I agree that Nordstrom’s market defining customer service is as this article suggests, the result of employees empowered by automony which is tempered by standards. But to have this kind of impact, standards can’t be created in a vacuum. And this level of service doesn’t happen by accident.
I believe this level of service and the standards that enable it, wouldn’t be as distinctive or impactful if they did not both stem from the established (and well communicated) vision, values and purpose the retailer governs and I would think also hires by.
