VUCA and YOU – How to Thrive in Complex Times
Third in a Series This four-part series addresses strategies for managing the challenges of living in and leading through VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity). If you missed the first installment (which puts VUCA in a historical context and offers strategies for managing the V in VUCA – Volatility), you can find it here. The…
VUCA and YOU – How to Lead in Uncertain Times
Second in a Series This four-part series addresses strategies for managing the challenges of living in and leading through VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity). If you missed the first installment (which puts VUCA in a historical context and offers strategies for managing the V in VUCA – Volatility), you can find it here. This…
What is VUCA & How do YOU Thrive in Volatile Times? (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about ways to emerge stronger when faced with Volatilty. 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.
Employees Aren’t Happy – Here are 5 Ways to Reverse the Trend
Gallup recently released its 2023 US Employee Engagement results. How do I say this delicately? They aren’t good. After a decade of rising employee satisfaction and emotional engagement, the last two years have shown marked declines. I think of employee engagement this way: Highly engaged team members are like owners. They demonstrate extra discretionary effort…
The “Art” of pARTnership – How to Amplify Your Success
How do you choose strategic partnerships? Put differently, How do you decide with whom to work – so you can create wins for your customers, your partners, and your business? Since partnerships can make the difference between a business’s success or failure, here are a few guideposts for sharing brand equity with a prospective “strategic…
How to Be an Iconic Service Brand – Four Things You Must Master
Are you an iconic service brand? To help you answer that question, here are four essential elements to consider: 1) Relevance: To what degree do you give customers what they say they want? 2) Ease and Consistency: How well do you provide reliable products and frictionless service the first time, every time, and across all channels? 3) Speed:…
How to Craft a Legacy – Taking Your Impact to the Next Level
As we move into February, most of us have set personal and professional growth goals for the remainder of the year. However, I’d like to challenge you to think about goals that transcend 2023. More specifically, I recommend you: 1) Look to the horizon line of your career and think about the lasting influence you…
Bring on the Service Professionals? It’s Time to Supplement Mainstream Self-Service
Is it just me, or have you noticed that it’s getting harder to get ahold of a human being when you need customer service? For example, some websites have replaced their customer service number with online forms. Other companies still provide a phone number, but when you call, you are instructed to contact the company…
Make Customer Breakdowns into Breakthroughs – How to Embrace Service Shortcomings
Let’s assume you are using a customer relationship management (CRM) system. Other than demographic data and notes gathered as the customer moves through the sales funnel, what information are you capturing from sale to repurchase? Hopefully, you are removing friction and personalizing experiences by collecting customer preferences (more on that in a future newsletter) and…
Behavior vs. Score – How to Track What Actually Matters (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed the ten ways to keep employees. 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.