I’ve seen organizations achieve every level of success. Some top their industry in customer loyalty, and they enjoy the strong business results that come with it. Others struggle as...
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Who are your innovators?
I once had a chance to meet and talk with the late W. Edwards Deming. Dr. Deming was one of the world’s preeminent quality gurus,...
Read More >>>Great customer experiences happen by design
Customer-centric organizations spend proportionally more time designing processes and proportionally less time getting better at appeasing unhappy customers. They devote their attention to eliminating what...
Read More >>>Controlling Contact Center Costs—the Right Way
With the current economic challenges, many organizations are likely to look for ways to control costs as they serve customers. Done right, these efforts can...
Read More >>>Measuring Individual Performance in a Customer Contact Center
Measuring individual performance is a topic that has long been controversial. Performance measures are usually tied to...
Read More >>>Do your goals and metrics foster employee engagement?
This has been a brutal few years for many contact centers. Supply chain problems and the Great Resignation have caused challenges on every aspect of...
Read More >>>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...
Read More >>>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...
Read More >>>Service Metrics for Accessibility and Quality
Accessibility and quality are closely related. Quality can’t happen unless our services are accessible, but quality also impacts accessibility. If you don’t handle interactions with...
Read More >>>The best way to improve employee engagement
When you peel back the layers of any customer-centric organization, you’ll find a culture of honoring employees, encouraging their insight, and engaging them every step...
Read More >>>A Structured Approach to Customer Advocacy
Customer advocacy has the potential to strengthen your organization and transform customers into enthusiastic brand advocates. But you have to unleash it. Whether you’re developing...
Read More >>>Want engaged employees? Create a supporting culture
In some organizations you can feel the energy. You can just tell employees are committed and engaged. I’ve seen that seven key principles are always...
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