Experience Matters

MAY 12, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, The State of the CX Management, 2015. Here’s the executive summary: For the sixth straight year, Temkin Group surveyed nearly 200 large companies to evaluate the state of their Customer Experience (CX) management. This year we found an abundance of CX ambition and activity.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I speak with customer experience professionals every day. Some of them have fancy, customer-focused titles like Chief Customer Officer or Vice President of Customer Experience. Others have more common org chart regulars, like Chief Marketing Officer or Voice fo the Customer (VoC) Director.

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TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

Blake is also the author of two books on customer experience, including “The Customer Of The Future”, which was identified by Business Insider as one of the top 20 books executives are reading to deal with COVID-19.

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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.” The two terms are related, and they’re both elements of customer experience improvement. Prompts might include: “We know who is responsible for the customer.”

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CX Journey

AUGUST 26, 2014

Image courtesy of B Gilmour How well are your change management efforts going? The steps come from his 1996 book, Leading Change , which outlines the eight critical success factors for change management. It got me thinking about whether I captured all of these steps in a post on change management I wrote last month for Intradiem.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd. Eric’s favorite motto is “The Customer Experience is Paramount and must be the driving force to any organization.” Paul Husar, Senior Call Center Manager at LG Electronics. Follow on LinkedIn. Follow on LinkedIn. Follow on LinkedIn.

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Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

In This Article: Customer Experience 3 The Cult Of The Customer Chief Customer Officer 2.0 I wanted to share the tactics and tools I teach in my speeches, as well as what my team teaches in our customer service workshops. Customer service is not a department. I hold nothing back.

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Kustomer

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Annette Pedroza to learn about building a customer centric culture. Listen Now: Listen to “Anntte Pedroza | Building a Customer Centric Culture” on Spreaker. TRANSCRIPT. Absolutely.

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InMoment XI

MARCH 6, 2024

The best customer experience quotes can be a great source of inspiration for leadership teams and entire organizations looking to drive their CX transformation. According to research: Companies that earn $1 billion annually can expect to earn, on average, an additional $700 million within 3 years of investing in customer experience.

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CX Journey

MARCH 21, 2018

Image courtesy of Pixabay What's in your customer experience strategy budget? Traditionally, customer experience professionals have no budget. Despite that, customer experience professionals still need to develop a budget for the work that they do and for the resources they need for that work.

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Kerry Bodine

JUNE 11, 2017

Customer experience professionals must design improved interactions for their customers and, as part of this work, change the processes, policies, and culture of the organizations that drive those interactions. Customer experience professionals are partly to blame. So far, so good.

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ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

CCXP exam (Customer Experience Professional Certification) competencies are a guide to highly profitable customer experience management. It’s equally applicable to Employee Experience and Partner Experience management. Professional certification is not a walk in the park.

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CloudCherry

MARCH 19, 2018

It tells you if you’re actually doing the right things, whether the initiatives you take impact the customer as well as your business in a positive way and also cut down on investments that aren’t delivering the expected returns. Merely investing in a Customer Experience Management tool doesn’t suffice.

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CloudCherry

MARCH 8, 2019

She is the Founder and President of CustomerBliss, and the Co-Founder of The Customer Experience Professionals Association. Jeanne has over 20 years of experience into ‘Customer Experience’ as she learned early on from her father. She is the head of Customer Experience at Courts Malaysia SDN BHD.

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ijgolding

JANUARY 28, 2018

Last week I had a fascinating conversation with a peer of mine – a fellow Customer Experience Professional. James Dodkins is as passionate about transforming organisations to become sustainably customer centric as I am. The six steps are as follows: Step 1 – Attract. What do I mean by the ‘right employees’?

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CX Accelerator

JUNE 27, 2019

Originally posted on the Rustici Software Blog Last month, I presented to the Nashville Network of Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) and shared how we’ve built a remarkable place to work at Rustici Software and how that leads to providing exceptional service to our customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Prediction #1: The C-Suite Team will see this as the year that Customer Experience must produce returns, or it will get cut. Many senior managers believe that we’ve given Customer Experience a fair crack of the whip. . However, it is only the first step in a broader cultural change.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

What are, in your opinion, the top challenges in customer experience that companies should be aware of in 2018?? Some hints: big data, omnichannel, personalisation, AI and organizational culture. This will push more aggressive change driven by Customer Experience professionals. Don’t underestimate culture.

