Brad Cleveland Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The impact of employee engagement is incredible. Engaged employees are four times more likely than non-engaged employees to go beyond what’s expected of them according to the Temkin Group, a US firm focused on customer experience.

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Bill Quiseng

JANUARY 3, 2022

Is customer service the frontline? Are we called to duty on the frontline battling customers? So shouldn’t customer service be customer care? We are the Customer CARE team. And when we CARE each customer is wowed and happy, intent on returning again and again, raving to others along the way.

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Bill Quiseng

DECEMBER 6, 2023

So, I encourage you to remind yourself and your colleagues every day about each one of these fifteen QUI QUOTES about leadership and employee engagement. ASSETS Your employees are not your most important assets. It is about how your employees FEEL about you and your company. Don’t just be good. Be GREAT out there!

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The DiJulius Group

APRIL 3, 2025

summary In this episode of the Customer Service Revolution Podcast, John DiJulius discusses the critical role of employee feedback in shaping company culture and improving customer experience.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

He writes about how employee engagement and customer experience can enhance business performance. Achieving success in business goes beyond offering quality products and services. When employees are engaged and motivated, they are more likely to deliver exceptional customer service.

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The DiJulius Group

APRIL 14, 2021

Customer Service Feature Story The foundation of every great culture is built on strong leaders who constantly recognize their employees’ contributions. The post Want Stronger Employee Engagement? Engage Their Families appeared first on The DiJulius Group. He says, “I asked one of my.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Their fanatical recognition of customer service reps who go above and beyond is a crazy example of getting it right. Customercentric culture is all about being proactive. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience. Get to the root cause.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Does the tone and messaging match your customer experience mission? Do they to reflect a customer-centric culture? Consider your hiring methods and make sure they align with your customer experience mission. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience.

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InMoment XI

AUGUST 17, 2023

Enable Self Service Through Digital Channels: Invest in user-friendly digital platforms, such as websites, mobile apps, and self-service portals, to facilitate easy self-serve interactions with your business. Train and enable agents to better understand and empathise with customers’ feelings.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Focus on a cross-functional approach to improving customer experiences. For example, a collaboration between marketing and product teams to engage a specific user segment with a new feature. Scale A solid customer-centric culture begins materializing in this stage.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. Today we share some important considerations for establishing your customer service culture as well as the best practices of the leading customer service organizations. Then, you implement it.

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CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The first days and weeks are so critical when it comes to employee engagement and helping the employees buy in to the mission of their new company. Make CX mandatory, not optional right from the start For those companies serious about a customer-centric culture, this must be introduced and ingrained from day one.

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Kayako

APRIL 29, 2019

There is a lot of focus on employee engagement and experience these days. And with good reason, customer-centric culture is the backbone of good customer experience. Richard Branson famously said “If you look after your staff well, they will look after your customers. Don’t underestimate the power of this.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Highly-engaged employees will deliver better experiences to your customers, leading to increased loyalty, more referrals, and more business overall. The post 5 Epic Employee Engagement Issues You Never Noticed appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting. These simple moments add […].

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CX University

MAY 16, 2023

In addition, employee engagement is also a critical factor that affects the customer experience. Engaged employees are more likely to deliver exceptional service, be productive, and create a positive work culture that encourages teamwork and innovation.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

It’s ingrained in their culture. It’s become a big part of what Twitter is today, but hardly a way to show customers you care. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience. Here’s a test: Casually browse through any Trader Joe’s market some time.

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Integrity Solutions

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

With employee turnover one of the most serious internal threats credit unions and banks face today, many forward-thinking financial institutions are taking a hard look at their organizations culture and opportunities to change. Identifying and communicating the desired culture is only the beginning.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 5, 2019

Being the Guardian of Your Service Culture. Keeping up your culture of customer service is not easy. Leadership in many organizations find maintaining the customer service culture they have established is a substantial issue. Your customer service culture is essential to your organization.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 24, 2020

If service seems to lag, you might take a look at your service strategy – as well as employee engagement strategy. More often than not, bad customer service can be attributed to employee ambivalence. Usually, the reality of the issue can be summarized in one sentence: A lack of employee empowerment.

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As CEO and co-founder of MarketCulture Strategies , he, like everyone he associates with, is on a mission to get companies to understand the importance of customer culture: Ian. It did not take long for me to start becoming interested in the customer service elements of the business. It was vital to get it right.

