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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. That means we assume customer service is someone else’s responsibility. Certainly not ours. After all, we have more important things to do, selling, engineering, coding, managing. Even leading. Oh really? MORE
When you use shifting story narratives to persuade, justify or invite people to join your story, the effect is just the opposite. Instead of saying yes, they can become skeptical: of you, your solution and even your organization. MORE
Do you have the same post pandemic professional target you aimed at about 18 months ago? Our professional environments have shifted. Many professionals I speak to feel somewhat out of sync professionally: trying to fit back into environments that just do not fit them anymore. MORE
Post pandemic professional innovation requires you to push yourself to make necessary hard calls. Deciding on that first push forward is the hardest call you make. Because as you collectively crawl out of your quarantine caves, into the light, you discover the business ecosystem is changed. MORE
It definitely is up to you; it is your professional choice. Name the one millimeter you will navigate this week to get to where you really need to go, together. There is that one person, one idea, one project, one concept, one professional discipline which always gives you reason for Pause. MORE
Are you perceived as being too easy to work with? Think about it. Yes, you focus on being a team player. And you always try to do “whatever it takes” to acquire and/or serve colleagues and customers. MORE
What happens when strategic business stories become too ambiguous to everyone, including you? Yesterday, we explored whether your compelling business stories are too specific and tactically focused. Today, let’s explore what happens when your stories get lost in the strategic clouds. MORE
What happens when you are open to undiscovered conversations? Instead of relying on scripted client conversations to guide your discussions with clients. These memorable conversations arise spontaneously. A dynamic dialogue begins. MORE
Serving your best business clients is part of everyone’s job description. Because how you serve impacts whether you retain these clients and sustain your business. How well are you doing? Determining how you serve your best business clients starts by defining just who your best business clients are. MORE
First, how will you get from where you were yesterday to where you really need to go, today? Then, how do you plan to navigate from a professional place of irresolution today to one of resolution tomorrow? Throughout September, the pace of how we work accelerated. MORE
Does a continuous learning strategy fit into your professional roadmap? Are you always focused on learning new stuff, different ways of perceiving problems, and additive skills for professional improvement? MORE
Do you perceive yourself as a problem solver, manager, or a spectator? Think about it. First, a colleague identifies a current or potential problem. Next, are you their top-of-mind, go-to resource to find a solution? MORE
Are you busy delivering non-stop, one-way output to your team? If so, you may fall short of creating opportunities to impact, engage, inspire, take action, and innovate. Together. MORE
Organizational value silos are found in all sizes and shapes of companies. Initially, silos are created and nurtured by business and hiring models which categorize people into functional roles based on how they solve problems. MORE
Wishing you 2020 Holiday and 2021 New Year Hope and Purpose. As we move forward together towards 2021, we now share a common story: 2020. How will you incorporate your experiences and insights into the value of your professional story, moving forward? One millimeter at a time. 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. Rather, start by being better prepared to weigh risks against opportunities. As a result, serve your clients better and better over the duration of your relationship with them. MORE
Revenue generation is everyone’s collaborative responsibility, regardless of whether it is stated or not in your job description. Are you engaged in revenue generation or cost containment in your current professional role? Instead of either-or, let’s transform your role into yes-and. MORE
How many cross functional opportunities do each of us have every day? Because these opportunities can redefine our professional value, moving forward. Cross functional opportunities are created both intentionally as well as arising quite unintentionally. MORE
Have you ever been involved in a project where everything looked great on paper? Until, that is, the project is implemented within a real-time setting? At that point, what you expect to happen takes off in all sorts of unanticipated directions. I can see some of you nodding your heads in agreement. MORE
You and I operate according to a series to basic assumptions which are part of the culture of our professional disciplines. What are yours? Professional assumptions are beliefs taken to be true, even if there is inconclusive proof. MORE
By now you probably have pandemic stories to tell. Most likely due to the ubiquitous impact of the current health scenario on how we work (and where, when, why, if). How has the pandemic fueled not only your own professional delivery of client-focused solutions? MORE
The first month of 2021 is nearly completed. I don’t know about you. However, to me, it felt like the month’s progress was a tug-of-war. What a stop-start entry into the new year. So let’s get going, shall we? Because you and I have lots of work to do this year. And even more to accomplish together. MORE
Collaboration-resistant colleagues are tough to work with. Because there is not one idea you can introduce to the table they haven’t heard of before, thought of themselves, or already learned. Or so they say. Do you work with collaboration-resistant colleagues? . MORE
