Health Kick

Misery, Mediocrity or Magic?

  I was running a little late last week on my way to a client in Ormond Beach, FL. I was due there to do a Wisdom Circle1 at 1PM and I was hungry. That meant fast food.   I’m a bit of a health nut, so when the “usual suspects” are the only options…

Creating a Giving Culture  Grant suggests that people in leadership positions can: Encourage reciprocity: it's ok to seek help; it's good to give; pay it forward Help givers to set boundaries. Guide them to be perspective takers if they are prone to lacking assertiveness or to being overwhelmed with excessive empathy which can cloud their judgment Guide giving behavior in the direction of best impact: helping others whilst protecting one's own work commitments

Is Yours A Culture of Giving?

Dr Adam Grant, management professor at Wharton, wrote a book Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success. If you are on my mailing list and read my “Customer Care Tip” I’m going to take a wild guess that you are someone who has long ago embraced the idea of “giving”. When I recently saw an…

Listen for ideas and feelings, not only words. Get the whole picture. Listen for the emotional tone. Convey empathy.

Do You Know These Listening Secrets?

Whether you are in sales, service, leadership or all three, your ability to communicate is key to your success. One of my clients, a company already getting stellar results with their client relationships, wants to take those a notch higher and deepen their relationships even more. If they can do that, and increase their contract…

Everyone I spoke to wanted even more information on how they can build stronger and longer lasting relationships with their customers - they wanted more info on what I love to call "20/20 Customer Focus".

Looking for 20/20 Customer Focus?

I had fun speaking in Las Vegas on “21 Ways to Keep ‘Em Happy, Keep ‘Em Loyal and Keep ‘Em Coming Back”. It’s one of my favorite talks. It’s fast, it’s funny, it’s chock full of great ideas and there is literally something for everyone, even in a large group.   Even more fun were…

I laughed a little the other day when asked this question. Customer Focused means so many things - the vision - the values - the mission - the standards - the teachings - the culture - the language - the way things are prioritized - the way people are promoted - the way people are hired, oriented, paid, challenged and developed - what we talk about in our meetings and how we share it - what we measure, what we reward, how we allocate resources - how we communicate and even how we do the math. (Do you know your retention or loyalty rate? Your NPS? How highly your employees rate you as good/great to work for?)

What Does Being Customer Focused Really Mean?

I laughed a little the other day when asked this question. Customer Focused means so many things – the vision – the values – the mission – the standards – the teachings – the culture – the language – the way things are prioritized – the way people are promoted – the way people are…