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Ron Shewchuk

Three words: faith, sympathy and trust.

Simon

Interesting thought. In the written form, it would be words conveying how "we" can "succeed".

But in a face to face or verbal context, perhaps it is not the words themselves but how we say them, and how we present ourselves. How words are only one facet of conversation harks back to those studies saying 60-90% of a presentation's impact comes from non verbal cues

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Bill Gammell

Very thought provoking. I have two thoughts:

1. We CAN empower customers through the customer experience we deliver. We give customers the power (ammunition?) to speak good or ill of us by how we deliver (or miss) on the customer experience.

2. With that said, maybe the word "empower" does tend to exalt ourselves to more of a "SIMS-like" status. Maybe it's more in tune with "harmonize" (to flower power-ish??) or "align."

Boy, that is a great question.

Valeria Maltoni

@Ron - I once met a leader who said that people did not earn her trust. She gave it implicitly. It was theirs to lose. I like empathy as well.

@Simon - I think "yes" is a good word and so is "can".

@Bill - I like the idea of providing something worth talking about. Taking action of the positive kind.

Priyanka

Hi Valeria,

Very interesting post! I was actually aware of what you are talking about but you have been able to put it down very succinctly which is wonderful.

~Priyanka

Joe Raasch

Hi Valeria,

"Ownership" - as in:

- own the customer experience
- when something happens, someone has the leadership commitment to say, "I own this", meaning they will see the project to completion and sustainability
- own your relationship with the places you do business

"Own it!"

Joe

Valeria Maltoni

Joe:

I like "ownership" a lot. One of the conversations I've had with consultants and organization development experts is about accountability. Even when leaders do not hold themselves accountable - they still are by virtue of the power they have been invested with.

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