Empowering Ops to Beat the Competition

Shawn Casemore is a consultant, speaker, and author investing significant time studying top performing organizations around the world, consulting with and advising CEOs on how to build a more empowered organization in order to dramatically improve performance, create a compelling competitive advantage, and maximize profits. You can find Shawn at CasemoreandCo.com Our discussion centered around Read More …

Turning Down Cold Calls?

Are you missing opportunity in the way that you manage your vendors. Shawn Casemore, the author of Operational Empowerment: Collaborate, Innovate, and Engage to Beat the Competition thinks that way. Shawn is my guest next week to discuss operational empowerment and how companies are leaving valuable knowledge and opportunities on the table. And it is just Read More …

Will Driven to Delight Principles Work

Mercedes has the money. They have the luxury automobile. They can create a customer experience. What about us poor folks? Can we do something similar to Mercedes? – I asked that question of Joe Michelli the author of a new book, Driven to Delight, In the book’s first week, it has become a NY Times best-seller. Read More …

Top 10 Business901 Podcasts of 2015

Great group of guests this year, and had a lot of fun reviewing and listening to over 50 podcasts recorded this year. This is a summary of the top Business901 podcasts of the year. From this group, the top podcast of the year will be chosen. I have excluded this year’s December Podcasts and will Read More …

W. Edwards Deming Stack

W. Edwards Deming was a visionary, whose tireless quest for the “truth” and unwavering belief in “continual improvement” led to a set of transformational theories and teachings that changed the way we think about quality, management and leadership. Throughout his career, he remained a gentleman devoted to family, supportive of colleagues and friends, and always Read More …

Mercedes-Benz becoming Customer Centric

Leaders often look for a partner to help them educate and inspire their people to deliver memorable and profitable customer experiences. At The Michelli Experience, we help front-line employees, managers, and senior leaders deliver relevant and engaging service experiences. To that end, we provide short-term and extended consulting services, keynote and workshop presentations, and bestselling books Read More …