Understanding your clients’ needs, identifying potential risks, and acknowledging where their effort will be required transforms ordinary client engagements into extraordinary partnerships.

Net Promoter Score (NPS) has gained traction across industries as a go-to metric for gauging client satisfaction and loyalty. This one-question survey—asking clients how likely they are to recommend a firm—provides a snapshot of client sentiment, yet, for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firms, relying solely on NPS can be limiting. While the metric is useful, it lacks the depth needed to cultivate exceptional client experiences and foster loyalty in the complex, relationship-driven AEC industry.

If you’re managing a professional services firm, you’ve probably reviewed profitability, revenue, and more—all mapped across an axis of time. But have you considered how your clients perceive the success of your projects?

Imagine you could: • Drastically reduce the number of client relationships each project manager must handle, • Skyrocket individual project profitability and overall revenue growth, • Offer clients a superior experience working with your firm, and • Drastically decrease the risk of key talent burnout (or worse) – all without doing a large-scale hiring of […]

In this digital age where technology enhancements and AI implementation are on the rise, customer feedback, now more than ever, is an invaluable resource for businesses aiming to improve their products, services, and overall customer experience. However, the overuse of surveys can lead to a phenomenon known as “survey fatigue,” where respondents become tired of […]

You’ve determined your send list, carefully crafted your questions, launched your survey, and received your customers’ feedback – but now what? While Customer feedback can do many things, understanding the core basics of what to do with the feedback you receive is the first step on the path to CX success.    Actively Listen & […]

As the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) in your firm, you have the opportunity to influence your clients’ end-to-end relationship with client experience management. Your organization and your team will give you superhero status when you implement a successful, data-driven client experience management initiative. I’m just scratching the surface of the benefits to your marketing team […]

As a firm leader, you get it. You understand that your clients are already having an “experience” working with your firm. You also know that their experience working with your firm is not always consistent and you and your team are still spending more time than you’d prefer putting out fires. You’ve read the articles […]

We all have brands we love because they deliver on their promise and their promise relieves us of some pain, anxiety, or frustration. In this post, I looked at some brands Client Savvy team members love to see if I can connect the dots between the customer experience (CX) those brands deliver and the world […]

Surprised when your clients leave? Give them voice and you’ll never be surprised again. “We don’t need a Voice of Client (VoC) Feedback program at our firm. Our project managers talk to our clients all the time.” This was what Bill, the CEO of a mid-sized engineering firm told me about nine months ago. Recently, […]