INDUSTRY INSIGHTS YOUR PEERS ARE READING
Do we really understand the difference between customer service delivery and customer experience delivery? Or, do we use the two terms interchangeably? At times, our self-focused perception leaves customer service delivery up to everyone with “service” as part of their job titles. MORE
Adding selling pressure to the functional responsibilities of front line and back end service teams can backfire. First, these teams are not hired, or trained, to sell. Next, these teams may not have time to sell effectively, especially when actively serving customers. MORE
What is the role of internal client experiences in creating extraordinary external client experiences (CX)? Customer experience seems to be on everyone’s mind these days. Paying lip service and talking the talk is different than consistently walking the walk. MORE
Once a week, take a STEM or Left Brain Colleague to coffee! Yes, I am not crazy. I have not lost my marbles. Oh, and if you are reading this post, and happen to be one of those STEM or Left Brain professionals, you know what your mission is. MORE
How are your best value added customer experience efforts sabotaged, both pre- and post-sale? What you do, when you are not actively selling, engineering, coding and serving, adds value to each customer’s experience of how it is to work with you. MORE
No matter where we sit around the business table, we sling our professional spiel. Our buzz words, our technical words, our “I’m part of The Club” words. In our minds, we showcase our expertise. However, in the minds of our audiences, teams and stakeholders, we just may be showing off. MORE
Social communication etiquette is going over the top. Have you noticed? In spite of the topics I scheduled on my editorial calendar, the theme of this week’s posts is rapidly becoming Communication. Communication between leadership, management and front line employees. MORE
Innovative customer experiences stand out from what customers are used to experiencing. Not only do these experiences feel different, as they happen. MORE
A potent client retention strategy is driven by an equally potent human capital strategy. Otherwise, stakeholder churn rates negatively impact your organization’s and association’s ability to hold on to the customers you work so hard to win. MORE
Really? The idea of a left brain thinker, or STEM colleague, running your next sales team meeting probably is one of your biggest nightmares. Mostly because you avoid working directly with the STEM colleagues and left brain thinkers in your organization. MORE
Post sale execution experience makes or breaks customer experiences. Why jeopardize customer loyalty, success and retention by making assumptions about what happens next? When, in fact, nothing is happening, at all. Or worse, something in-between. MORE
Business growth status quo happens. When you take your eye off the top and bottom lines because things appear to be going well. Or, are they? Really? After all, your business has a pipeline full of repeat business. At least, that is what your sales team tells you. MORE
Major account teams strive so hard to create client-focused solutions. However, no matter how insightful the solution proposed, there can be stakeholder resistance. And not only from the client side of the table. This scenario frustrates not only the major account teams. MORE
We all experience difficult customers, from time to time. When we only have one customer as our “one and only” customer, well, things become challenging. It seems like we are continuously wrestling with big hairy issues and little annoying ones. MORE
Ever consider the type of professional legacy you create? As you strive to meet an organization’s KPIs for the functional role in which you serve? MORE
If you practice a hopscotch client retention strategy, do not get your hopes up. Making clients successful is hardly child’s play. Co-partnering in your client’s success involves more than adhering to a mostly-linear protocol. MORE
Do you retain employees as a critical part of your customer retention strategy? Or, are your (especially) front line employees considered to be disposable? Easily-replaced commodities in a numbers game? I recall a bunch of client conversations I had as a sales newbie. MORE
Are we a bit too devoted to and obsessed by our professional labels? The awards we collect. The Top List of This or That we are on. Those accomplishments, honors, certifications, academic degrees in which we revel. Our professional labels are What We “Do”, for Other People, Right Now. Hmmm……. Really? MORE
Our clients just may hide their real business stories from us. When we sell to them, design for them, implement solutions or engage in customer service activities. Initially, we are excited to do business with these clients, even if they already are existing customers. MORE
A Happy New Year Strategy keeps your own professional development front and center throughout the year. Otherwise, it is too easy to be distracted by drama, disruptions and other people’s ideas of how you should spend your workday. Happiness is easier said than done. MORE
We instinctively know that collaborative storytelling is profitable. Except, we don’t have time to discover valuable client stories. Or, tell these stories, compellingly, while acquiring or retaining customers. MORE
If your colleagues and clients gave you a soft skills scorecard, how would they rate you? Now, those of you on the sales, marketing and even HR side of the table may feel you get a free pass out of this conversation. MORE
Why do initiatives on retaining customers still feel like a bunch of isolated actions? Provided by people in separate departments. With different functions. All throwing their professional efforts at the customer. Instead of in partnership with the customer. MORE
