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VUCA and YOU – How to Lead in Ambiguous Times

Final Installment in the Series This ends my four-part series on managing the challenges of living in and leading through VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity). If you missed any posts in this series, they begin here. This installment focuses on the A in VUCA – Ambiguity. The editorial team at Indeed describes business ambiguity…

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The “Art”​ of pARTnership – How to Amplify Your Success

How do you choose strategic partnerships? Put differently, How do you decide with whom to work – so you can create wins for your customers, your partners, and your business? Since partnerships can make the difference between a business’s success or failure, here are a few guideposts for sharing brand equity with a prospective “strategic…

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Six Essentials to Actually Achieve Lasting Success (Infographic)

In this week’s blog, I discussed about ways to enhance customer experience leadership. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact.

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How to Craft a Legacy – Taking Your Impact to the Next Level

As we move into February, most of us have set personal and professional growth goals for the remainder of the year. However, I’d like to challenge you to think about goals that transcend 2023. More specifically, I recommend you: 1) Look to the horizon line of your career and think about the lasting influence you…

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Join the Convenience Revolution – How to be Easier to do Business With (Infographic)

In this week’s blog, I discussed about six primary ways to drive convenience. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact.

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Join the Convenience Revolution – How to be Easier to do Business With

When I started working with and writing books about Starbucks (The Starbucks Experience and Leading the Starbucks Way) in the early 2000s, Starbucks’ leaders sought to create the “third place.” Conceptually, the “third place” was a gathering location between work and home. When meeting at work was too formal and meeting at home was too…

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How to Crush Signature Moments – The Art of Subtly Delighting Customers (Infographic)

In this week’s blog, I discussed about the ideas for creating your “Signature Moment”. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact.

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Playing to Win: How to Think & Act Like Zappos

I started my book about Zappos with a tweet and a question. The tweet read: I saw Winnie the Pooh running through the parking lot. Yes, I work at Zappos! The question was: Zappos, what is Zappos? Here’s the short answer: Zappos is an online shoe and clothing retailer founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn…

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Being the Ritz Carlton of Your Industry: How to Deliver Delight

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company carries an experience excellence mystique. Inspired by the company’s namesake, Cesar Ritz (who said “the customer is always right”), the brand continues to be synonymous with luxurious and nurturing guest experiences. Having worked with senior leaders of the Ritz-Carlton, I wrote: So let’s explore five lessons on fostering service excellence and…

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One of the Most Asked Questions: How Customer Experience Leaders Really Win (Infographics)

In this week’s blog, I discussed about moving toward world-class experience . For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact.  

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