by Sam Klaidman | Oct 14, 2021 | Growth
Introduction I recently participated in an ExitReadiness Podcast organized by Pat Ennis. Our topic was “When You Start Making A Big Decision, First Talk with the People Involved.” The high-level summary is when you have to make a significant business...
by Sam Klaidman | May 12, 2021 | Growth
Do You Have a Challenge Making Important Decisions? Several friends and business associates recently told me, “Sales of my new product or service are not meeting my forecast, and I am nervous.” I quickly discovered they a failure to talk with customers and...
by Sam Klaidman | Mar 22, 2021 | Customer Loyalty
In 1988, Michael R. Mantell wrote the book “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all Small Stuff.” Now we know that Mantell was wrong about Field Service. That is because failure to set achievable expectations will have major negative business outcomes. Here is the...
by Sam Klaidman | Jul 24, 2019 | Growth
A large part of the job of a Service Executive is to grow your service business. This is true even if you are not a profit center, especially if you are one. And the key to successfully growing your business is to focus all your planning efforts on customers and...
by Sam Klaidman | Mar 7, 2016 | Customer Loyalty
A recent Google search of the term “Customer Journey Maps” (CJM) turned up 5.3 million results. This indicates that journey mapping is widespread and is probably getting more popular every day, So I decided to share some of the limitations of journey mapping with you...