LinkedIn Learning - Brad Cleveland

New Course: The AI-Driven Customer Service Representative

Jul 24, 2025 | AI, Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Service, LinkedIn Learning, Organization and Culture

Recently, my newest LinkedIn Learning course, The AI-Driven Customer Service Representative, was launched. This course is built for those of you on the front lines, interacting with customers, solving problems, and keeping things moving. In this course, we explore...

Calculating Customer Attrition Due to Poor Service

Jul 9, 2025 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, LinkedIn Learning

Poor customer service negatively impacts how your customers behave, in some cases causing customer attrition. A study from Accenture found that of those reporting the bad experience, 97% changed their future buying decisions, 58% stopped buying, 52% switched, and 52%...

The Power of One in a Contact Center

Jun 4, 2025 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, LinkedIn Learning, Quality Management, Workforce Management

The power of one is among the most important principles for any contact center agent to understand. Every individual makes a significant impact on customer wait times and agent occupancy – even in large centers. Share this video from my LinkedIn Learning course...

Stories from the Field: Give Your Forecast More Attention

May 13, 2025 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, LinkedIn Learning, Workforce Management

I recall a consulting project with a company that was struggling to provide consistent service to their customers. At times, customers had to endure painfully long waits but other times their employees were sitting idle waiting for something to happen. It became...

Encouraging Dialogue with Customer Advocates

Apr 3, 2025 | Customer Relationships, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Customer Surveys, Leadership, LinkedIn Learning

Customer advocates are influential, even as passive promoters. They write testimonials and reviews, and they answer questions to reviews or on forums. Their engagement is visible, and it’s very believable. You further customer advocacy as you encourage dialogue,...

The Power of Telling Your Customers’ Stories

Mar 14, 2025 | Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, LinkedIn Learning

To design and deliver great customer experiences, you have to understand the customer’s journey. Put another way, their story. To understand the customer narrative, the most successful organizations harness something that’s been around as long as humanity,...