Ah, the life of left brain thinkers is complex and frustrating. These professionals, including STEM professionals (Science-Technology-Engineer-Mathematics), often are the smartest people in the room. Hands down. They also are the hardest-to-understand people in the room. That is why business decision makers turn off and tune out presentations and communications from the left brain thinkers in your organization. MORE
Current and potential customers can tell us overstated stories. To attract our attention, negotiate business with us. And lead us on and on and on. So, why do we continue to believe them? Until we don’t, anymore? First of all, we are flattered that these customers contacted us. MORE
Each of us has a customer retention superpower. Regardless of our job title, pay grade or level of education. Have you discovered yours yet? Our superpower is unique to each one of us. We may do a lot of things really well, or only a few things really well. MORE
A workforce profitability strategy is more than a hiring strategy focused on preventing employee churn. Instead of churn prevention as the objective, employee co-investment in business growth becomes the goal. MORE
I recommend creating a toxic customer exit strategy. Over time, having this strategy in your back pocket saves your sanity, as well as professional integrity. Otherwise, toxic customers walk all over you, your colleagues and your organization. No matter how well you honor your commitments to them. MORE
The people value which organizations and associations bring to customers’ tables influences whether customers will stick with you. Or not. Your people, and their understanding of the intrinsic value they provide to stakeholders and customers, are your “secret sauce.”. MORE
How often do you rely on the job titles listed on resumes to propel your professional development trajectory? These job titles do not necessarily speak for themselves. First, job titles indicate (or at least should) a steady progression on increased responsibility and functional performance. MORE
Do you have a customer retention scorecard? You know what I am talking about. Any of the plethora of scoring systems which measure customer satisfaction and loyalty. Chances are, your organization already has a scorecard or two. MORE
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
If you practice a hopscotch client retention strategy, do not get your hopes up. Making clients successful is hardly child’s play. Co-partnering in your client’s success involves more than adhering to a mostly-linear protocol.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Do we really understand the difference between customer service delivery and customer experience delivery? Or, do we use the two terms interchangeably? At times, our self-focused perception leaves customer service delivery up to everyone with “service” as part of their job titles.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Social communication etiquette is going over the top. Have you noticed? In spite of the topics I scheduled on my editorial calendar, the theme of this week’s posts is rapidly becoming Communication. Communication between leadership, management and front line employees.
One Millimeter Mindset
AUGUST 23, 2018
Do you have a customer retention scorecard? You know what I am talking about. Any of the plethora of scoring systems which measure customer satisfaction and loyalty. Chances are, your organization already has a scorecard or two.
Speaker: Kerry Bodine and Lindsay Sykes
The practice of journey mapping has reached fever pitch. But your mapping efforts are only effective if the resulting maps help you drive organization change — and then measure the results of your efforts. Join Intouch Insight and Kerry Bodine, CX expert and co-author of Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business, as she shares Bodine & Co.’s latest research on this topic.
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Current and potential customers can tell us overstated stories. To attract our attention, negotiate business with us. And lead us on and on and on. So, why do we continue to believe them? Until we don’t, anymore? First of all, we are flattered that these customers contacted us.
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One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Why do initiatives on retaining customers still feel like a bunch of isolated actions? Provided by people in separate departments. With different functions. All throwing their professional efforts at the customer. Instead of in partnership with the customer.
One Millimeter Mindset
APRIL 18, 2019
Adding selling pressure to the functional responsibilities of front line and back end service teams can backfire. First, these teams are not hired, or trained, to sell. Next, these teams may not have time to sell effectively, especially when actively serving customers.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Are we a bit too devoted to and obsessed by our professional labels? The awards we collect. The Top List of This or That we are on. Those accomplishments, honors, certifications, academic degrees in which we revel. Our professional labels are What We “Do”, for Other People, Right Now. Hmmm……. Really?
One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 18, 2019
Ever consider the type of professional legacy you create? As you strive to meet an organization’s KPIs for the functional role in which you serve?
Advertiser: Interactions LLC
The quality of a customer care strategy can make or break a company, but simply resolving a customer service issue or complaint is no longer enough. Learn the 4 steps that address the major points you need to consider when building a customer care roadmap.
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One Millimeter Mindset
APRIL 17, 2019
Really? The idea of a left brain thinker, or STEM colleague, running your next sales team meeting probably is one of your biggest nightmares. Mostly because you avoid working directly with the STEM colleagues and left brain thinkers in your organization.
