“75% of customer experience initiatives fail!” That’s a sensational headline. And one, even with a modest search of cases and literature, you’ll see often (in...
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Stories from the Field: Aligning Service and Mission
Do all of the services your customers experience align with your organization’s vision and mission? I’m sometimes baffled to hear plodding phone menus, “Press 1...
Read More >>>Goals, Successes, Failures, and the Evolving Consumer Movement
Brad Sugars is one of the world’s most recognized business coaches… and he asks awesome...
Read More >>>Use Metrics and Analysis to Drive Innovation
Metrics are not just there to report past activity. They can and should be used to help identify priorities and initiatives that will drive improvements....
Read More >>>Building Trust and Empowerment with Customer-Focused Coaching
Athletes often describe their best coaches as mentors and supporters that pushed them to be their best. Unfortunately,...
Read More >>>Engaging Your Team: Leadership Principles for Lasting Success
Organizations are made up of people with myriad personalities, backgrounds and skills. Success depends on...
Read More >>>The World Needs CX Leaders
Customer experience leadership has never before been more important than it is right now. There are many reasons, but let me mention four that rise...
Read More >>>An Introduction to Customer Access Strategy
A Customer Access Strategy is a well-documented, overall plan that guides your contact center. It helps to think of it as a blueprint for your...
Read More >>>7 Characteristics of Customer Advocacy: A Self-Assessment
When it comes to customer advocacy, there are important aspects of equipping your organization to act within and across functions. The following is a self-assessment....
Read More >>>Four Words That Changed My Views
It was a privilege to speak at a recent Tugboat Institute conference, where I shared the story of meeting W. Edwards Deming early in my career. Dr....
Read More >>>Evaluating CX Improvement Initiatives
How should you assess potential projects? Perhaps there are new technologies that can help you deliver services more efficiently or sorely needed process-improvement efforts. Or maybe there is...
Read More >>>Be Bold in Doing What’s Right
When you think about innovation and growth in the future, what’s your role as a leader? Are there steps you need to take that are a little bit...
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