by Karl Sharicz | Jan 6, 2020 | Communication, Customer Experience, Empathy, Workplace
Here we are—January 2020—another new year just beginning—and an election year as well. Excitement abounds. And here I am, as you may well be, in a moderate reflection of the past year and moderately optimistic about the year ahead. I’m using the word “moderate”...
by Karl Sharicz | Dec 27, 2019 | Communication, Customer Experience, Empathy, NPS, Workplace
The Net Promoter Score (NPS) or “the ultimate question” as it is commonly referred to, has a history that dates back a full 26 years. Developed by Fred Reichheld in 1993 and published in a Harvard Business Review article in 2003 entitled The One Number You Need to...
by Karl Sharicz | Nov 7, 2019 | Communication, Customer Experience, Empathy, Workplace
A few years back when I started taking drum lessons, my instructor gave me some sage advice about my performing. The advice he offered was ‘just because you can, doesn’t mean you should’ which came from a common English saying, meaning that there are some things that...
by Karl Sharicz | Jul 15, 2019 | Communication, Customer Experience, Empathy, Training, Workplace
Someone asked me the other day whether I had ever taken an online training class and what was my impression and experience of having done so. If ever there was a loaded question for me, that one gets top billing. My initial response and emotional reaction to that...
by Karl Sharicz | Apr 4, 2019 | Brand, Communication, Customer Experience, Empathy, Workplace
As CX professionals, we are largely compelled to align with our respective organization’s sales and marketing functions and for good reason—they are generally the ones carrying out the strategy and business goals established by leadership and guiding the rest of the...
