Blake Michelle Morgan

Customer Experience Futurist, Author, Keynote Speaker

Six Ways To Support Employees During COVID-19

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What do you do when everything about how you run a business goes out the window?

Software company Red Hat is regularly recognized as one of the best places to work, in part because of its strong community and culture. But when the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees around the world to work from home, the company had to find new ways to support its employees.

DeLisa Alexander, Red Hat’s Chief People Officer, is leading efforts to stay connected to remote employees and support them to become their best selves, even in times of stress and uncertainty.

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How To Master Customer Experience Leadership

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A customer focus and strong customer experience starts from the top. In order for companies to be totally customer-centric, they must have strong leaders. 

However, we’re facing a leadership crisis today where most leaders don’t know how to lead. Jacob Morgan (who just happens to be my husband) is a best-selling author and expert on leadership and the future of work. As he was conducting research for his book, The Future Leader, he came across this startling statistic: most people become leaders in their mid to late 20s, but they don’t receive formal leadership training until …
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Beyonce’s Former Lawyer On How To Overcome The Biggest Mistake Women Make In Business

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Women like Beyoncé command attention, both on stage and in the boardroom. But channeling your inner Beyoncé starts by avoiding a common and costly mistake most women make in business. Trust the woman who served as the personal attorney for many famous musicians, including Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

Jennifer Justice, better known as JJ, spent years as a music lawyer before founding The Justice Department, a female-focused strategy and law firm. She says the biggest mistake women make in business is not negotiating for themselves.

Negotiating For Yourself From Beyonce and Jay-Z’s Lawyer

Justice says that too often, women don’t …
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The World’s Top Female Futurists

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The world is changing at a frantic pace, which will only continue to speed up in coming years. At the cusp of those changes are futurists, who keep their eye on what the coming months, years and decades may bring. And more than ever, women are making their mark on the field.

200 CEOs Met To Save The World, Now What?

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In a time when the zeitgeist in America is at an all-time low and most people can’t agree on anything, it seems unusual for a group of nearly 200 top CEOs to gather and come to an understanding. The Business Roundtable, a group of the country’s top CEOs, has gathered regularly since it was founded in 1972. But this year’s meeting seemed to carry more weight as the group redefined the purpose of a corporation and showed the power and importance of business.

101 Of The Best Customer Experience Quotes

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All over the internet there are customer service quotes, marketing quotes and sales quotes, but rarely do we see a round-up of quotes purely based on customer experience. Customer experience as a discipline has only grown in importance, with google searches on the phrase customer experience increasing steadily in the last few years. Growth IQ author Tiffani Bova recently shared a stat that google searches of the phrase "customer experience" have nearly tripled in the last decade - and now the term hashtag #CX is at an all time high (2004-2019). Here I have compiled 101 of the top customer experience quotes, and I hope one of these quotes can inspire you in your own efforts to make your organization more customer-centric.

The 10 Habits Of Transformational Leaders

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A growing number of companies are looking to hire transformational leaders. These are the people who create positive changes in their employees and companies. Transformational leaders are billed as leaders of the future who can help their companies through turbulent times full of change and innovation. But what does it actually mean to be a transformational leader and how can you become one? Here are 10 habits of transformational leaders.

Simplifying Culture So Managers Can Actually Execute On It

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Why are so many employees who affect the customer experience doing more damage than good? It’s because managers have no idea what to do with the vague mandates around culture assigned to them by leadership. It’s time to get clear on how to build a culture of connection.

How Leadership Development Impacts Customer Experience

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There are a lot of things that impact customer experience—employee engagement, the online customer journey, the in-store atmosphere, and more. One area that is often overlooked but that has a tremendous impact on customer experience is leadership development.

The Top 20 Traits Of Customer Experience Leaders

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Companies that have the strongest customer experiences often have the best leaders. Whether they are individual contributors, executives or customer-facing employees, they know what it takes to motivate and inspire others to create a positive experience. And it shows—customers can tell when an organization is focused on providing a great experience and that attitude is reflected in their people.