Are you creating an innovative customer retention strategy for what is new and next? And nowhere near to whatever has been normal.). Consider that retaining yesterday’s clients just may not be the primary focus of this strategy, either. MORE
Are you comfortably connecting strategic value dots across your organization? If you are really, really comfortable connecting those dots, you may not be providing the robust yet nimble business outcomes you target. Here’s why. MORE
Consistently choosing the right solution to better serve colleagues and clients is no easy task. First, the right solution is not necessarily the easiest or most popular. Next, you or your team can become comfortable choosing professionally comfortable solutions. MORE
An enlightened cross-functional customer retention strategy is key to strategic business success. After all, retaining customers is central to business longevity. You know this. I know this. We all know this. So, why is “this” so difficult to do… cross-functionally? MORE
In 2019, I never imagined I’d be creating a 2020 Thanksgiving Gratitude blog post during a global pandemic. However, this is a very different year for all of us. And so is this blog post. MORE
Which team role do you usually take during meetings? Are you usually boxed into a corner, fulfilling a pre-determined role? Or do you assume a different voice at each meeting? And the voice you speak from depends on the nature of the meeting, the participants, and the desired outcomes. MORE
Brain cross training is a potent strategy for becoming more professionally visible, cross-functionally relevant, and strategically valuable. And this hybrid skill set is tailor-made for what is new and next in our workplaces. Sound daunting? It’s easier than you think. MORE
Successful collaboration involves taking action on all those marvelous ideas bouncing around inside your brains! Especially taking action on more ideas generated when complex problem-solving, together. MORE
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Have you ever been involved in a project where everything looked great on paper? Until, that is, the project is implemented within a real-time setting? At that point, what you expect to happen takes off in all sorts of unanticipated directions. I can see some of you nodding your heads in agreement.
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Consistently choosing the right solution to better serve colleagues and clients is no easy task. First, the right solution is not necessarily the easiest or most popular. Next, you or your team can become comfortable choosing professionally comfortable solutions.
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One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Are you comfortably connecting strategic value dots across your organization? If you are really, really comfortable connecting those dots, you may not be providing the robust yet nimble business outcomes you target. Here’s why.
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
First, how will you get from where you were yesterday to where you really need to go, today? Then, how do you plan to navigate from a professional place of irresolution today to one of resolution tomorrow? Throughout September, the pace of how we work accelerated.
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One Millimeter Mindset
AUGUST 11, 2021
Organizational value silos are found in all sizes and shapes of companies. Initially, silos are created and nurtured by business and hiring models which categorize people into functional roles based on how they solve problems.
One Millimeter Mindset
JULY 28, 2021
Collaboration-resistant colleagues are tough to work with. Because there is not one idea you can introduce to the table they haven’t heard of before, thought of themselves, or already learned. Or so they say. Do you work with collaboration-resistant colleagues? .
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Do you perceive yourself as a problem solver, manager, or a spectator? Think about it. First, a colleague identifies a current or potential problem. Next, are you their top-of-mind, go-to resource to find a solution?
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Do you have the same post pandemic professional target you aimed at about 18 months ago? Our professional environments have shifted. Many professionals I speak to feel somewhat out of sync professionally: trying to fit back into environments that just do not fit them anymore.
One Millimeter Mindset
JUNE 2, 2021
Are you perceived as being too easy to work with? Think about it. Yes, you focus on being a team player. And you always try to do “whatever it takes” to acquire and/or serve colleagues and customers.
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One Millimeter Mindset
MAY 27, 2021
Revenue generation is everyone’s collaborative responsibility, regardless of whether it is stated or not in your job description. Are you engaged in revenue generation or cost containment in your current professional role? Instead of either-or, let’s transform your role into yes-and.
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. Rather, start by being better prepared to weigh risks against opportunities. As a result, serve your clients better and better over the duration of your relationship with them.
One Millimeter Mindset
JANUARY 28, 2021
The first month of 2021 is nearly completed. I don’t know about you. However, to me, it felt like the month’s progress was a tug-of-war. What a stop-start entry into the new year. So let’s get going, shall we? Because you and I have lots of work to do this year. And even more to accomplish together.
One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 11, 2021
Does a continuous learning strategy fit into your professional roadmap? Are you always focused on learning new stuff, different ways of perceiving problems, and additive skills for professional improvement?
