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
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
Have you ever realized that it is “that” time? Time for a leap of faith: in yourself, your employees and your business model? That remaining stuck in what got you to where you are, Today, just is not going to get you to where you need to be, Tomorrow, and in the Future? 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
All of us have toxic demanding customers in our client bases. However, we do have control over the situation. Let’s explore. These customers pride themselves in making our business lives difficult. First, they are predictable: they will challenge all proposed solutions. Even the simplest ones. MORE
The quality of engagement experience is essential for fueling ongoing, high-quality customer experiences. First, the act of engaging customers encourages both customers and sellers to exchange energy with one another. Like a chemical equation, is the desired reaction balanced and controlled? 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
Ever think that your organization’s or association’s customer retention strategy may actually function as a customer churn strategy? First, assuming that you have a customer retention strategy in place, when is the last time you did a forensic analysis of strategy effectiveness? MORE
Innovative customer experiences stand out from what customers are used to experiencing. Not only do these experiences feel different, as they happen. MORE
Uncollaborative company cultures have long track records of retaining customers. Throughout our careers, you and I have worked for one, if not several, of these cultures. MORE
These 5 little One Millimeter Mindset workplace collaboration blog posts wrap your brain around the notion that collaboration no longer is a “nice to have” soft skill. You know. An occasional behavior we put into play every now-and-then, when we feel like it. But, most of the time, ignore. MORE
Customer retention is a business growth, expansion and sustainability strategy. Yes, sales people usually get all the glory. However, in reality, customer retention is firmly in the hands of everyone else in the organization who usually is not part of the customer acquisition process. MORE
Is your account base full of unintentionally acquired, potentially disposable clients? Go on. Take a good look. Disposable clients are historical in nature or easily acquired to fulfill quarterly quota. And then they stick around. MORE
Are competing customer retention cultures crippling your organization or association? Often, businesses remain blissfully unaware that employees perform at cross-purposes to one another. Professionally, functionally, emotionally and purposefully. MORE
How comfortable are you with client storytelling? Storytelling is a Big Idea involving professional evolution of soft skills you are less-than-comfortable applying to business development and problem-solving. First, most of us do not perceive ourselves as storytellers. MORE
Each day, departmental factions negatively impact workplace productivity and profitability. Eventually, factions perpetuate subtle assumptions. Over time, assumptions become dogma and are hard-wired into decision-making that impacts how we deliver to customers. MORE
Engaged employees are not necessarily relentlessly curious employees. Do you identify who the relentlessly curious employees are in your organization? Perhaps you should. Because they are key to positive customer experiences. And they fuel customer success and customer retention. Here’s why. 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
These 5 One Millimeter Mindset Collaborative Storytelling Blog posts are focused on helping you “see” your organization’s or association’s stories as vibrant testimonials of how you serve customers. Collaborative storytelling is the hallmark of humanity. 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
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
Does our organization engage in a couch potato storytelling culture? We know the plot. A client has a problem. They are in crisis and call our company. Our company solves the client’s problem. And everyone lives happily ever-after. And returns to their couches. End of story. 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
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
The customer retention ownership conversation is not a matter of assigning this critical-to-sustainability activity to “someone” in your organization. You know. Out of sight. Out of mind. Until “something” happens. And it always does, doesn’t it? MORE
These third quarter zinger blog posts focus on how “what we do” impacts the customers we serve. So often, all of us get caught up going through the “steps” of someone else’s process or “how to” formula. Yet, our actions fall short. MORE
Can we talk? Your employees are confused about their customer retention roles. And if your employees are confused, think about how their confusion translates. Into customer experiences, customer success and customer retention. 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
Everyone has professional habits: some good and some not so hot. The good habits are the ones we rely on, time after time. Because good, solid professional habits are the core foundation of our professional success. Not only that. MORE
Innovative customer retention should not be a rare occurrence. However, in many organizations, innovative is the last thing customers expect. Here’s why. First of all, customers continuously re-evaluate why they do business with us. Whether we are aware of their evaluations, or not. MORE
At the end of each business day, our clients do not care about our job titles. And neither should we. First, our clients do not know what our job titles “mean.” How many times have we sat in a meeting or conference with colleagues who also carry the same job title that we do? MORE
How well do we leverage collaborative client relationships? For starters, how many of us actually collaborate with clients? Occasionally? Continuously? Not at all? Sure, we send out quarterly customer experience surveys and determine how many green smiley faces we receive. MORE
When we create collaborative workplace experiences, we create better and better customer experiences. This is common sense. You know it. I know it. Yet this scenario is not quite how things happen in the workplace, is it? 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
After all is said and done, collaborative revenue generation is part of everyone’s job function. Whether stated or not in an employee’s job description. Sounds pretty boring, doesn’t it? 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.
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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.
One Millimeter Mindset
AUGUST 9, 2018
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.
