I’ll be on a podcast! Check it out this Friday
My buddy Nick Glimsdahl interviewed me recently for his podcast, and it'll be released in just a few days: https://twitter.com/NicholasZeisler/status/1290299948408414211
“Treat your employees right” is more than just ‘feel-good’ rhetoric
The world of CX is covered in platitudes and clichés. I don’t say that to denigrate it as a field of study and practice (quite the opposite), but rather just to acknowledge it so as to better combat empty words in favor of making actual impacts. Sometimes clichés are clichés because they’re right. One of those [...]
Don’t excuse it…solve it!
Customers don’t care about why you can’t get it done; they just want you to get it done. Before you say that that sounds unfair, I’m not suggesting they want you to defy the laws of physics and make the impossible possible (well…usually they don’t). Let me give you a small—yes, trivial—example: The other day [...]
CX Superpower? It’s the #CXQOTD
https://twitter.com/NicholasZeisler/status/1268324244640788481
Engendering a risk-taking culture
Business philosophers, book writers, keynote speakers, and basically anybody with an opinion on the subject will say that one key to success for an organization is to foster and encourage creativity and curiosity. That’s surely a good start, but where the rubber really meets the road and awesome things start happening is when members of [...]
Be careful what you measure!
I recently fielded a question from someone regarding moving NPS ratings from 8s to 9s. I asked why that was important. It was noticeable that the question was posed in terms of numerical scores, rather than moving Passives to Promoters, so I was curious. Digging a little further I found that the source of the question [...]
Hiring your CX Team
One of the most fulfilling things I’ve ever done as a leader was build a team. Whether I’m actively looking or get a random call from a recruiter, usually the most intriguing potential aspect of a job is getting to hire people for a team. I’ve learned a lot of lessons over the years about [...]
