The Success of Your Business Depends on a Single Question: How Do You Respond?
Through the years, I’ve made a simplistic observation about leaders of exceptional customer experience companies. They tend to view team members and customers much like philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau did when he noted, “People in their natural state are basically good.” By contrast, less successful customer experience leaders tend to see people like philosopher Thomas Hobbes…
Customer Experience (CX) Day – Celebrating the Power of Partnership
About 18 months ago, Dr. Joseph Hopkins, President of Campbellsville University, contacted me to discuss elevating servant leadership and, more specifically, to explore how we might partner to develop service excellence curricula and programs. President Joseph Hopkins After some due diligence, I am glad I said “yes” to being a visiting assistant professor of service…
Your Customers Are Changing Fast, Are You? (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about effectively adapting to changing customer needs and preferences. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Your Customers Are Changing Fast, Are You?
In my years as a consultant for Starbucks and author of two books about them, The Starbucks Experience and Leading the Starbucks Way, I’ve seen firsthand how the company has continuously adapted to changing customer preferences. Under Howard Schultz’s leadership, Starbucks was positioned as a “third place” where -people came together in an environment less…
Birds of Different Feathers SHOULD Flock Together: The Power of Strategic Partnerships for Sustainable Growth (Infographics)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about creating unexpected and mutually beneficial partnerships. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Walking Your Talk: Cultivating Authentic Customer Service (Part 2 of 2) (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about cultivating authentic customer service. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Walking Your Talk: Cultivating Authentic Customer Service (Part 1 of 2)
I have often suggested that a measure of a person and a brand is what people say about you when you are not around. My book “The Zappos Experience” includes many customer voices demonstrating how people talk about service brands that authentically care about them. For example, here’s an X (formerly Twitter) post: @ptubach “Went…
Owning Peace of Mind – Everyone is Responsible for Customer Calm (Part 1 of 2) (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about ensuring you deliver peace of mind to your customers. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Lovemark? Infusing your brand with Mystery, Sensuality and Intimacy (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about achieving “customer loyalty beyond reason. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Strengthening Teams Through Recognition
For customers to consistently feel understood and appreciated, staff must consistently feel understood and appreciated. While leaders and managers usually intend to listen to and recognize team members, those intentions often get lost amid daily challenges and demands. In the classic book, “The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their Employees,…