Integrity Solutions

APRIL 16, 2021

Building a customer-centric culture is more challenging than you might initially think. But every organization has the ability to build a strong customer-centric culture- and it doesn’t have to be complex. And that one thing is something they absolutely can control: building and maintaining a customer-centric, mission-driven culture.

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Customer Centricity Culture Competitive Advantage Customers 121

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 23, 2023

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. Culture Describe your corporate culture including how it is differentiated from your competition.

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Customer Care Contact Center Comparison Employee Engagement 177

Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The most customer-centric organizations build on a foundation of employee engagement. What’s behind that level of engagement? As it turns out the key driver is purpose.

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Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Video 50

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. Today we share some important considerations for establishing your customer service culture as well as the best practices of the leading customer service organizations. After all, Suttle says, your culture is not just words on a page.

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Culture Customer Service Leadership Airlines 114

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Highly-engaged employees will deliver better experiences to your customers, leading to increased loyalty, more referrals, and more business overall. The post 5 Epic Employee Engagement Issues You Never Noticed appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting. These simple moments add […].

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Employee Engagement Engagement Consulting Loyalty 110

Brad Cleveland Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

When you peel back the layers of any customer-centric organization, you’ll find a culture of honoring employees, encouraging their insight, and engaging them every step of the way. Customer experience is built on a foundation of employee engagement. What is employee engagement?

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Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 29

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 11, 2015

Organizational culture can reveal itself to customers in the same awkward and uncomfortable way. If your culture is toxic, that toxicity permeates through to every interaction a customer may have. If your culture is toxic, that toxicity permeates through to every interaction a customer may have. They protect bad leadership.

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Culture How To Leadership Social Media 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 20, 2014

RULES are established instead of culture. Following the rules is not fun, but believing in a culture is. Employees learn to do what’s always been done, even if it’s only been a few months! Trying to manage the outcome from humans is vexing, whether they are employees or customers. Where have we gone wrong?

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Customer Focused Employee Engagement Culture Social Media 289

CX Journey

MARCH 12, 2015

As companies focus inward to understand how to achieve their customer experience goals, the term “engagement” is often used interchangeably with “culture.” Employee Engagement: The “I” Point of View Employee engagement is the functional and emotional connection that employees have with an organization.

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Culture Engagement Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 80

CX Journey

APRIL 11, 2018

Image courtesy of Pixabay Does your CEO - and your entire leadership team - really care about their employees? It features Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, and his approach to leadership that we can/should all learn from. He's a very genuine and caring person, and I love how he's trying to shift the leadership paradigm.

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Leadership Culture Hospitality Measurement 169

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 24, 2015

For more than twenty years, she has helped organizational leadership recognize the importance of customer-focused initiatives in ways that directly impact the business results. The 5 Customer Leadership Competencies. Leadership, Accountability and Culture. Culture must be proven. Chief Customer Officer 2.0

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Leadership Chief Customer Officer Handbook Social Media 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Customercentric culture is all about being proactive. This post is part of the Customer Experience Professionals Association’s 2014 Blog Carnival. Blog Culture Customer Experience Featured employee engagement leadership linkedin' Get to the root cause. Happy Customer Experience Day!

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Customer Focused Employee Engagement Call Center Social Media 275

CX Journey

JANUARY 9, 2018

Image courtesy of Pixabay Does your company place top priority on culture and employees? I've said more times than I can remember: "Quite simply, without employees, you have no customer experience." Companies have to put employees first. They have to make sure employees have a great experience.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

The work we’re handling has surged and become more complex, while the employees … Continue reading → The post Do your goals and metrics foster employee engagement? Supply chain problems and the Great Resignation have caused challenges on every aspect of customer care. appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Employee Engagement Metrics Engagement Contact Center 46

Brad Cleveland Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

When you peel back the layers of any customer-centric organization, you’ll find a culture of honoring employees, encouraging their insight, and engaging them every step of the way. Customer experience is built on a foundation of employee engagement.

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Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 26

SurveySparrow

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Today SurveySparrow, the makers of your favourite online survey software , had the opportunity to chat with employee experience expert David Zinger about his involvement in the world of EX. David is both a prolific author and the founder of the 7200 member Employee Engagement Network. Let’s jump into the interview then.

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Employee Engagement Engagement Employee Experience Survey 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2015

The others were his senior staff , his trusted leadership team members. ” CXI® means re-evaluating your leadership practices. More Posts - Website Follow Me: The post Destructive Leadership Practices: Is Your CEO in Denial? More Posts - Website Follow Me: The post Destructive Leadership Practices: Is Your CEO in Denial?

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Leadership Consulting Employee Engagement User Experience 110

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Lynn Hunsaker, CEO and Head Customer Experience Consultant at ClearAction @ clearaction | blog “Customers’ discernment of providers’ motives will continue to sharpen in the future. Customers are being educated about customer experience by providers and fellow customers, and as employees within provider organizations.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Self Service Culture 324

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Do they to reflect a customer-centric culture? Encourage everyone to send hand-written cards to whomever they’d like – customers, prospects, employees, vendors, etc. Bookmark this blog and subscribe to the Crack The Customer Code podcast ! Does the tone and messaging match your customer experience mission?

