In the first edition of this landmark book, business loyalty guru Fred Reichheld revealed the question most critical to your company's future: 'Would you recommend us to a friend?' By asking customers this question, you identify detractors, who sully your firm's reputation and readily switch to comp[...]

CEOs regularly announce ambitious growth targets, then fail to achieve them. The reason? Too many companies are addicted to bad profits. These corporate steroids boost short-term earnings but burn out the employees and alienate customers. They undermine growth by creating legions of detractors - cus[...]