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How do I assess my competition?

One of the challenges that a lot of businesses have is aligning what they provide, with the perceptions that their customers actually have. In this lesson, Susannah Schofield, discusses the importance in having the two aligned.

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The ability to see change

The average tenure of a football league manager is 16 months before they are dismissed, but Sir Alex Ferguson become the longest serving football manager in history. In this lesson, Grant Leboff discusses with Professor Damian Hughes, how Sir Alex Ferguson instilled cup winning objectives into his team members, how he planned for the future, and how that relates to successful businesses today.

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Getting that vision thing

Martin Luther King didn’t stand on Capitol Hill and say; I’ve got a strategic plan and a cash flow forecast – he told everyone that he ‘had a dream’. In this lesson, Grant Leboff discusses with Andy Hanselman, author of ‘Think In 3D’ how businesses need to visualise where they want to be and how they want to be seen by their customers.

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Why is purpose so important for an organisation?

It’s not good enough having a successful business if you fail to understand exactly what it is that you are doing right. In this lesson, business consultant and author Shaun Smith, explains the importance of being purposeful and meaningful with your customers.

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How does technology influence business?

Technology is changing the business environment and the way we relate to customers, suppliers, competitors. In this lesson, Susannah Schofield discusses how both customers and employees are living in a 24/7 world and beyond…

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How companies need to think

Many companies consider themselves outward-focusing, but are they best-placed to even do that?” In this lesson, customer service and experience strategist, Adrian Swinscoe, discusses the link between organization structure and the customer experience

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Customer engagement

In your effort to improve your service or product, when was the last time you asked your customers to help? In this lesson, customer service and experience strategist, Adrian Swinscoe, explains that to really engage customers, you need to be willing to fail.