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85%

85% -- sales growth outperformance for companies applying employee-customer engagement practices (2005)

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Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-19

2005 · Gallup

Companies that applied employee-customer engagement measurement practices outperformed peers by 85% in sales growth.

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85%

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2005

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companies applying employee-customer engagement practices

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Gallup Primary Tier B

http://hbr.org/2005/07/manage-your-human-sigma/ar/1 ↗

Confidence: 71/100 Vintage: 2005 Channel: Common Crawl

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Manage Your Human Sigma

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companies applying employee-customer engagement practices: 85% sales growth outperformance. Source: Gallup (2005). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/human-sigma-sales-growth-outperformance

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