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Horizon CX

JUNE 2, 2020

And buried within that same report, they also predicted that customer experience professionals would either quantify their business impact and reach new levels of influence or find themselves in a tenuous position. Legendary management consultant and writer Peter Drucker once said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

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CX Journey

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I'm looking forward to working with more new clients and meeting and learning from more brilliant customer experience professionals going forward. B2B Customer Experience Management Best Practices A Confused Customer Buys Nothing Today's VOC Program Challenges The 7 Deadly Sins of Customer Experience.

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Storyminers

MAY 8, 2017

They all use the six customer experience pillars. However, change is happening so fast (tech, customer desires, partners, organizational structures, etc.) that ‘just doing better’ doesn’t always make the customers happier or the business healthier. Some have seen their fortunes rise.

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CX Journey

OCTOBER 4, 2016

His approach is defined by a culture where employees thrive, succeed, and are fulfilled, happy, and growing at work - a culture where every individual in the organization, regardless of who they are or what they do, has a voice, i.e., every individual matters. Let's dive in. I wish I could be as optimistic about that!

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach. He has been successful in showing businesses, teams and communities how to create a Disney-like experience and culture. He brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experiences to his keynotes and seminars. John Formica Follow @JohnFormica.

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CX Journey

MARCH 13, 2018

It’s not because business leaders fail to recognize the importance of their customers; at least, they give customers lip service: more than 95% of management teams Bain surveyed claim to be customer focused. Focus on the customer, and the numbers, the revenue, will follow. How is that even possible?

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The words customer-centric and silos do not sit happily in the same sentence. Silos harm culture and damage customer experiences. So, come on recruiters and hiring managers, don’t let customer experience become a phrase that you throw around casually. And they hold businesses back. Say what you mean.

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CloudCherry

MARCH 19, 2018

It tells you if you’re actually doing the right things, whether the initiatives you take impact the customer as well as your business in a positive way and also cut down on investments that aren’t delivering the expected returns. Merely investing in a Customer Experience Management tool doesn’t suffice.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 19, 2023

Whether your company is using the Balanced Scorecard , OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), SMART , or simple KPIs , this will help you align the work of your future customer experience department to goals everyone in the company cares about. They have responsibilities of both people management and project management.

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

I want to start my inaugural exclusive column for MyCustomer by stating how very proud I am to call myself a customer experience professional! There is still a band of people who do not consider customer experience to be a ‘profession’ at all. I have traveled as far east as Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

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Customer Bliss

AUGUST 16, 2018

We chat about his progression from running a call center to becoming a CCO, and the work he’s done to get employees and leaders to view B2B operations as more than just a sales approach, but as an overall customer experience journey. Lee engaged the CEO and middle management once he began the CX transformation process.

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Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

By connecting on Twitter with the experts listed below, you will ensure that you’re getting your daily dose of tools, tips, and advice on customer service from the experts who have been there, done that, and have plenty to say on the matter. She is an expert on customer-centric leadership, and an active tweeter. Roy Atkinson.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

To help you amp up your Customer Success management skills here’s a breakdown of our top recommendations for courses to consider taking. Customer Success Management Fundamentals. Course Description: New to customer success management (CSM)? Value Realization Best Practices for Customer Success Management.

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CX Journey

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In this second part, I'll share the rest of our discussion, which revolved around change and change management, business leaders Peter admires, companies who have adopted Weology, success metrics, and more. Change Management My next question to Peter was about change and what a real transformation takes. Tony Hsieh. Entrepreneurs.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 1, 2017

It’s only been in the last decade that we’ve seen any companies take the time to proactively think about a customer’s journey, and only within the last 5 years or so we’ve seen a steady expansion of those with “experience” or “customer” in their titles at the upper tiers of management.

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Zeisler Consulting

MAY 27, 2021

This is the first in a four-part series of articles about Agile/Scrum and how we as CX practitioners and leaders can integrate the approach and theories of Agile Project Management in our work. Number Five makes good sense if you’re trying to build a culture that truly does put your Customers at the heart of all you do.

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CX Centric

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The online event was predominantly attended by Belgian-based Customer Experience professionals from most insurance companies. CX-Brussels in collaboration with CX-Centric hosted an event on CX Leadership which was on the 9th of September 2021. Jonathan then touched on the 8 key pillars of digital transformation.

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ECXO

JUNE 6, 2022

His book influenced all global businesses, thought leaders, and practitioners and how we perceive products, services, and experiences in our days. The Experience Economy was probably the most impactful book related to customer experience and design around the globe. He’s also the ECXO.org co-founder.

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Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Our guests have multiple years of experience in managing and consulting customer experience management in global companies and now lead their own businesses helping companies make customers happier. Some hints: big data, omnichannel, personalisation, AI and organizational culture. Talk to your board.

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