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Leader, Full of Grace

Leader, Full of Grace

Leaders with grace lead with deep confidence. The leader with grace can release the finest from employees ensuring the perseverance of their brand.

The Season of Customer Imagination

The Season of Customer Imagination

Trust is like a leaf’s chemical message to a customer’s imagination. It changes their resistance to hold onto the cocoon of safety and willingly release it to fall onto the playground of innovation.

Happy Veterans (and Private E-Nothings) Day

Happy Veterans (and Private E-Nothings) Day

Customer service has its veterans, those highly experienced service pros who know the tricks of the trade and have seen it all. But there are also newbies who are prone to take personally the tirade of an unhappy customer.

The Power of a Naked Leader

The Power of a Naked Leader

I recently did a Zoom interview with the CEO of a high-tech company who directly or indirectly reminded me several times during our thirty-minute interview that he was the CEO.  It reminded me of a doctor whom you have never met coming into your hospital room...

Voting Fuels Freedom

Voting Fuels Freedom

Voting is the mechanism that fuels our freedom. Regardless of your party affiliation, don’t sacrifice your freedom by failing vote.

Is Your Customer Experience Beautiful?

Is Your Customer Experience Beautiful?

Check out the photo of this bearded iris in my side yard. Poet John Keats reminded us that “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” I have a friend who grew up in the U.K. His two favorite superlatives are “beautiful” and “brilliant.” And, his labels have little to do...

Do You Have Command Presence?

Do You Have Command Presence?

Leadership is the act of influencing another to achieve important goals. It is not about rank or authority. Great leaders enjoy the mail room air better than the atmosphere on mahogany row.

The Gift of Writing Inside Your Customer’s Imagination

The Gift of Writing Inside Your Customer’s Imagination

“Electricity” is a captivating song in the acclaimed Broadway hit (and movie) Billy Elliott.  The song is actually the answer to a question the evaluator asked 11-year-old Billy after he had auditioned for a slot at the Royal Ballet School in London; “What does...

Innovating with Crazy Customers

Innovating with Crazy Customers

Inviting customers to co-create a new product or service with you takes nurturing a partnership that recognizes the path to innovation involves its share of blind alleys and false starts. It is fostering a relationship with freedom and experimentation.