Customer Service Program Track
Last Updated: July 23, 2025 4:47:53 PM PDT
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Discover professional development opportunities for customer service.
Customer Service at UC San Diego
UC San Diego is recognized as a world-class institution for research and education. Our customers in these areas traditionally include students, businesses, and other educational institutions. Within our organization, we have customers too – our employees! A carefully architected quality customer service program requires self-assessment, establishing norms, and following through with shared operating principles.
Move beyond the traditional concepts of customer service and, instead, focus on quality service. Quality service is both external (i.e. students, community, other institutions) and internal (i.e. employees, staff). It synchronizes the values we project outward with the processes and programs we demonstrate inward. With this holistic approach, we can establish, adopt, and manage high-quality customer service.
Explore
| Resource | Description | Modality | What to Expect |
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| How Great Leaders Inspire Action by Simon Sinek | Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership -- starting with a golden circle and the question: "Why?" | Ted Talk |    |
| How to build (and rebuild) trust by Frances Frei | Frances Frei, a professor of technology and management operations at Harvard Business School, gives an insightful talk into trust. She talks about the three main components that create a trusting environment – authenticity, logic, and empathy. | Ted Talk | |
| Applied Happiness by Jenn Lim | Jenn Lim is the joint CEO of Zappos and Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness! The ethos of the brand is based on customer service and company culture, inspiring happiness in work, community, and everyday life. | Ted Talk | |
| Why we need to treat our employees as thoughtfully as our customers by Diana Dosik | Diana Dosik shares her experiences turning the tables of customer research and experience onto employees to create smarter and better companies. | Ted Talk | |
| Service Isn't Same As Hospitality by Anna Dolce | Anna Dolce discusses the difference between genuine hospitality and service-by-default. Learn about the expectations of everyday service, and the importance of instead providing memorable hospitality. | Ted Talk | |
Build Skils
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| Disney's Approach to Quality Service - 1 Day Program |
This course offers 8 hours of official Disney Institute training with 2 facilitators. Registration begins around 7:30 AM. Course duration is approximately 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Course times will be confirmed once you are registered. Unless otherwise noted, all Disney Institute courses are delivered in English.
Fee: $1750 |
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| Disney's Approach to Quality Service - Multi Day Course |
This course offers 3.5 days of official Disney Institute training with 2 facilitators—starting around 2:00 PM on the first day and ending at approximately 5:00 PM on the final day. Course times will be confirmed once you are registered. Unless otherwise noted, all Disney Institute courses are delivered in English.
Fee: $4464 |
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