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Integrity Solutions

APRIL 16, 2021

Building a customer-centric culture is more challenging than you might initially think. But every organization has the ability to build a strong customer-centric culture- and it doesn’t have to be complex. A strong, vibrant customer-centric culture is an organic and natural strength that cannot be compromised.

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InMoment XI

MAY 24, 2022

These signposts, or markers, represent the points along the path, or the trajectory, employee experience has taken, as companies become more mature in a) how they consider employee contribution, in other words the importance attached to it, and b) what role, or roles, employees have in enterprise culture, strategy, and business outcomes. #1:

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Jeannie Walters Jeannie Walters is the Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ and founder of 360Connext, a global consulting firm specializing in the cornerstones of customer experience: customer engagement, employee engagement and connections like social media.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 11, 2015

Organizational culture can reveal itself to customers in the same awkward and uncomfortable way. If your culture is toxic, that toxicity permeates through to every interaction a customer may have. If your culture is toxic, that toxicity permeates through to every interaction a customer may have.

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CX Accelerator

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With a fresh outlook on employee engagement, you can create a working environment worth sticking around for. This article will focus on three essential (but rarely discussed) engagement techniques specific to service professionals Peer-To-Peer Relationship Focus Do you want to know the top reason people stay at their jobs?

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

more friendly behavior in customer service) Marketing to take the info into account in better targeting (e.g. upselling to the most loyal customers) Process changes (e.g. informing the customer more often about how the repair is proceeding) Only after you have acted on feedback, customer experience processes are developing.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Short termism is mostly the result of a product-centric and “numbers focused” culture, which inevitably results in a “race to the bottom”. Customer centricity is the answer, backed with a credible customer profitability lens that gives an alternative view to traditional product sales/market share KPIs.

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Michel Falcon Experience

JANUARY 10, 2019

There are many customer service skills that employees must possess to contribute to the success of a company. It’s likely that you clicked through to read this post because you want new customer service ideas, not the same old run of the mill concepts that have been suggested by everyone else online…am I right?

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The DiJulius Group

MAY 6, 2020

1. Customer Service Feature Story How to Go From Good to Great Employee Engagement By Jess Pischel, CX Consultant Employee engagement and employee satisfaction have two very different meanings, although the two words are often used interchangeably. Read Full Article.

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eglobalis

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This article explores the core strategies that align employee motivation with both transformational goals and CX improvements, ensuring sustainable success for businesses. Fostering a Culture of Commitment When employees feel their work contributes to a greater purpose, they are more likely to engage fully with the company’s goals.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Do we live in a throwaway culture? It feels that way to loyal customers sometimes, thanks to customer rewards reserved for those walking in the door. When customers feel neglected, they take to the Internet , and on these companies’ very sites I found dozens upon dozens of customers voicing how frustrated they felt.

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Calabrio

MARCH 31, 2025

Workforce Management Contact Center Gamification: What You Need to Know to Use Games for Improved Engagement and Performance Share Did you know that low employee engagement costs the global economy about $8.9 Whats the point of gamification in customer service? trillion dollars ? Yes, thats trillion , with a t.

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Workforce planners: These specialists forecast call volume and customer demand, and optimize agent scheduling to ensure adequate staffing levels and minimize customer wait times. They use data-driven insights to help balance operational efficiency with customer service needs.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

We’re honored to be honored for our work alongside so many of our customer service and customer experience colleagues. This is especially true in the customer service industry. Customer Experience (CX) has catapulted into one of the most important aspects of determining business success. Adam Toporek.

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Russel Lolacher

JUNE 15, 2021

For inspiring employee experience ideas, a great place to look is what you’re probably already doing for the customer experience. Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service from unhappy employees.” – Tony Hsieh. That says a lot.

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CloudCherry

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Also, did you know that 64% of employees are unsatisfied with their work culture? There’s no debating that employees are the face of your organization. They carry forward the values your brand stands for, and drive your mission to impact what happens at the customers’ end. LISTEN to your employees.

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Michel Falcon Experience

JANUARY 3, 2020

Continuously provide superior customer service skills education/workshops to ALL employees. In thinking about the year to come, I’ve identified three customer service skills that I believe your employees can learn from. Customer Service Skill #1. Adopt The “Everyone is a Customer” Mentality.

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