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Expert insights on customer experience, employee engagement, and service leadership. Stay ahead with Brad Cleveland’s blog—featuring CX trends, actionable strategies, and real-world solutions to help you improve customer satisfaction, streamline operations, and drive business success.
Great Customer Service on a Shoestring Budget
The Tugboat Institute recognizes Evergreen companies whose purpose-driven leaders build companies focused on long-term growth. The Institute's Evergreen Journal recently published an article I wrote on delivering great customer service. It includes four...
Does Your Executive Team Understand Staffing Tradeoffs?
Are you working through difficult discussions related to resources and budget? Just remember, contact centers must handle most customer-related work as it happens, so resource mismatches quickly results in big problems. It’s essential that those making decisions have...
eCornell Videos: Empowering Agents with the Right Information and Training
Several videos I recorded for eCornell are as pertinent today as they were then. Here’s the third of five videos. You can view the first video at Delivering Consistent Service and the second at Retaining the Right Customers.
Summary of Customer Service Research
Sharpen has pulled together research and articles from various sources to summarize opportunities for improvement in customer service. Their conclusions include: The demand for omni-channel is pervasive Initial IVR systems need to be clearer and more efficient...
eCornell Videos: Retaining the “Right” Customers
Several videos I recorded for eCornell are as pertinent today as they were then. Here’s the second of five videos. You can view the first video at Delivering Consistent Service.
eCornell Videos: Delivering Consistent Service
Several videos I recorded for eCornell are as pertinent today as they were then. Here’s the first of five videos.
Customer Strategy and Management Podcasts
If you haven't listened before, you might want to check out my podcast series "Customer Strategy and Management." It includes short, to-the-point podcasts on topics such as building profitable customer relationships, customer access strategies, contact center value,...
The Measures Every Contact Center Should Have
Establishing the right measures and objectives is one of the most important responsibilities in leading and managing a contact center successfully. But there’s a significant inherent challenge, which has only become more difficult with the introduction of new channels...
Building Brand Engagement with Multichannel Services
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