direction with established goals.• Develop systems and processes, policies and procedures to effect streamlined, cost-efficient operations, exceptional service levels, and desired metrics.• Identify / analyze operational problem areas and new opportunities; then follow through with improvement initiatives and action plans to meet organizational goals and objectives.• Build long-term client relationships, always responsive to their needs while representing the highest standards of integrity and professionalism. I am successful in creating clear vision and strengthening communications to achieve continuous performance improvement, reflecting expertise in:Strategic / Tactical Planning ... Operations Management ... Team Building ... Training / CoachingContinuous Process, Productivity, and Performance Improvement ... Service ExcellenceEscalated Calls ... Performance Standards ... Documentation and Reporting