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10 Tips For Successfully Opening And Managing Your Retail Store

Strategy Driven

It’s not uncommon for retail stores to introduce customer loyalty programs – examples include Amazon Prime and Starbucks Rewards – or use marketing tools, e.g., ReferralCandy. Leverage customer trends and marketing forecasting to improve your advertising campaigns. Well-trained sales reps will easily achieve their daily goals.

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2018 Workforce Forecast | Herman Group

Chart Your Course

For years, we have heard employers say, I hire for attitude and train for aptitude. That means, companies will be looking at a variety of factors and more importantly, taking action, to optimize the return on investment of everything from advertising to training budgets. More companies will hire for soft skills and culture fit. .

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Engaging Employees in Health Care Data Security

Harvard Business Review

Healthcare data is also highly prized on the black market because there are so many lucrative ways to use it fraudulently, so it’s often a more attractive target than financial or other personal data. Healthcare is a high stress environment, where, understandably, information security training is often not the top priority.

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The Rise of the Chief Customer Officer

Harvard Business Review

While many of these executives hold the title of Chief Customer Officer, others go by names like Chief Client Officer (at OptumHealth), Chief Experience Officer (at Cigna), Executive Vice President, Member Experience (at USAA), or Chief Global Customer and Marketing Officer (at Dunkin' Brands). Senior leaders are in a new position.

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Focus on Your Customer's Customer

Harvard Business Review

Companies like Salesforce.com, Philips, and Oracle have appointed chief customer officers, while many other B2B players have embarked on enterprise-wide efforts to improve their marketing, sales, and support interactions. Kerry Bodine is a Principal Analyst at Forrester Research where she serves Customer Experience professionals.

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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

Lucia Luce Quinn is Chief People Officer at Forrester Research. Rick Jensen, who left a big job in marketing to become SVP, Chief Talent Officer at Intuit, recalled a lesson he learned in marketing: “Fall in love with the problem.” Upon arriving, she flatly refused the CEO’s offer of the CHRO role.

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