Customer Experience Predictions for 2025: Insights from the Field (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about my predictions for the trends that will dominate the CX landscape in 2025. 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…
Wrapping Up the Year Strong: Strategies for Thriving During the Holiday Season
I’ve always liked this quote from Mathematician and Naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. Leclerc’s wisdom is beneficial as we travel through the peak holiday season (roughly from Thanksgiving to Christmas). As we countdown to Christmas, here are ten tips I’ve compiled from my experiences working with companies like…
Transforming Service into Experience: The Power of Personal Connection (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about excelling at service and experience delivery. 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
Transforming Service into Experience: The Power of Personal Connection
Customer service is often defined by transactions that fulfill a stated need. However, customer experience goes far beyond need fulfillment. Loyalty-building experiences are created when businesses surprise customers with care that exceeds expectations. Here’s an example from Capital One that highlights how a business can transform a simple service interaction into an unforgettable experience. A…
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…
Defying Expectations – The Power of Vision, Purpose, and Dedication (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about inspiring your team through vision, purpose, and dedication. 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
Autonomy and Guidelines – The Art of Front-Line Empowerment (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about empowering your team. 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
Autonomy and Guidelines – The Art of Front-Line Empowerment
Why do people leave employers? An outstanding customer experience professional shared, “I didn’t want to leave the company, but I didn’t have the authority to make things right for customers, and escalated issues didn’t get resolved.” Her experience highlights a significant issue in customer service management: the need for more empowerment for front-line employees. A…
