Fast Leader Podcast

Customer Experience Podcast

Top minds in Customer Experience, Customer Service, Contact Centers, and Leadership teach you how to be a better customer-centric leader.

The long-running Fast Leader Show Podcast is a customer experience podcast hosted by Jim Rembach. It is a weekly show devoted to uncovering the gems of wisdom from the customer experience ecosystem, so you can see how to improve the customer experience from a vast array of perspectives.

We cover creative thinking, innovation, human-centered design, contact center best practices, analytics, culture, employee engagement, customer retention and loyalty, digital transformation and so much more.

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306: Greg Ablett – How Organizational Health Can Benefit Your Company

306: Greg Ablett – How Organizational Health Can Benefit Your Company

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Sean Ryan was put in charge of an engineering team that had more experience than he had been alive. He wanted them to be more focused on the customer, but he could not possibly dictate any decision to them because they were more experienced than he was. Not really knowing what he could bring to the table, Sean tried to figure out what value that he could bring to the team, and he realized that if he could create space for them from the bureaucracy within the company, then they would be able to perform better and be incredibly successful at what they do. From that experience, Sean was able to learn to think on what his role is as a leader and what he brings to the table when he can’t tell anybody to do anything of substance.

305: Tom Connally – Coaching Leaders to Improve Their Performance

305: Tom Connally – Coaching Leaders to Improve Their Performance

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Sean Ryan was put in charge of an engineering team that had more experience than he had been alive. He wanted them to be more focused on the customer, but he could not possibly dictate any decision to them because they were more experienced than he was. Not really knowing what he could bring to the table, Sean tried to figure out what value that he could bring to the team, and he realized that if he could create space for them from the bureaucracy within the company, then they would be able to perform better and be incredibly successful at what they do. From that experience, Sean was able to learn to think on what his role is as a leader and what he brings to the table when he can’t tell anybody to do anything of substance.

304: Robert E. Quinn – Inspiring Positive Change

304: Robert E. Quinn – Inspiring Positive Change

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When Dr. Robert E. Quinn was in the 6th grade, there was a popular boy in school who was good at basketball and almost every cute cheerleader loved him. Due to certain circumstances, he had to leave the school, and Dr. Quinn, wanting to be loved by the cheerleaders as well, saw it as an opportunity to replace him and become the best basketball player he could be. After working really hard, Dr. Quinn didn’t see any results, as even though he became the best basketball player, the cheerleaders still didn’t love him or notice him. But something else happened for the first time in his life. He realized he could set a goal and pursue it and turn into somebody new. And from his role as a point guard, he learned that it’s about making everyone else better. Although he never achieved his goal of becoming loved by the cheerleaders, Dr. Quinn learned something even more profound in his life.

303: Dave McKeown – Moving from Execution to Excellence

303: Dave McKeown – Moving from Execution to Excellence

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Dave McKeown was about to speak on one of his first workshops when he was faced with the dilemma of not having enough money to pay the hotel bill. Not wanting to borrow money from his girlfriend (now wife), Dave put together his very first webinar where he was able to earn enough money to cover for his hotel bill. From that experience, Dave learned to always invoice his client 50% upfront and that whatever challenge he faced, there will always be an answer out there.

302: Nathanael Zurbruegg – Overcoming Life’s Greatest Challenges

302: Nathanael Zurbruegg – Overcoming Life’s Greatest Challenges

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Nathanael Zurbruegg has been chronically ill since he was 3 years old. He has been through 3 failed kidney transplants, over 4300 Dialysis treatments, and 3 lung infections. Doctors have said he shouldn’t be alive for 6 times by now!

Having been through this many challenges in life, Nathanael shares his strategy of having a victorious mindset in life and having an attitude of never giving up. No matter how hard life may get, there is still hope. It’s important not to focus on the negative, but instead focus on the positive. Listen to this episode as Nathanael Zurbruegg shares how we can have a victorious mindset that can overcome life’s greatest challenges.

301: Patrick S. Frazer – Helping Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Win

301: Patrick S. Frazer – Helping Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Win

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Patrick S. Frazier was working in IT when he got promoted into Operations. Filling in the new seat, Patrick experienced many struggles in leadership, specifically in delegation. He tried to delegate, but the result was a bad employee experience. His boss visited him and spent some time with him to share some wisdom regarding having the courage to let others fail. Through this experience, Patrick learned a valuable lesson in leadership which he now carries on to this day in his coaching practice.

300: Ty Montague – Reinventing Capitalism

300: Ty Montague – Reinventing Capitalism

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Ty Montague had a career in advertising before getting into the business transformation business. He was doing very well in that job and was finding great success, except for the fact that he hated it. For Ty, the day-to-day activities was not satisfying and it seemed like he was just adding more problems to the world. He was able to get over the hump when Ty faced his fears of leaving the company and starting his own business and making positive change for other people.

299: Ryan Coon – Delivering Top-Tier Customer Experience for Renters

299: Ryan Coon – Delivering Top-Tier Customer Experience for Renters

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Ryan Coon’s company was facing a major decision in choosing which part of their market they wanted to focus on. There was a great divide between them, and it was a great challenge to try and fix it. In order to resolve this situation, Ryan Coon got over the hump by talking to the customers and getting feedback from them and simply using that feedback to drive the company forward.

298: Dan Bruder – Unlocking Potential through Culture, Strategy, and Execution

298: Dan Bruder – Unlocking Potential through Culture, Strategy, and Execution

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Dan Bruder was asked to start a bank during his early 20s. He didn’t have any experience yet, but he didn’t back down to the challenge either. In order to accomplish this, he needed to work harder than anybody else. He didn’t have any idea about multiplicative leadership where he could do more with others, and he only focused on how he could do things better by himself. While working on this role, Dan realized the potential of success through the help of others when he hired a second-in-command that was really talented. However, after a year, this person quit. Her reason was that the role was not challenging enough. Dan was putting on too much of the responsibility to himself making her job too easy and squashed her potential and inhibited her ability to be great. From that experience, Dan got over the hump and learned a very valuable lesson in delegating and helping others activate their own potential.