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Is the Chief Experience Officer a Worthwhile Addition to the C-Suite?

Retently

How do you approach customer happiness in your company? Do you simply rely on the generic “the customer is always right” speech, or do you have a customer-centric culture in place that’s overseen by a professional who understands how customers think and feel, and who knows how to get that point of view across to other employees too?

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Arizona Diamondbacks CEO Creates Fan-Centric Culture

Experience Matters

I recently had the opportunity to hear Derrick Hall, CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks , speak at the Arizona State University, Center for Services Leadership (CSL) Compete Through Service Symposium. Hall was extremely passionate about customer experience. The bottom line : Customer-centric organizations need leaders like Derrick Hall.

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Transform or Die! Business Transformation is No Longer Optional

ijgolding

If the leadership of Toys R Us had asked themselves five years ago, ‘what is our purpose?’ ; and ‘how are we going to continue to make our purpose a reality?’; In the UK, retailers have been struggling with this concept since the demise of 100-year-old Woolworths in 2009. Is it poor leadership? My book, ‘Customer What? –

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Assessment for Almost-Automatic CX Excellence

ClearAction

Success factors for Align and Embed maturity levels are your methods for facilitating automatic CX excellence: Ask: how you collect customer insights sets the stage for how customer-centric you run your business. Absorb: how you share CX insights shapes managers’ absorption of keys to customer-centric management.

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How NOT to survive in a disrupted world – the case study of UK retailer, FatFace

ijgolding

If the leadership of Toys R Us had asked themselves five years ago, ‘what is our purpose?’; In the UK, retailers have been struggling with this concept since the demise of 100-year-old Woolworths in 2009. Is it poor leadership? and ‘how are we going to continue to make our purpose a reality?’; Is it fear of change?

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A Conversation about Oracle’s’ Chief Customer Officer Experience, With Jeb Dasteel – CB015

Customer Bliss

Between 2004 and 2009, there was a gradual evolution in what Oracle did with customer feedback. Having his title changed to CCO in 2009 didn’t necessarily change Jeb’s job a lot; it did, however, give him more organizational authority. .” across silos, or what I call “One-Company Leadership”).

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Voice of Customer Maturity: Ultimate Guide

ClearAction

Voice of Customer Maturity Today Since the 2009 global economic downturn, companies have invested heavily in enterprise feedback management. Evidently, senior leadership teams and boards of directors are unaccustomed to using VoC to navigate shifting market needs.