Feedback Quadrant – The missing axis of information

Feedback Quadrant – The missing axis of information

If you manage a professional services firm, or any projects for a firm, you have most likely seen numerous reports, charts, and other data measuring the financial performance of your project, team, client, or firm.  You have surely seen metrics of profitability,...
Don’t let your clients’ experience be like a game of telephone

Don’t let your clients’ experience be like a game of telephone

Do you remember playing the telephone game as a child? One friend would start with a sentence and the sentence would work its way around the circle. By the time it got to you it was a garbled circus of word entertainment. The point of the game was to illustrate how...
An Adieu Haiku

An Adieu Haiku

You are leaving me? Who will I call at your firm? I’m lost without you You lost your champion at one of your key clients. Maybe they retired, maybe they went and found a new job, either way, it’s not easy. You’ve spent years working with *THAT* person. You know their...
Overcoming Obstacles to Cross-Selling

Overcoming Obstacles to Cross-Selling

“We’re leaving revenue on the table.” “Do your clients even know we offer other services?” “The more services we offer to our clients, the deeper our relationship will be.” Do any of these statements sound familiar? Although cross-selling can be an easy way to...
Client Experience is like a colonoscopy?

Client Experience is like a colonoscopy?

You may think, what? I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. I read an article recently that shared research from Dr. Daniel Kahneman’s “Peak/End” study and supported ensuring that each of your client’s interactions with your team is positive. In the study, Dr....