Speaking and sharing my experience for as long as I have in the customer/experience relationship space, I’ve had the absolutely pleasure of making some friends along the way. People that will just pick up a phone or message back and forth to share some guidance, insight or an ear. One of those amazing people is […]
What if we cared about our employees as much (or more) as we do about our customers? For inspiring employee experience ideas, a great place to look is what you’re probably already doing for the customer experience. “Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service […]
Legacy is a funny thing. It’s a term used more and more in organizations when executives or senior management are in their mid- to late career. Their bosses will ask, or they’ll ask themselves,… “What do you want your legacy to be?” But what does that even mean? As Merriam-Webster Dictionary states it: leg·
Internal podcasts are a great tool for communications and to engage your employees. It’s like having your very own company culture radio station. The popularity and adoption of podcasting continues to rise. According to Statistica, the number of those who have listened to podcasts over the age of 12, jumped 44% from 2018 to 2019. […]
The thing about expectations is they never go down. SMS self service is no different. Customers are getting exceedingly comfortable navigating digital engagement with brands. And the expectations they have around what service will look like in that landscape continues to rise, whether your organization is ready or not. It’s often said that customers aren’t […]
You have employee experience superpowers and you may not even know it. I’m a super hero nerd. I grew up on Marvel comics, reading about the latest adventures of Spider-man, the Avengers and the X-men. And, with the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, I’m a very happy, happy boy. Watching these extraordinary people […]
It doesn’t need to take much for a customer to break up with your business, go to your competition and never use your service or product again. And there are so many factors that can go into it – the kind of day the customer is having, the kind of day the business is having, […]
We can love what we do and still need to practice self care to address our mental health. In providing customer care to your customers through frontline services (social media platforms, LIVE chat, phone, in-person), you will engage every day – answering questions, correcting misinformation, listening to concerns, passing on feedback, etc. This is all […]
Email. People hate it. Yet people prefer it because it’s what they know. After a quick Google search of email as an internal communications tool, I found lots of articles about how it should be ditched as a way to engage employees. But upon further reading those same articles, I found the biggest reason they […]
Are you ready to be a better communicator? FYI: As a current or aspiring leader, your answer always needs to be YES. I had the pleasure to speak on the challenges to good communication and tips to improve it at the BIG Ready conference. The BIG Ready, hosted by the Productivityist Mike Vardy, is an […]
