Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2016

the customer always come first? Putting employees first may be the best way to serve the needs of the customer. Profits are driven by customer loyalty, customer loyalty is driven by employee satisfaction, and employee satisfaction is driven by putting employees first.”

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. Digital innovation is the answer to everything. And, yet, great customer service keeps customers coming back. and it’s never the only answer.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 1, 2016

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Chip Bell , author, renowned keynote speaker on innovative customer service, and consultant/speaker to such organizations as Microsoft, Nationwide, Marriott, Lockheed-Martin, Cadillac, Ritz-Carlton, Caterpillar, Verizon, USAA, Harley-Davidson, and Victoria’s Secret.

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Levitt Godin Customer Loyalty Airlines 150

N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

Customer Loyalty: Is the firm preferred among its customers? How easy is it for a customer to shift to another provider? New Product Development Capabilities: How fast can new products and services be developed and delivered to the marketplace? What segment of the market do they serve?

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

“Productivity and innovation soar when employees are inspired by a purpose that aligns with their own values.” The first is directional : Purpose acts as a kind of North Star to help guide strategy and innovation. The third is reputational : Deep purpose engenders loyalty and trust among customers and others.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2021

Now that those days are gradually behind us, every business owner must develop strategies for generating sales. There are, however, viable strategies that you can incorporate into your business processes to acquire customers and drive sales. Your strategy should revolve around nurturing customer relationships.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 25, 2012

of Edatanetworks, a developer of customer loyalty software. He suggests selling innovation in an organization [.]. Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 21, 2012

There is a direct relationship between clear values and success in terms of employee retention, customer loyalty, and long-term profitability. If your team is responsible for product development, innovation and creativity need to be core values. The values you choose need to support your team’s mission.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

What do you your customers believe and understand about your brand? Using “Buddy the Elf” as an example for the four steps to brand building, this week we’ll discuss steps three and four: developing brand identification and meaning, and developing relationships with customers. Are you ready?? What would you think then?

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CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Developing the skills to engage team members is important. As a leader you are obligated to develop your skills to influence and support each and every team member. Every employee has to own their development and situation too. Additionally, teams with thriving workers also see higher customer loyalty.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

This latest frequent flyer reboot is an example of how the meaning, measure, and management of “customer loyalty” are changing. So serious customer-centric organizations and innovative marketers are decreasingly asking, “How do we make our customers more loyal?”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor. I Think Not.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Examples of business objectives can include market expansion, revenue growth, cost reductions or optimization, product development, etc. However, sales goals can be more complex as well, combining customer loyalty with the sales process in an efficient manner. These can help build the sales compensation plans at the next stage.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Organizations that have heart and soul enrich their owners, customers and communities in both economic and non-economic ways. If I owned that jewelry store I would encourage everyone on the staff to be intentional about developing heart, soul, mind and strength. Many customers can sense this. What do I mean by heart and soul?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2019

But, the desire for instant gratification is also forcing logistics and transportation businesses to provide delivery options that are faster, more cost-effective, and convenient as well as offer increased flexibility to the customer. It is changing the entire logistics industry and the world we live in.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. when things get tough, or other opportunities present themselves, your employees will cut-and-run at the first option that comes their way because you have failed to earn their loyalty.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

The Zappos vision statement is, “Delivering happiness to our customers, vendors and employees.” Happiness has created unparalleled customer loyalty to the extent 80% of their customers return to purchase again. Success depends on valuing each employee’s satisfaction, motivation, well-being and development.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Just because all companies now possess the technological capability to hold social conversations with employees, customers and stakeholders, this does not mean we can automatically make these conversations valuable. What will employees rely on to guide their interactions with customers now that they can communicate with them 24/7?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

3 Innovation is DOA. Product development has been a little slow for a while. These days, most of your product developments are minor enhancements that don’t yield better margins. But that’s OK, because the customer expects product improvements. You need to re-energize innovation-fast. Shake them up.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2015

Customer loyalty cards are one of the best ways of gaining insights into how people spend their money. Because you can target specific promotions to individual customer groups. For instance, let’s say that you are a commercial property developer. It’s a classic way of fostering data monetization.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. Customers enjoy the benefit of new features sooner.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Given the unrelenting pace of change surrounding organizations in virtually every industry, companies are looking for executives who know how to innovate and introduce change, not simply caretakers who can manage the status quo. Senior management doesn't really encourage innovation, you'll hear. They won't let me take risks."

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2015

THE SECRET: These big pacesetter corporations have discovered that by partnering with smaller, specialized companies they are able to obtain the critical skills they need to gain a competitive advantage – thus paving the way for innovation and increased market share. Reprinted with permission from Jeffrey H. Gitomer and Buy Gitomer.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

They’re independent businesspeople who are now marketing their sales and personal development services using my intellectual property, both online and in the classroom. Companies like Amazon, Zappos, and Apple have marched to the head of the class by innovating BEFORE the market did, and they set the standard for others to follow.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2012

Develop new products? Get customers? Keep customers? Google ads and ad words swooped in and cleaned their clock, their customers, and their cash reserves. They innovated, took risks, made it easy to do business, and created products that consumers wanted. What major change or shift is about to come into your world?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Apple’s product innovation strategy places it on a punishing treadmill. If the company does not deliver new products or new features to the market’s expectations and calendar, investors get jittery and the stock price sags; competitors attempt to steal the lead, and to set a faster pace of innovation. It must deliver or move over.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Innovation has the potential to transform the investment industry. Yet the world’s largest funds are closed off from these innovations. Research we have collected in recent months shows that pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments expect imminent breakthrough innovations in investment technology.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The time changed, markets evolved, competition became even harsh, and marketplaces required more innovative ways to make money than the mere commissions. Instead, marketplaces are creating ecosystems for their customers. You can win this war with technical advancements and customer-friendly policies. Take Amazon for example.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. Innovation cycles speed up and time-to-market goes down, and the resulting changes in the value chain compound customer demand for quality.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Instead programs that offer the most stability, as reported by 75 percent of respondents, are those that communicate brand mission and provide career development opportunities. Competitiveness, customer loyalty, innovation, and productivity — while critical to daily operations — trailed behind with each under 20 percent.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2018

Then, by applying tools like artificial intelligence, the online retailers are able to create more-personalized customer experiences, fostering levels of satisfaction, connection, and customer loyalty that traditional retailers just can’t compete with. Data-Driven Marketing. Sponsored by Google.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to CIO Dieter Haban , whose team identified the idea and led product development, “the innovation combines telematics, mobility, central mission control, big data analytics, and a seamless process from the truck to the driver, fleet manager, and ultimately to an authorized service outlet.”. Take a look at your business.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to CIO Dieter Haban , whose team identified the idea and led product development, “the innovation combines telematics, mobility, central mission control, big data analytics, and a seamless process from the truck to the driver, fleet manager, and ultimately to an authorized service outlet.”. Take a look at your business.

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Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

For years, AWS has invested in driving developer and company adoption of its platform by driving down prices and introducing low cost features to make developer’s lives easier. This has led to high levels of AWS specific investment from innovators like CloudHealth Technologies, Qubole, Mapbox, and the like.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

By diving into the data, we were able to dramatically reduce customer dissatisfaction, increase customer loyalty, and develop new, differentiating service offerings. Figuring Out What Our Customers Wanted. The innovation team concluded that we were neither seeing nor valuing our guests’ clothing as they did.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2016

A milk company in Zhejiang province is developing strategies to attract customers based on their value of promoting healthy lifestyle. They’ve invest considerable financial resources in R&D to develop more innovative and healthier products. To illustrate this problem, consider the following example.

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