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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.
Digital Literacy: How to Train Agents to Work Alongside AI Tools
Recently, I spoke to Megan Jones of Call Centre Helper Magazine about how to train agents to work alongside AI tools. We had a great discussion that included answers to these questions: Are most organizations doing what they need to do to successfully train agents to...
Really Listening to Customers: Your Strategic Advantage
This article was originally published earlier this month at ICMI. I get it. "Listen to customers" has become an oft-repeated cliché — and one that often seems to collide with daily reality. Customer feedback isn't always positive, easy to hear or immediately valuable....
From Timekeeper to Strategic Architect: The Evolution of WFM
It was a pleasure recently to join Doug Casterton on his weWFM podcast for the episode "From Timekeeper to Strategic Architect: The Evolution of WFM." We discussed how workforce management (WFM) has transformed from a tactical, scheduling-focused function into a...
Encouraging Dialogue with Customer Advocates
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,...
CX Transformation Success Principles
Customer experience transformation is characterized by continuous improvement and change. However, as a discipline, CX isn’t defined by a single methodology that guides all activities. Far from it. Talk to 10 experienced practitioners and each will each share their...
The Power of Telling Your Customers’ Stories
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, and that's...
Coaching for High Performance: A Strategic Approach
Strategic coaching is essential to employee engagement and the highest levels of performance. Tactical coaching is focused on specific skills or requirements. By strategic coaching, I mean coaching that is ongoing and focused on developing the whole person. Think of...
Train and Manage AI-Empowered Customer Service Teams
AI has emerged as a game changer in customer service. However, successful adoption requires you to effectively train and manage the human teams that work alongside AI tools. In this LinkedIn Learning video from my course "Using AI for Customer Service Managers," I...
6 Traits of a Customer-Focused Culture
I recall a new restaurant with great food and impeccable service that quickly built a following. Referrals spread rapidly, reviews were positive, and before long, the waits to get in became longer. To customers, this was just confirmation the restaurant was a great...
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