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.
Deliver 5 Levels of Value | Team Member and Customer Experience Value
Fairly early in my career, I was fortunate to happen upon customer value theories and research conducted by Professors Sheth, Newman, and Gross. In their book, Consumption Values and Market Choices – Theory and Application, these authors reviewed more than 200 studies on customer value. The book is a rich resource on what drives customer…
Emotion Drives Memory | How to Deliver Memorable Experiences in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World
“Our memory is enhanced by the emotion attending the event. The more intense the feelings, the more accessible the memory.” Those words from Professor Robert Dykstra have profound relevance given the intensity of emotions experienced from early 2020 to the present day. A summary article on emotions and memory written for Psychology World notes: “Emotionally…
Stronger Through Adversity | Bring Yourself to Work
Thank you for joining me for this series titled Stronger Through Adversity. The book by the same name is based on conversations I’ve had with more than 140 global leaders as they navigate through COVID-19. In Stronger Through Adversity, I play off the theme of “Bring your Son or Daughter to Work” day to emphasize the…
Stronger Through Adversity | Choose Words Wisely
Thank you for joining me for this series titled Stronger Through Adversity. The book by the same name is based on conversations I’ve had with more than 140 global leaders as they navigate through COVID-19. If you’ve been following this series, you know the last three posts have been about communication (they were titled “Listen Beyond…
Stronger Through Adversity | Seek Carefully
Thank you for joining me for this series titled Stronger Through Adversity. The book by the same name is based on conversations I’ve had with more than 140 global leaders as they navigate through COVID-19. John Gerzema, the CEO of Harris Insights and Analytics, once observed, “Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses…
Stronger Through Adversity | Formally Listen Beyond the Words
Thank you for joining me for this series titled Stronger Through Adversity. The book by the same name is based on conversations I’ve had with more than 140 global leaders as they navigate through COVID-19. In my last post, I outlined how leaders who participated in the book reported enhanced formal and informal listening for all…
Stronger Through Adversity | Set Safety Supreme
Thank you for joining me for this series titled Stronger Through Adversity. The book by the same name is based on conversations I’ve had with more than 140 global leaders as they navigate through COVID-19. In Stronger Through Adversity, I wrote, “The more things change, the more they stay the same or so it would seem from…
Stronger Through Adversity | Practice Employee Obsession
Thank you for joining me for this series titled Stronger Through Adversity. The book by the same name is based on conversations I’ve had with more than 140 global leaders as they navigate through COVID-19. In Stronger Through Adversity, I suggest that practicing employee obsession is an ominous concept since, in its most negative connotation, obsession means…
It’s Emotional – Finding Comfort in Uncertainty
This is the 6th and final installment in the series, “It’s Emotional – Creating an Unprecedented Team and Customer Experience.” This series of short presentations offer tools to help you manage your emotions and to support the emotional journey of your team, prospects, and customers. I suspect you may be at least a little like me.…
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