One Millimeter Mindset
APRIL 8, 2019
Ah, the life of left brain thinkers is complex and frustrating. These professionals, including STEM professionals (Science-Technology-Engineer-Mathematics), often are the smartest people in the room. Hands down. They also are the hardest-to-understand people in the room. That is why business decision makers turn off and tune out presentations and communications from the left brain thinkers in your organization.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
How are your best value added customer experience efforts sabotaged, both pre- and post-sale? What you do, when you are not actively selling, engineering, coding and serving, adds value to each customer’s experience of how it is to work with you.
One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 28, 2019
Each of us has a customer retention superpower. Regardless of our job title, pay grade or level of education. Have you discovered yours yet? Our superpower is unique to each one of us. We may do a lot of things really well, or only a few things really well.
Speaker: Claire Beatty, Editorial Director - Asia, MIT Technology Review Insights
Join Genesys for this webinar to learn how leading companies are using blended AI to drive customer intimacy and revenue growth.
One Millimeter Mindset
APRIL 11, 2019
Once a week, take a STEM or Left Brain Colleague to coffee! Yes, I am not crazy. I have not lost my marbles. Oh, and if you are reading this post, and happen to be one of those STEM or Left Brain professionals, you know what your mission is.
One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 4, 2019
No matter where we sit around the business table, we sling our professional spiel. Our buzz words, our technical words, our “I’m part of The Club” words. In our minds, we showcase our expertise. However, in the minds of our audiences, teams and stakeholders, we just may be showing off.
One Millimeter Mindset
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
The people value which organizations and associations bring to customers’ tables influences whether customers will stick with you. Or not. Your people, and their understanding of the intrinsic value they provide to stakeholders and customers, are your “secret sauce.”.
One Millimeter Mindset
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Business growth status quo happens. When you take your eye off the top and bottom lines because things appear to be going well. Or, are they? Really? After all, your business has a pipeline full of repeat business. At least, that is what your sales team tells you.
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One Millimeter Mindset
JANUARY 28, 2019
If your colleagues and clients gave you a soft skills scorecard, how would they rate you? Now, those of you on the sales, marketing and even HR side of the table may feel you get a free pass out of this conversation.
One Millimeter Mindset
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
A workforce profitability strategy is more than a hiring strategy focused on preventing employee churn. Instead of churn prevention as the objective, employee co-investment in business growth becomes the goal.
One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 7, 2019
Do you retain employees as a critical part of your customer retention strategy? Or, are your (especially) front line employees considered to be disposable? Easily-replaced commodities in a numbers game? I recall a bunch of client conversations I had as a sales newbie.
One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 6, 2019
Post sale execution experience makes or breaks customer experiences. Why jeopardize customer loyalty, success and retention by making assumptions about what happens next? When, in fact, nothing is happening, at all. Or worse, something in-between.
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One Millimeter Mindset
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
A potent client retention strategy is driven by an equally potent human capital strategy. Otherwise, stakeholder churn rates negatively impact your organization’s and association’s ability to hold on to the customers you work so hard to win.
One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 11, 2019
How often do you rely on the job titles listed on resumes to propel your professional development trajectory? These job titles do not necessarily speak for themselves. First, job titles indicate (or at least should) a steady progression on increased responsibility and functional performance.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
I recommend creating a toxic customer exit strategy. Over time, having this strategy in your back pocket saves your sanity, as well as professional integrity. Otherwise, toxic customers walk all over you, your colleagues and your organization. No matter how well you honor your commitments to them.
One Millimeter Mindset
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
We all experience difficult customers, from time to time. When we only have one customer as our “one and only” customer, well, things become challenging. It seems like we are continuously wrestling with big hairy issues and little annoying ones.
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One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 14, 2019
Major account teams strive so hard to create client-focused solutions. However, no matter how insightful the solution proposed, there can be stakeholder resistance. And not only from the client side of the table. This scenario frustrates not only the major account teams.
One Millimeter Mindset
DECEMBER 3, 2018
Our clients just may hide their real business stories from us. When we sell to them, design for them, implement solutions or engage in customer service activities. Initially, we are excited to do business with these clients, even if they already are existing customers.
One Millimeter Mindset
JANUARY 14, 2019
A Happy New Year Strategy keeps your own professional development front and center throughout the year. Otherwise, it is too easy to be distracted by drama, disruptions and other people’s ideas of how you should spend your workday. Happiness is easier said than done.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
We instinctively know that collaborative storytelling is profitable. Except, we don’t have time to discover valuable client stories. Or, tell these stories, compellingly, while acquiring or retaining customers.
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One Millimeter Mindset
AUGUST 27, 2018
Innovative customer experiences stand out from what customers are used to experiencing. Not only do these experiences feel different, as they happen.
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