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Customer Journeys Customer Experience eBook Employee Engagement 306

Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The most customer-centric organizations build on a foundation of employee engagement. What’s behind that level of engagement? As it turns out the key driver is purpose.

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Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Video 26

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

It seems most organizations have a Customer Experience program and an increasing number have started Employee Engagement programs. Because the experience you give your Customers is the same experience you should give your employees. Employee engagement is the latest buzz phrase in the industry.

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Employee Engagement Engagement Employee Experience Retail 60

Integrity Solutions

MARCH 11, 2019

What are you doing every day to strengthen the culture of trust with your employees and customers? 5 Ways Leaders Develop a Culture of Trust. Here are 5 leadership actions you can take to begin forging these all-important trusting relationships: Clearly communicate expectations to each person.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Whenever the subject of employee satisfaction and engagement arises, it is often difficult to differentiate between them. If you believe that “a satisfied employee IS an engaged employee.” Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Employee Engagement Engagement Consulting Culture 68

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. In the consumer world, satisfaction has only incidental proven connection to customer experience and behavior, and engagement has similar challenges for employees (and customers). That is what the scope of employee ambassadorship helps to provide. Servant Leadership.

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Leadership Engagement Customer Centricity Employee Engagement 60

Thematic

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Yes, employee engagement has become a bit of a buzz-phrase. But what is an engaged employee? A high level of employee engagement is closely tied to business outcome – so creating a positive culture and a well-functioning team is imperative. This requires give and take on both sides.

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Leadership Strategy Culture Employee Engagement 54

CloudCherry

MARCH 8, 2019

In-depth neuroscience researches tell us that there are biological differences in the way a woman and a man would think but that does not prove men and can soar higher than women in leadership capabilities. The book was the first and one of its kind, at the time, to address the role of a customer leadership executive. Jeannie Walters.

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Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Professionals Consulting Employee Experience 285

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

I recently sent a letter to the CXI® Club listing some things I’m thankful for this year, but I wanted to be sure this part was not exclusive to people on our mailing list: I’m very thankful for you, reading this [letter] and our blogs each week. It’s ingrained in their culture. You can read the rest of the letter here.).

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Banking Loyalty Culture Social Media 286

PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

In case you missed it, The New York Times recently published a tell-all exposé about Amazon’s corporate culture. He also offered a LinkedIn write-up from an employee , which argued something like, “Amazon’s culture isn’t as bruising as the article claims. So, in light of all of that, let's talk about culture.

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Customer Centricity Culture Employee Engagement Leadership 48

Teletech

AUGUST 14, 2015

There is no defined culture for businesses; it is something that leaders and their employees must demonstrate in order to make the customer and employee experiences as enjoyable and efficient as possible. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here. or visit www.peppersandrogersgroup.com/blog.

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Culture Leadership Video Employee Experience 40

ShepHyken

MARCH 23, 2018

Better practices that emanate from leadership can prevent or correct such leaks and perhaps turn them into growth opportunities. Employee – mission disconnect. Situation : Your mission statement has become, or always has been, merely words on a wall and not a philosophy embraced by employees. Distrust of leadership.

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Communication Leadership Airlines Social Media 82

Brad Cleveland Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

The work we’re handling has surged and become more complex, while the employees … Continue reading → The post Do your goals and metrics foster employee engagement? Supply chain problems and the Great Resignation have caused challenges on every aspect of customer care. appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Employee Engagement Metrics Engagement Contact Center 26

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 13, 2019

What we know from early research on employee engagement is that if you have happy employees, chances are you’re going to have satisfied customers. My new ebook, Happy Employees Make Happy Customers , explores this concept in great detail. Employees want to feel included in the club/group/tribe.

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Customer Experience Employee Experience Culture Leadership 165

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 2, 2018

It can be uncomfortable but also incredibly effective in changing a culture from the inside-out. You need diligence and persistence in this type of leadership. But the irony, of course, is that the very places that want these types of leaders often already live in a data-centric culture. The “Big Idea” CX Leader.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Culture Leadership 225

CX Journey

OCTOBER 23, 2014

It appeared on their blog on June 19, 2014. Leadership : It starts at the top. If you''ve got the wrong leadership in place, it''ll be really tough to steer the ship in the right direction. This may require training, hiring for new skills and new attitudes; you''ll certainly want to be sure there''s a culture fit.

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Culture Leadership Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 173

Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Senior management can lead with their vision and strategies in order to instill employee confidence. Senior leadership must motivate employees by nurturing career development, integrity, and dedication. Well thought. Great points.

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Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Satisfaction Loyalty 46

Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

Do you need to make the case for your efforts to improve employee engagement? These numbers may help: 51% of US workers are not engaged, while 17.5% are actively disengaged.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

These organizations see both employee engagement and business returns improve. … Continue reading → The post Want engaged employees? Create a supporting culture appeared first on Brad Cleveland. I’ve seen that seven key principles are always at work in great organizations.

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