July 30, 2021

Live Chat Agents Are Now Part of the Frontline in Sales and Service Before 2020, many businesses viewed the live chat feature of their website as a “nice to have” component of customer service. The global pandemic and lockdowns, however, changed that thinking overnight. Now 75% of people prefer live chat over any other channel,...

July 13, 2021

Leveraging a Sandbox Approach to Leadership Assessment and Development   Do you always read the full set of instructions before starting a project? Many of us start with the notion, “I can figure this out.” Others take advantage of “micro apprenticeships,” i.e., YouTube, to learn and experience what they need to know about successful DIY...

May 21, 2021

In our most recent blog series, business writer Lynn Miles Peisker makes a case for why organizational leaders should revisit their understanding and approach to customer service, especially in a post COVID marketplace. To back up this recommendation, she cites a surprising statistic from a Forbes article by Shep Hyken. Highlighting results from his firm’s...