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One Millimeter Mindset
MAY 6, 2021
Successful collaboration involves taking action on all those marvelous ideas bouncing around inside your brains! Especially taking action on more ideas generated when complex problem-solving, together.
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. That means we assume customer service is someone else’s responsibility. Certainly not ours. After all, we have more important things to do, selling, engineering, coding, managing. Even leading. Oh really?
One Millimeter Mindset
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
What happens when strategic business stories become too ambiguous to everyone, including you? Yesterday, we explored whether your compelling business stories are too specific and tactically focused. Today, let’s explore what happens when your stories get lost in the strategic clouds.
One Millimeter Mindset
APRIL 15, 2021
Post pandemic professional innovation requires you to push yourself to make necessary hard calls. Deciding on that first push forward is the hardest call you make. Because as you collectively crawl out of your quarantine caves, into the light, you discover the business ecosystem is changed.
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One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 25, 2021
How many cross functional opportunities do each of us have every day? Because these opportunities can redefine our professional value, moving forward. Cross functional opportunities are created both intentionally as well as arising quite unintentionally.
One Millimeter Mindset
DECEMBER 24, 2020
Wishing you 2020 Holiday and 2021 New Year Hope and Purpose. As we move forward together towards 2021, we now share a common story: 2020. How will you incorporate your experiences and insights into the value of your professional story, moving forward? One millimeter at a time.
One Millimeter Mindset
MARCH 9, 2021
An enlightened cross-functional customer retention strategy is key to strategic business success. After all, retaining customers is central to business longevity. You know this. I know this. We all know this. So, why is “this” so difficult to do… cross-functionally?
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
In 2019, I never imagined I’d be creating a 2020 Thanksgiving Gratitude blog post during a global pandemic. However, this is a very different year for all of us. And so is this blog post.
Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Head of Product Growth at Reputation & Michele Bettinazzi, Customer Experience Manager at PeakMade Real Estate
Improved marketing conversion, happy customers, and faster growth - that’s only three things that can be accomplished by just listening to your customers. Customer feedback is an extremely invaluable tool to keeping retention high, attracting new business, and improving the general operations of your business. The question is - how do you capture all this? Join Adam Dorfman, Head of Product Growth at Reputation & Michele Bettinazzi, Customer Experience Manager at PeakMade Real Estate, for this essential discussion on the ins and outs of brokering the optimal customer interaction.
One Millimeter Mindset
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Which team role do you usually take during meetings? Are you usually boxed into a corner, fulfilling a pre-determined role? Or do you assume a different voice at each meeting? And the voice you speak from depends on the nature of the meeting, the participants, and the desired outcomes.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Are you creating an innovative customer retention strategy for what is new and next? And nowhere near to whatever has been normal.). Consider that retaining yesterday’s clients just may not be the primary focus of this strategy, either.
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 8, 2020
When you use shifting story narratives to persuade, justify or invite people to join your story, the effect is just the opposite. Instead of saying yes, they can become skeptical: of you, your solution and even your organization.
One Millimeter Mindset
MAY 13, 2021
Brain cross training is a potent strategy for becoming more professionally visible, cross-functionally relevant, and strategically valuable. And this hybrid skill set is tailor-made for what is new and next in our workplaces. Sound daunting? It’s easier than you think.
Speaker: Keynote Speaker, Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist, Canva
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One Millimeter Mindset
APRIL 28, 2021
It definitely is up to you; it is your professional choice. Name the one millimeter you will navigate this week to get to where you really need to go, together. There is that one person, one idea, one project, one concept, one professional discipline which always gives you reason for Pause.
One Millimeter Mindset
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Serving your best business clients is part of everyone’s job description. Because how you serve impacts whether you retain these clients and sustain your business. How well are you doing? Determining how you serve your best business clients starts by defining just who your best business clients are.
One Millimeter Mindset
OCTOBER 27, 2020
What happens when you are open to undiscovered conversations? Instead of relying on scripted client conversations to guide your discussions with clients. These memorable conversations arise spontaneously. A dynamic dialogue begins.
One Millimeter Mindset
AUGUST 4, 2020
By now you probably have pandemic stories to tell. Most likely due to the ubiquitous impact of the current health scenario on how we work (and where, when, why, if). How has the pandemic fueled not only your own professional delivery of client-focused solutions?
Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo
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One Millimeter Mindset
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Are you busy delivering non-stop, one-way output to your team? If so, you may fall short of creating opportunities to impact, engage, inspire, take action, and innovate. Together.
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