Excellence is About People! — April 18 IN-PERSON Pre-Conference Workshop

There are many things required for organizations to thrive: effective processes, good data and decision making, valuable products & services, a solid strategic plan.  But all of those things -- indeed, organizational excellence itself -- requires people! The Performance Excellence Network -- in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence and the Iowa Quality Center — is [...]

2024-02-18T10:18:56-06:00February 17, 2024|

The Key to Disney’s World Class Service: Part Art, Part Science, and Part Magic — PEN August 2018

As the story goes, a guest at Disney World once asked “what time is the 3 o’clock parade?”  That’s a peculiar question, mainly because it normally would lead to an obvious answer.  But Disney Cast Members (their word for employees) are trained to probe beyond the obvious so that they can provide an extraordinary Guest [...]

2018-08-22T16:56:00-05:00August 22, 2018|

He Who Profits Most Serves Best: The Power of True Customer Service

Sometimes the most powerful insights come from the most disastrous experiences.  This is particularly true as it relates to poor customer service – something with which, unfortunately, all of us can relate.  As Bill Gates once said: “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”   It was the morning of May 15, [...]

2017-02-20T17:24:27-06:00February 20, 2017|

If You Don’t Take Care of Your Customers, Someone Else Will

According to the Research Institute of America and CX Solutions (formerly TARP), 90% of dissatisfied customers will not come back or buy again.  90%.  And yet we see service breakdowns in every type of organization pretty much every day.  Think of the last time YOU received poor service – from a utility or cable company [...]

2016-08-24T15:15:10-05:00August 24, 2016|
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