Walking the talk. Every world-class Customer service organization is world-class to work for. It takes world-class leadership to provide the passion, inspiration, and discipline to all employees.
Shocking CX Statistics / Fast is No Longer a Luxury in Customer Experience / How to eliminate potential employees who don’t align with your values / Do the top CX Brands Outperform their competition? /Our New CXO Academy Graduates Do Top CX Brands Outperform Competitors and the Stock Market? Over the past two decades, my… Read Full Article
Skills to Become a Confident Speaker: Learn the Skills to Captivate Audiences Have you ever watched a speaker command a room, their words weaving a tapestry that leaves the audience spellbound? Public speaking is not just a skill; it is an art form that connects people, inspires change, and builds communities. In today’s world, where… Read Full Article
Outspoken Employees Outspoken employees can be considered negative, especially when employee feedback is given outside of an employee survey. Whenever I conduct a leadership workshop around our latest book The Employee Experience Revolution, one consistent question that comes up is how to handle negative employees. I have heard other “experts” answer this quickly by saying,… Read Full Article
Everyone you hire contributes to your culture in some way. A big difference between finding future rock stars and posers is finding out what investment the candidate made to learn about your organization. Jesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment, the parent company of the Savannah Bananas, a world-famous baseball circus that travels… Read Full Article
Stop Blaming the Younger Workforce The most common complaint I get from my audiences and consulting clients is about how bad the young labor force is and how this generation doesn’t want to work hard. I cannot disagree more. I also believe this is a crutch many leaders use to avoid building a better employee… Read Full Article
This Marketing and Sales Consulting Company Created A CX Certification Program for their Customers Technology Marketing Toolkit (TMT) works with IT service companies that are managed service providers (MSPs). Over the last 20 years, TMT has experienced enormous growth. Nothing can ruin a company’s customer experience faster than rapid growth. CEO & Founder of TMT,… Read Full Article
The age-old proverb “One bad apple spoils the barrel” is a perfect metaphor for workplace culture. We found the results of the following experiment to be an aha leadership moment. Will Felps, a professor at Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands, conducted a fascinating study demonstrating contagious behavior in the work environment. He split… Read Full Article
The Future of CX has never looked Brighter We would like to congratulate the graduating class of Customer eXperience Executive Academy (CXEA) 2024! During this part-time, twelve month program, graduates were trained to design, lead, and manage the customer experience their companies deliver. Each completed a capstone project and attended intensive quarterly sessions where they… Read Full Article
“Great leaders make the world a better place; they are willing to do what it takes, make the necessary sacrifices, and rally others to do the same.” The Critical Importance Our Work Plays in Our Meaning and Purpose A study of Shell Oil employees found that those who retired at 55 and lived to be… Read Full Article
Today’s illiterate are those who are unable to make connections with others This blog will answer the following four questions: What are soft skills, and should we call them? Which service aptitude skills are most important for customer-facing employees to deliver an expectational customer experience? Which of the nine service aptitude skills can improve… Read Full Article
