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“Collapse of Distinction”

Are you SURE that makes you stand out?

3 comments December 15, 2010

One of the controversial points I keep hearing about from readers of “Collapse of Distinction” is where I suggest saying that you have “great customer service” does absolutely NOTHING to make you distinct in the marketplace. Here’s why: EVERY customer wants “customer service” — therefore, EVERY business is saying they provide it! Naturally, that means [...]

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How did your organization live its values TODAY?

3 comments December 14, 2010

I was in the middle of writing this post, when my friend @MikeCane Tweeted a blog post that hit me between the eyes. The Hole in the Soul of our Culture: part 1 from Tara Hunt is filled with great observations and challenging insights. Here’s the fundamental point I was writing, and which she expresses [...]

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“If it was good enough for…”

5 comments December 13, 2010

In the beginning of my speaking/seminar/consulting company in the early 1980′s, I pretty much worked exclusively in the industry of agriculture. Farm implement manufacturers, seed companies, ag chemical distributors, and the like were almost 100% of my business. A fundamental problem that dealers in the various lines of agribusiness would express to me was that [...]

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Winning and losing…

5 comments December 10, 2010

It’s the last day of a phenomenal trip. I have not been home in almost a month…first off for the National Speakers Association Board of Directors meetings in Phoenix…then to Bangkok for our Business Transformation Seminar…to Kuala Lumpur for three great programs…Bahrain for two fantastic events…and, finally, here in Barcelona for a cutting-edge global conference [...]

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It was thirty years ago today…

3 comments December 7, 2010

Monday night was always laundry night. I was a radio personality at 1010 WCSI radio in Columbus, Indiana. On Mondays, I always washed my clothes, put up the ironing board in front of the television, popped some popcorn, and spent the evening doing chores while watching Monday Night Football on ABC. It was all a [...]

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THIS is how it is supposed to work!

December 1, 2010

More coming shortly on my incredible experience with two fantastic groups in Bahrain…however, had to add this short story immediately: Talking in the airport with a guy who noticed me working on my MacBook Air. He tells me that he was having problems with his MacBook — his first Apple purchase — so, he takes [...]

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Customer confrontation as a sales strategy…

2 comments November 28, 2010

OK, I’m sitting in the Kuala Lumpur airport awaiting the departure of my long flight to Bahrain — about eight hour trip with a five hour time change — and I’m reading the New York Times story about this jerk who has a very basic business strategy: Create a customer experience so vile, so awful, [...]

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More the same than different…

1 comment November 24, 2010

It was a great question, asked near the conclusion of our Business Transformation Seminar in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday. “What major cultural differences do you see from one nation to another in regards to customer service?” It must be a part of the psychology of human beings to believe we are different from those individuals or [...]

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Education versus Training…

5 comments November 16, 2010

Perhaps you’ve heard me in a presentation use the example of the difference between education and training. I first heard my good friend and President of High Point University, Nido Qubein, use the story. I’ve heard it attributed to everyone from Michael Hammer to Peter Drucker to Bob Hope, as well. (And isn’t that an [...]

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Another terrific journey…

1 comment November 10, 2010

I haven’t written yet about my incredible trip to Asia — and, I’ll have more in the next few days as I depart again for Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain and more next week — however, I wanted to pass along a couple of cool things… Let’s start with the end — walking to my flight [...]

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