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The risks of executive escalations

Executive escalations can be a real life-saver for an organization.  Whether it’s a high-profile Customer or just someone whose experience has gone completely off the rails, sometimes escalating dramatically can truly save the day for CX.  I recently had an experience that was saved by an executive escalation.  I happen to know a Senior Director [...]

By |2021-02-18T16:12:16+00:00February 18th, 2021|CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership, Principles of Good CX|Comments Off on The risks of executive escalations

Maybe you are already “doing” CX

“You’re soaking in it.”  Do you remember that commercial for dishwashing soap that was supposed to be so incredibly good for your skin that the lady who’d gone in (to see Madge, remember?) for a manicure was unknowingly enjoying its benefits, thinking she was dipping her fingers into some wonderful skin tonic?  Or have you heard [...]

By |2021-02-16T16:20:58+00:00February 16th, 2021|Consulting, CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership, Process Engineering, VoC|Comments Off on Maybe you are already “doing” CX

The struggle for feedback

I came across the following article I wrote in an earlier part of my consulting career (I was much thinner then).  Without knowing it at the time, I foreshadowed a lot of reflection that I use now as an executive CX consultant and Fractional CCO.  At the time my practice was mainly focused on training [...]

By |2021-02-11T16:27:37+00:00February 11th, 2021|Consulting, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, VoC|Comments Off on The struggle for feedback

Don’t ask questions if you already know the answers

A good lawyer never asks a question for which he doesn’t already know the answer.  That’s not necessarily just about being smart and being prepared.  Frankly, it’s a manipulation technique used to sway juries and judges:  When they get a witness on the stand, the most important thing for an attorney is to control the [...]

By |2021-02-09T16:14:29+00:00February 9th, 2021|CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on Don’t ask questions if you already know the answers

Metrics: Output vs. Outcomes

Y’all know I’m a big fan of metrics.  Long before I was in CX, I was in Process Engineering (Lean Six Sigma and Operations Research), and long before that I was an analyst.  My BS is in Mathematics, and I teach Statistics at the Air Force Academy.  So yea, I dig numbers.  I write about them [...]

By |2021-02-04T15:58:13+00:00February 4th, 2021|CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Measures & Metrics|Comments Off on Metrics: Output vs. Outcomes

Channel Surfing

I have covered my experience using Twitter to solve a support problem in a previous article.  For many CX (and definitely Customer support) professionals, the channel is ‘the thing’.  We often talk about switching channels, being multi-channel, being omni-channel.  It sometimes seems like an obsession. A colleague recently posted in one of the online discussion [...]

By |2021-02-01T16:22:38+00:00February 1st, 2021|CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on Channel Surfing

A letter you never sent

Dear Customer: Thank you for your recent feedback.  We always enjoy taking the time to better understand where we fall short of expectations as it offers us the opportunity to do something we love to do:  Improve how we serve our Customers.  As such, your insights and thoughts are incredibly valuable to us. Incidentally, although [...]

By |2021-01-28T17:49:16+00:00January 28th, 2021|CX Strategy, CX Thoughts|Comments Off on A letter you never sent

Employees are NOT your Customers

Can I start a controversial article being completely uncontroversial?  Thanks.  Here goes:  Good employee engagement is an absolute requirement in order to drive good CX.  Okay… now, feel free to refer to that as you read on, because I’m not trying to say that engagement isn’t fundamental; in fact, it’s a bedrock necessity if you’re [...]

By |2021-01-25T16:12:42+00:00January 25th, 2021|CX Culture, CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Leadership|Comments Off on Employees are NOT your Customers

Processing your survey results

Recently I fielded a question about NPS survey data:  How do you process it?  How do you use it?  I popped off a quick response, but I’d like to go a little deeper on the topic here. First of all, it’s not a specific NPS question.  It doesn’t matter what sort of survey you send [...]

By |2021-01-21T16:47:10+00:00January 21st, 2021|CX Strategy, CX Thoughts, Measures & Metrics, VoC|Comments Off on Processing your survey results
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