Savor and Elevate | How to Deliver World-Class Customer Experiences – Leading the Starbucks Way
For context and based on requests, I’m in the process of presenting key concepts from my ten McGraw-Hill customer experience and leadership books. This is the first in a five-post series, “How to Deliver World-Class Customer Experiences – Leading the Starbucks Way.” The story of Starbucks’ meteoric growth during the 1990s and early 2000s is well…
Everyone is in the Hospitality Business | Customer Experience Excellence – The Airbnb Way
This is the third in a 5-part series. This week we continue to journey through key concepts found in my 10 leadership books. Let’s rejoin our brisk review of my book titled The Airbnb Way – 5 Leadership Lessons for Igniting Growth through Loyalty, Community, and Belonging. Last week we touched on trust. This week we will highlight hospitality and in the weeks…
Trust is the Currency of Relationships | Customer Experience Excellence – The Airbnb Way
This is the second in a 5-post series. This week we continue to journey through key concepts found in my 10 leadership books and pick up our exploration of my book titled The Airbnb Way – 5 Leadership Lessons for Igniting Growth through Loyalty, Community, and Belonging. Last week we touched on belonging, this week we highlight trust and in the weeks ahead…
How do you know if they are engaged? | Customer Experience IS Team Member Experience
This is the third post in a series titled “Customer Experience IS Team Member Experience.” As promised, this week we will look at how to best measure attitudinal and behavioral elements of employee engagement or EE. In his research summary on EE, Professor Robert Frank addresses measurement by noting: “The most popular and most widely researched EE assessment is…
Vigor, Dedication, and Absorption | Customer Experience is the Result of Team Member Experience
This is the second post in a series titled “Customer Experience is the Result of Team Member Experience.” Before I launch into an expansion of employee engagement research, I thought I’d share the real-world impact of employee disengagement and staff shortages. I recently spoke for a large convention where events were split between a major convention center…
What’s Science Got to Do with It? | Customer Experience IS Team Member Experience
I worry that some human-focused leaders and consultants veer a bit too far away from research and data when it comes to understanding team member and customer behaviors. Amid extreme staffing challenges, I have read and heard a lot of employment guidance that runs in opposition to the science behind employee engagement.
Remove the NOT | Mindset & Agility – The Rocket Fuel for Customer Experience Success
This is the third post in a series titled Mindset & Agility – The Rocket Fuel for Customer Experience Success. For two weeks, I’ve focused on innovation tips from the classic book A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech. I’ll finish sharing insights from that book this week and move on…
Make it Technology-Aided and Human-Powered: Map the Hybrid Journey
Thank you for joining me for this series titled “Make it Technology-Aided and Human-Powered.” This series will provide tools to help you position your customer and employee experience for relevance in a COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 world. This installment is titled “Map the Hybrid Journey.” I now know how my mom felt when I lost my driver’s license…
Make it Technology-Aided and Human-Powered: Compassion in Action
Thank you for joining me for the second installment in the series “Make it Technology-Aided and Human-Powered.” This series provides tools to help you position your customer and employee experience for relevance in a COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 world. This installment is titled “Compassion in Action.” In my last post, I distinguished between compassion, empathy, and sympathy. I…
Make it Technology-Aided and Human-Powered: Be Compassionate
Thank you for joining me for this new series titled “Make it Technology-Aided and Human-Powered.” This series will provide tools to help you position your customer and employee experience for relevance in a COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 world. This installment is titled “Be Compassionate.” People are in love with technology these days, and well, they should be. It’s…
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