Andrew McMillan

Former Head of Customer Service, John Lewis and Director Engaging Service

Andrew specialises in employee engagement, customer experience and the leadership to create the link between the two.  Previously, he spent 28 years working for the John Lewis Partnership, starting as a management trainee to becoming responsible for customer experience across the department store division.

Andrew’s aim is to make individuals and organisations happier and more fulfilled through a sense of collective purpose, so they engender trust, loyalty and advocacy from their customers while becoming more productive and, as a consequence, more profitable.  He helps organisations join up their own internal dots to create their unique link between employee engagement and consistently great customer experience.

Whether it’s SME, public sector, not for profit or a large multinational, Andrew places an emphasis on understanding what makes (or can make) them different and special for their customers.  Often different parts of an organisation believe they have different purposes, but Andrew enables them to cut through their differences in perception and experience.  By uncovering inherent values and a shared enthusiasm he brings about employee engagement and growth.

Andrew also looks at the roles of leadership, communication, trust and enjoying work in creating success.  In presentations, he explains that great customer experience cannot be taught but reflects a great internal culture.  By developing a personality and values that are realistic, honest, and shared, organisations can deliver a degree of long lasting, competitive differentiation that few achieve, but many aspire to.

Andrew has spoken at over 300 conferences worldwide.  

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