Customer Service - Brad Cleveland

Hot Topic’s “Daily Huddle”

Jun 24, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

A few years back, fashion retailer Hot Topic won first place in an ICMI video contest for a creative portrayal of their “secret to service success,” a daily communications huddle. In it, they compare the daily meeting, which keeps employees up to date, to...

Traits of Engaged Employees

Jun 21, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

The National Business Research Institute (NRBI) identifies six traits engaged employees have in common, including: They believe in their organization. They have the desire to work to make things better. They understand the business context and big picture. They are...

Communicating Access Alternatives to Customers

Jun 15, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Videos

Recent Statistics on Employee Engagement

Jun 9, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

Here are some recent statistics that we gathered for the latest issue of The Edge of Service. Compared with disengaged employees, highly engaged employees are more than 4X as likely to recommend the company’s products and services and do something good for the...

10 Customer Expectations You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Jun 7, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Leadership, Workforce Management

Erica Strother Marios with ICMI recently put together a slide show on ten key customer expectations (as described in Call Center Management on Fast Forward). Take a minute to go through the slides at your next team meeting and discuss what your customers expect and...

Four Keys to Retaining Millennial Customers

Jun 2, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, Multi-channel Support, Research/Statistics, Self-service, Social Media

It was great to be included in an article Telus International put together on retaining millennial customers. The article focuses on the financial services industry, but the principles apply to many other industries. Lindsey Groepper of BlastMedia and John Rampton of...