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10 Elements of an Outstanding Customer Service Culture

Skip Prichard

For example, an employee who spends her early career in the straitlaced but excellent Member Support environment of USAA in San Antonio and then moves to Vegas to join the wild-and-woolly world of the Customer Loyalty Team at Zappos is definitely going to need an adjustment period before she feels at home.

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Six Fundamentals Every Entrepreneur Needs to Succeed

Harvard Business Review

In an environment with rate parity such as in lodging, companies that can offer consumers reduced prices and exemplary service are able to really stand out as valuable. Getaroom stands out because it presents a new model for hotel room booking. Getaroom.com''s value proposition is based upon superior pricing and service.

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3 Emerging Alternatives to Traditional Hiring Methods

Harvard Business Review

As for the how question, there has been much innovation in talent identification over the past five years, mostly as a result of the digital revolution and the ubiquity of smartphones. Today, such methods are applied in a variety of environments. Some organizations assess talent by monitoring and measuring day-to-day activity.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Before describing those, let’s look at how we identified the exceptional firms that rose to the top of our ranking, a group we call the Transformation 10. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc. The Transformation 10 Judges Chris Chadwick , former CEO of Boeing Defense.

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CMOs and CEOs Can Work Better Together

Harvard Business Review

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. The marketing team at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Group also offers a good example of cross-functional cooperation in action. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change.

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