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Create Happier Customers & Employees: 7 Ways to Turn Empathy Into Action
What Does Employee and Customer Empathy Really Mean, Anyway? What do you think of when you hear the word empathy? How about customer empathy? Employee empathy? We know that the best brands in the world create
How to Reduce Customer Effort Before it Can Build Up
How can organizations help customers avoid the effort in the first place? There are 5 core methods to effectively reduce customer effort: Dive into root cause analysis Solicit open-ended feedback Put the customer at the
A Call for Representation in Customer Experience
We Must Ask the Tough Questions. It’s not business as usual in the United States. It hasn’t been since the May 25th police killing of George Floyd, and the resulting days of protests in America
Improve Your Voice of the Customer Program: Focus on These 3 Things
My client walked me into the lobby of their shiny new headquarters. He exclaimed: “You’ll love this! We have the Voice of the Customer on screens everywhere!” The first screen I saw, behind the receptionist,
Service Blueprinting and the Next Normal
How can leaders best prepare for the next normal? Service blueprinting may be the answer. What is the Next Normal? Organizations are planning for a phase of reopening including determining how customers can safely make
5 Ways to Connect the Learner’s Journey to the Employee Journey
I’m really encouraged by the amount of focus and attention leaders are beginning to put on the employee experience. Not the specific role or job deliverables, but the overall well-being and journey that an employee takes with their
How to Pitch New CX Initiatives & Overcome Objections of Decision-Makers
Getting Decision-Makers to Approve New Customer Experience Initiatives Has Rarely Been Easy Customer experience, a business discipline late to the business doctrine party, has often been told to sit at the kids’ table and be
How to Revise Employee Experience for Social Distancing
Today’s employee experience is not what people were promised. The employee experience today, with social distancing, distributed teams, and different expectations, is a far cry from what most of our employees have come to expect
How to Build & Maintain Customer Trust During Covid-19
Trust is a critical part of any relationship. We build relationships when we trust the other party, and when we’ve built enough trust with them. Little moments can build or break down trust quickly. Has
