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Zappos: Would You Hire This Employee?

May 15, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 93 Comments

On one occasion when we hosted an executive session for the Society for Human Resource & Management (SHRM), we took…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Retail Filed under: Retail, Selection, Zappos

Brick Ownership

April 19, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 28 Comments

Recently I was asked to do a program on the future of Customer Service. One of the key concepts I…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Retail Filed under: Brick Ownership, Customer Involvement, Lego, Retail

Actionable Goals

March 21, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 59 Comments

In a previous post, we spoke of Blue Sky Goals. They not only allow you to dream big, but they…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: actionable goals, Blue Sky Goals, Continuous Improvement, goals, Limit/Parameter Goals, Project Goals
Blue Sky Goals

Blue Sky Goals

March 13, 2017 J. Jeff Kober

Goal setting is so important. But in truth, there are many types of goals. In the next few posts, we’ll look at…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: B.H.A.G., Blue Sky Goals, Daniel Burnham, Elias Disney, Goal Setting, Got Goals, Walt Disney, World's Columbian Exposition

Forget Moving Cheese…Move Some Ladders!

February 28, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 69 Comments

This week, I want to share an blog post written by Alex Berger. His post is a classified website that…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: Alex Berger, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, ladders, Status Quo, Who Moved My Cheese

Kober: It Means God of Patience

January 5, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 41 Comments

Greetings to a great new year! On a trip to Clearwater Beach, we ended up in a comedy of errors…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: Leadership, Patience

Steps in Transforming Customer Service

December 13, 2016 J. Jeff Kober 1 Comment

In our many engagements, we meet people who embrace our thought leadership around what we refer to as The Chain…

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Posted in: Customer Service Filed under: behaviors, dashboards, goals, integrity matrix, lean, scorecards, service mapping, service mission, six sigma, Values

Vote Today! And Every Day!

November 7, 2016 J. Jeff Kober

In anticipation for this week’s major election, TED Radio Hour hosted a podcast called Democracy on Trial. Eric P. Liu,…

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Posted in: Employee Engagement Filed under: 2016 Election, Democracy, Employee Engagement, Eric Liu, TED Radio Hour

Being Cordial

October 26, 2016 J. Jeff Kober 66 Comments

It seems that at this point in the election cycle, a topic like being cordial might seem past due. But…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: Cordial

Intrapreneur Vs. Entrepreneur

October 4, 2016 J. Jeff Kober 45 Comments

Many organizations want to experience the benefits of an internal culture that is entrepreneurial in nature. What they really want…

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Posted in: Leadership

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