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The Evolving Chief Customer Officer: Identifying Value, Authority, Scope, Responsibilities, and Strategic Direction Within the Enterprise

Beyond Philosophy

In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Chief Customer Officer: A Direct Competition to Chief Marketing Officer or a Resourceful Ally

SmartKarrot

A purchase decision is determined by customers- they will look at a positive experience over anything else. Customer experience is now a priority for any company. This is why more businesses are appointing Chief Customer officers to focus on customers. Should Chief Customer Officer oversee marketing chores?

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How to Evaluate CCO Positions: 5 Steps to Ensuring the Right Fit

Customer Bliss

In my Daily Dose video series, I explore the topics that chief customer officers must grapple with on a daily basis. People (and organizations) don’t change overnight to suddely become customer-focused. The following is a lightly edited transcript of the video below.

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VP Customer Experience Role for Growth

ClearAction

If “customer experience” has innumerable interpretations, the same can likely be said about the ideal role of the Head of Customer Experience. This position may also be known as Chief Customer Officer or VP of Customer [fill-in-the-blank] (e.g. Track record of customer-centric decision-making.

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The Massive Gap Between Customer Expectations and Organizations’ Ability Post-Pandemic

Beyond Philosophy

Only half of the organizations around the world feel prepared to support customer engagement post-COVID. When I read that headline from Verint, an organization specializing in the Voice of Customer, it struck a chord with me—a minor one with lots of extra dissonance. Also, they had an overall plan with a C-level executive (i.e.,

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2017 the Year of Undelivered Promise

Customer Alignment

However, along the way many companies have ‘processed out’ any empathy or recognition of how the experience feels for a customer. Ease and efficiency won’t make customers stick around; emotion will and they will pay for a good one. Think Smiling Companies, Happy Customers. Image courtesy of Pixabay

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Top 150 Global Customer Experience Thought Leaders and Influencers of 2020

SurveySensum

He is an author of Moments of Magic®, The Loyal Customer, The Cult of the Customer, The Amazement Revolution, Amaze Every Customer Every Time, Be Amazing or Go Home, and The Convenience Revolution and a creator of a customer service training program, Customer Focus , aiming to help clients build a customer service culture and loyalty mindset.