ICONIC Insights

Bridging the Distinction Gap: How the Employee Experience Shapes Customer Loyalty

We are in an era where customer experience (CX) is the battleground in every industry. There’s no business I’ve encountered in my years of working with organizations around the world that had zero concern for repeat and referral business. We all desire customers who come back for more and who tell t...

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The Importance of Employee Accountability in the Ultimate Customer Experience®

“What you tolerate, you endorse.” — Larry Winget

When it comes to serving customers, employee accountability is crucial. As my pal, Larry, says, if you don’t hold your team accountable, you’ve just endorsed inferior conduct. And, let’s face it, that type of performance will never deliver an Ultimat...

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The Critical Key to Business Success Most Frequently Overlooked

When people think of success -- whether business success or personal success -- most usually think first of the logical factors involved. These include financial literacy, marketing skills, or management abilities.

When my first business book, ALL Business is Show Business, was released twenty year...

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Here’s a Tip: Never Minimize Your Distinction

Want a tip? Go pick up your pizza at Domino's! They will give you a $3 tip if you go get your pizza rather than have them deliver it to you.

Thanks to my friend, Dwayne Long, I learned of this new approach from Domino's. Dwayne sent me a link to the new Domino's TV commercial, which says, "When you...

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Is it that, "They don't want to work!" - or - they don't want to work for YOU?

Here's a problematic question for entrepreneurs and managers: is it that people don't want to work nowadays? Or is it that they don't want to work for YOU?

Twenty years ago, I wrote that you must provide the "Ultimate Experience" for both customers and employees. Over the past two decades, we've ob...

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How Your Expectations of Your Team Impact the Customer Experience

Improving the customer experience your organization delivers is difficult. If you want to create enhanced customer experiences, it is critical that your team understands your customers. That sounds pretty obvious -- but how does an organization make that happen?

  • It's clear that expectations shoul...
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