Contact Center - Brad Cleveland

Your Organization’s Personality

Oct 16, 2020 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership

Motorcycle company Harley Davidson has incredibly loyal customers. Riders join clubs and wear Harley clothes, and some even have Harley tattoos. Many CEOs and chief marketing officers point to Harley as the holy grail of customer loyalty, and wonder what they can do...

Customer Advocacy: Harnessing Service and Operations

Oct 1, 2020 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, LinkedIn Learning

It’s a smart move and highly recommended for any organization to instill the principles of customer advocacy in the customer service and operations functions. Unfortunately not all do. In this video from the LinkedIn Learning course “Customer...

Empowering Your Customer Service Team

Sep 18, 2020 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

Many organizations want to do the right thing for customers, but too often put a multi-layered, time-eroding approval process in place to get there. By then, the customer is gone, or the loyalty that could arise from their experience has dwindled. That’s not effective...

Boosting the Value of Customer Service

Sep 10, 2020 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, LinkedIn Learning

Ensuring that your organization is getting maximum benefit from the effort and investments you’re putting into customer service is an important leadership opportunity. In this video, I explore three levels on which effective service creates value. This video is...

The Stay Interview: A Powerful Retention Tool

Sep 3, 2020 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

The best contact centers continually work on the root causes of turnover. There are many common causes of turnover, such as insufficient development opportunities, pace of effort required, feeling of not being appreciated, the list goes on. What is most important in...