Gerry Brown

Gerry Brown

FRSA

SXW, UK
On a mission to save the World from Bad Customer Service - Author, Speaker, Customer Experience Specialist on Helping Customers Win

Well seasoned, but not over cooked author, speaker, workshop facilitator and consultant with broad experience in customer service, customer experience, employee engagement, contact centre, & CRM, for a range of market segments in the UK, Canada, EMEA & the USA.

Over that that time I've learned what works and what doesn't. I take a unique approach that eschews the newest shiny toys as a starting point and focuses on four fundamental principles that must underpin and drive a successful customer experience strategy, Culture, Commitment, Communication and Community.

As a vocal and demanding customer myself, I truly understand the frustration, anger and disappointment that characterize many customers'​ experiences with businesses. I've been involved in the customer service business in one form or another for over thirty years in strategic, operational and logistical roles.

I help customer service directors, customer experiences leaders, contact centre directors  and MDs to develop actionable insights, drive value and improve profitable customer retention by focusing on Customer Inspired Thinking that will help them in:

• Evaluating what customers really think of them & why
• Quantifying how much bad service really costs them
• Identifying & addressing areas for improvement in employee & customer experience
• Engaging, involving and inspiring their employees to find their inner customer
• Introducing & integrating the right technology at the right time for the right reasons
• Measuring what matters – to customers

Well seasoned, but not over cooked author, speaker, workshop facilitator and consultant with broad experience in customer service, customer experience, employee engagement, contact centre, & CRM, for a range of market segments in the UK, Canada, EMEA & the USA.

Over that that time I've learned what works and what doesn't. I take a unique approach that eschews the newest shiny toys as a starting point and focuses on four fundamental principles that must underpin and drive a successful customer experience strategy, Culture, Commitment, Communication and Community.

As a vocal and demanding customer myself, I truly understand the frustration, anger and disappointment that characterize many customers'​ experiences with businesses. I've been involved in the customer service business in one form or another for over thirty years in strategic, operational and logistical roles.

I help customer service directors, customer experiences leaders, contact centre directors  and MDs to develop actionable insights, drive value and improve profitable customer retention by focusing on Customer Inspired Thinking that will help them in:

• Evaluating what customers really think of them & why
• Quantifying how much bad service really costs them
• Identifying & addressing areas for improvement in employee & customer experience
• Engaging, involving and inspiring their employees to find their inner customer
• Introducing & integrating the right technology at the right time for the right reasons
• Measuring what matters – to customers

Customer Experience Principles that Count

Format: ​One day or half day session

 

This program is perfect for:
  • ​Customer Service Directors,
  • Contyact Centre Managers
  • IT Directors,
  • Heads of Customer Experience, 
  • MDs and their crossfunctional teams 
  • Senior Executives who know that embedding great customer experience at the heart of their business is a key element in their long term survival and...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / Specific

Changing Channels - Tune into your Customers before they turn you off

Format: ​One day or half day workshop

 

This program is perfect for:
  • ​Customer Service Directors
  • Customer Experience Executives
  • IT Directors
  • Contact Centre Directors
  • Finance Directors
  • Marketing Directors
  • Business Leaders who are seeking to find the ideal blend of customer experience excellence and operational effectiveness sprinkled with a generous helping of financial...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / Specific

Customer Experience Acceleration – A New Dawn™

Format: ​A stratgic assessment carried out over a number of days with key senior and front line operational colleagues. The output is a high level report with specific and actionable insights into significantly enhancing customer & employee experience.

 

This program is perfect for:
  • Senior Customer Experince & Customer Service management
  • Cross functional customer experience teams seeking io uncover and...
Educational / InformativeTechnical / Specific

Measuring What Matters for Positive Customer Outcomes The End is Insight

Format: ​One day or half day workshop

 

This program is perfect for:
  • ​Directors or Heads of Customer Service
  • Heads of Customer Experience or Operations, 
  • Team Leaders and key Front Line colleagues, who recognise that their organization's ability to gather, collate and fully optimise VOC and other key data may need refreshing, enhancing and updating to make them more responsive to customers and competitive...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / Specific

Talk isn't cheap – It could be costing your business millions!

Format: ​A strategic review carried out over a number of days that will lift the lid off the emotions that your colleagues are creating and examine the words and phrases that they use in their interactions with customers.

The analysis is based on a range of conversational metrics that we convert into an Emotional Score (E-Score) that will provide deep, actionable insight into what is working, what isn't, and how subtle, but meaningful changes in conversational skills...
Technical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changing

Can We Talk? – Conversation not Confrontation

Format: ​One day or half day workshop

 

This program is perfect for:
  • ​Customer Service Advisors,
  • Team Leaders and Supervisors who want to make a real, emotional and memorable connection, and a positive difference, in their interactions with customer

 

The audience will leave with:
  • An understanding of  why treating all customers the same is not a viable or...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / Specific