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Developing a high-performing and agile leadership team to increase performance and profitability

Brimstone Consulting

Through a combination of add-on acquisitions, capital investment, and the integration of three portfolio companies, a leading private equity firm transformed a local artisanal food manufacturer into a national company with a range of products and a portfolio of brands. Two senior team members were onboarded. Let's talk CONTACT BRIMSTONE.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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How Avaya Turned Around Its Customer Ratings

Harvard Business

Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. Too often, when Avaya delivered tailor-designed products and services for customers, the customer was not satisfied. The key to this transformation was an innovation approach common in the software industry: agile invention methodology. The risk had been managed well.

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Why John Deere Measures Employee Morale Every Two Weeks

Harvard Business

But it’s important to remember what comes between the motivated employee and the satisfied customer: the innovative product or service that the employee creates and the company sells. With the rapid development of the Internet of Things , incorporating up-to-the-minute digital technology has become critical to its product innovation.

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NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work?

Harvard Business

NewTV is the creation of Jeffrey Katzenberg, whose track record includes head of production at Paramount, chair of Walt Disney Studios, and cofounder of DreamWorks. Because the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. And it may work.

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CSAT vs. CES vs. NPS: How to turbocharge key metrics for contact center success

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Customer Satisfaction (CSAT), Customer Effort Score (CES), and Net Promoter Score (NPS) metrics have long been invaluable tools in the industry, but it’s critical to recognize that these metrics on their own cannot improve customer experience. What is a CSAT rating? How to improve CSAT. What is a CES rating?

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