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The importance of EARNING authority as a Customer Experience Professional

ijgolding

During my career as a Customer Experience Professional, my opinions, points of views and suggestions have been rebuffed on many an occasion. I am responsible for Customer Experience’ – ‘You have to listen to me!’. When I was recruited into the role, the hiring manager wanted someone with ‘more experience’.

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Customer Experience Professionals: Why We Do What We Do

ijgolding

Senior management wanted to outsource the function but when the outsourcer wouldn’t sign up to a KPI that targeted them with maintaining a 95% “satisfied or very satisfied” CSAT score (which is the figure the Helpdesk was consistently achieving at the time), management quickly changed their minds!

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CX Lessons Learned in 2016

SuiteCX

As 2016 rapidly draws to a close, Customer Experience continues to be a “hot topic” on everyone’s agenda, but companies are having trouble making progress. The primary disconnects are how Customer Experience professionals present and communicate Customer Experience to the C Suite.

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CX Lessons Learned in 2016

SuiteCX

As 2016 rapidly draws to a close, Customer Experience continues to be a “hot topic” on everyone’s agenda, but companies are having trouble making progress. The primary disconnects are how Customer Experience professionals present and communicate Customer Experience to the C Suite.

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Customer Experience in 2016: Making the Emotional Connection

Think Customers

One of the undisputed thought leaders in the customer experience space is Bruce Temkin, customer experience transformist and managing partner at Temkin Group as well as co-founder and initial chairman of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). 1to1Media.com/weblog.

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The Authenticity challenge: 25 marketing, CX and innovation takeaways from the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit

Alida

Earlier this week, more than 400 professionals in marketing, customer experience, innovation and research gathered in Chicago for the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit. The two-day annual conference featured keynotes and presentations by some of the world’s leading customer-centric brands.

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The Always Up-To-Date Guide To CX Events

Kerry Bodine

I’ve compiled the following list of conferences spanning a variety of topics — like CEM, service design, customer loyalty, customer success, and contact centers — that should be of interest to a wide range of customer experience professionals. Customer SuccessCon West 2016. January 14, 2016.

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