There are various reasons change programs fail. A few years ago, we asked 422 executives from companies of all sizes and industries about their change initiatives. The participants were asked to list the reasons they believed their initiatives failed. Surprisingly, 62% cited poor communication, 54% claimed insufficient leadership sponsorship, and 50% blamed organizational politics or …
If the past two years taught us anything, it’s reaffirmed what we already knew to be true — change is a constant, and resiliency is the path forward. The last few years have been particularly challenging for customer experience (CX) leaders. There is growing financial pressure on CX teams to provide ROI of initiatives and …
“The right customer is right, and many customers are taking advantage in ways that are very much not right. Running a business with such over-sweeping statements is not only unhealthy and unprofitable, it creates significant pressure on employees who are forced to chase such generalized clichés that are disconnected from their reality. As such, they …
I am going to make this a short article. Because any truth that is too long and complex is suspiciously hiding something. A recent Wall street journal article At Ford, Quality Is Now Problem 1 described the major fall for a company that for two decades declared Quality Job #1. The new leader for quality …
Quiet quitting has been making headlines for the past few weeks, it’s the latest buzz word for a problem that companies have always faced – lack of employee engagement. Gallup recently reported an uptick in employee disengagement, with 50% being Disengaged and 18% Actively Disengaged. It is not surprising that there is an uptick. However, …
We have all heard the proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” It means that an entire community of people must provide for and interact positively with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. The same holds true for customer experience programs—it takes an entire organization …
Only 2% of all Boy Scouts throughout history have become Eagle Scouts. (Yes, I am the proud parent of an Eagle Scout.) 87% of business leaders agree that exceptional customer experience is a must for their organization. While there is no true measure of the number of companies that are customer-centric, about two-thirds of companies …
Customers are and always have been different and segmented. Do airlines treat their 100,000-mile fliers the same as those who fly a couple of times per year? Should a luxury car manufacturer treat their $200,000 customers the same as their $50,000 customers?
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