Alan,
The Harvard Business Review, March-April, 1994, p. 166, did an excellent piece on the Service-Profit chain (which is more applicable to the "Crystal Balls" posting, I think).
However, in Jan-Feb, 1998, p. 91, they actually did an even better piece on the Employee-Customer-Profit chain (based, I think, on an actual initiative by Sears here in the States). This one shows that a 5-unit increase in Employee Satisfaction leads to a 1.3-unit increase in Customer Impression, which leads to a 0.5-unit increase in Profitability.
I've got these in PowerPoint format, if anyone is interested. John? |