Written by Elizabeth Farquhar for the Center for Services Leadership Edward Jones works with its clients to build portfolios that are based on client goals and timelines. Building personal relationships one at a time is at the core of the work of its 19,000 financial advisors for more than 7 million clients throughout North America. …
Written by Elizabeth Farquhar for the Center for Services Leadership In 2019, author and lecturer Stan Phelps logged 155,000 miles on Delta, doing as many as four presentations a week, all in different cities. But in early March, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down conventions and business meetings along with the rest of the world, and …
– Written by Elizabeth Farquhar for the Center for Services Leadership In early April, just weeks after communities across the country shut down in an attempt to slow the spread of a frightening new virus, the consulting firm McKinsey polled U.S. consumers about their level of distress. According to the report, “64 percent of respondents …
– Written by Jack Lechich for the Center for Services Leadership If it’s true that nobody likes to be left out, then this author really wishes tomorrow’s date, February 29, could talk because just imagine everything that that particular date has missed out on. Being excluded from every person’s calendar for 3 years straight does …
– Written by Jack Lechich for the Center for Services Leadership According to the National Center for Health Statistics, a little over 70% of the U.S. population is overweight and the World Health Organization noted that in 2018 the worldwide overweight population doubled between 1980 and now to a staggering 1.9 billion overweight adults. To …
– Written by Natalie Both for the Center for Services Leadership Memorable experiences can have a lasting impact on our perceptions of the brands and companies with which we associate them. A complimentary pint of Guinness served at the highest point in Dublin, with 360-degree panoramic views of the city, is an unforgettable ending to a …
Smokers know that they can pull into virtually any drugstore in the nation and buy a pack of cigarettes. But in 2014, CVS broke the mold by removing cigarettes and other tobacco products from their shelves. Patagonia is committed to sustainability and environmental responsibility, and it doesn’t always want you to buy a new jacket. …
What do Disneyland and Harvard University have in common? They both represent complex service systems that offer very unique customer experiences. The traditional definition of customer experience has been “The perceived outcome of the customer interacting with the firm during the service process.” Recent conceptualizations and theories have led to the emergence of a new …
While service managers understand the importance of frontline service employees possessing emotional intelligence (EI), a study authored by Cécile Delcourt, CSL Faculty Network member Dwayne Gremler, et. al, in the Journal of Service Research found that it is in fact more critical that employees possess something called emotional competency (EEC). In the study, the …
Welcome to the CSL’s “ServiceFriday”. Each Friday we post three summaries from some of our favorite sources from research literature, news articles, blogs, and more. The posts are curated to cover topics that are interesting, relevant, and thought provoking in the realm of service, business, education, and beyond. If you like our blog and posts, …