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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
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
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
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Engaged employees are not necessarily relentlessly curious employees. Do you identify who the relentlessly curious employees are in your organization? Perhaps you should. Because they are key to positive customer experiences. And they fuel customer success and customer retention. Here’s why.
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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.
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One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Ever think that your organization’s or association’s customer retention strategy may actually function as a customer churn strategy? First, assuming that you have a customer retention strategy in place, when is the last time you did a forensic analysis of strategy effectiveness?
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.
One Millimeter Mindset
DECEMBER 10, 2018
These 5 little One Millimeter Mindset workplace collaboration blog posts wrap your brain around the notion that collaboration no longer is a “nice to have” soft skill. You know. An occasional behavior we put into play every now-and-then, when we feel like it. But, most of the time, ignore.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
After all is said and done, collaborative revenue generation is part of everyone’s job function. Whether stated or not in an employee’s job description. Sounds pretty boring, doesn’t it?
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A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.
One Millimeter Mindset
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Customer retention is a business growth, expansion and sustainability strategy. Yes, sales people usually get all the glory. However, in reality, customer retention is firmly in the hands of everyone else in the organization who usually is not part of the customer acquisition process.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Innovative customer retention should not be a rare occurrence. However, in many organizations, innovative is the last thing customers expect. Here’s why. First of all, customers continuously re-evaluate why they do business with us. Whether we are aware of their evaluations, or not.
One Millimeter Mindset
DECEMBER 13, 2018
These 5 One Millimeter Mindset Collaborative Storytelling Blog posts are focused on helping you “see” your organization’s or association’s stories as vibrant testimonials of how you serve customers. Collaborative storytelling is the hallmark of humanity.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
At the end of each business day, our clients do not care about our job titles. And neither should we. First, our clients do not know what our job titles “mean.” How many times have we sat in a meeting or conference with colleagues who also carry the same job title that we do?
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One Millimeter Mindset
DECEMBER 6, 2018
How comfortable are you with client storytelling? Storytelling is a Big Idea involving professional evolution of soft skills you are less-than-comfortable applying to business development and problem-solving. First, most of us do not perceive ourselves as storytellers.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 22, 2018
Have you ever realized that it is “that” time? Time for a leap of faith: in yourself, your employees and your business model? That remaining stuck in what got you to where you are, Today, just is not going to get you to where you need to be, Tomorrow, and in the Future?
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Can we talk? Your employees are confused about their customer retention roles. And if your employees are confused, think about how their confusion translates. Into customer experiences, customer success and customer retention.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Are competing customer retention cultures crippling your organization or association? Often, businesses remain blissfully unaware that employees perform at cross-purposes to one another. Professionally, functionally, emotionally and purposefully.
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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.
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 8, 2018
The quality of engagement experience is essential for fueling ongoing, high-quality customer experiences. First, the act of engaging customers encourages both customers and sellers to exchange energy with one another. Like a chemical equation, is the desired reaction balanced and controlled?
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Does our organization engage in a couch potato storytelling culture? We know the plot. A client has a problem. They are in crisis and call our company. Our company solves the client’s problem. And everyone lives happily ever-after. And returns to their couches. End of story.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
How well do we leverage collaborative client relationships? For starters, how many of us actually collaborate with clients? Occasionally? Continuously? Not at all? Sure, we send out quarterly customer experience surveys and determine how many green smiley faces we receive.
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One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
When we create collaborative workplace experiences, we create better and better customer experiences. This is common sense. You know it. I know it. Yet this scenario is not quite how things happen in the workplace, is it?
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 4, 2018
Each day, departmental factions negatively impact workplace productivity and profitability. Eventually, factions perpetuate subtle assumptions. Over time, assumptions become dogma and are hard-wired into decision-making that impacts how we deliver to customers.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Is your account base full of unintentionally acquired, potentially disposable clients? Go on. Take a good look. Disposable clients are historical in nature or easily acquired to fulfill quarterly quota. And then they stick around.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
The customer retention ownership conversation is not a matter of assigning this critical-to-sustainability activity to “someone” in your organization. You know. Out of sight. Out of mind. Until “something” happens. And it always does, doesn’t it?
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One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Uncollaborative company cultures have long track records of retaining customers. Throughout our careers, you and I have worked for one, if not several, of these cultures.
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Everyone has professional habits: some good and some not so hot. The good habits are the ones we rely on, time after time. Because good, solid professional habits are the core foundation of our professional success. Not only that.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
All of us have toxic demanding customers in our client bases. However, we do have control over the situation. Let’s explore. These customers pride themselves in making our business lives difficult. First, they are predictable: they will challenge all proposed solutions. Even the simplest ones.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
These third quarter zinger blog posts focus on how “what we do” impacts the customers we serve. So often, all of us get caught up going through the “steps” of someone else’s process or “how to” formula. Yet, our actions fall short.
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