Create a Specific, Compelling Vision
A clear vision, well communicated and continually reinforced by you, is essential to engaging your employees, aligning objectives, and driving action. Vision can take many forms, including a vision statement, a mission statement, a set of values, or some overarching...
Build the right skills, knowledge, and leaders
When developing an effective customer service strategy, you will need to include how to build the right skills, knowledge, and leaders. I’ve found in many cases those working on strategy will either under or overestimate the level of effort required by the...
A Humbling Lesson in Customer Experience
One of my first jobs was working for a company that provided business communications systems—telephone and computer systems. My usual task was to run cable. So, I spent a lot of time underneath the floors of corporations and hospitals and other buildings. Much of my...
Gathering Frequent Employee Feedback
The late Steve Jobs once famously stated, “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” No one in your organization understands processes, products and customers more than your employees....