Customer Bliss

JUNE 28, 2016

Lesley Mottla was part of the senior leadership team that helped build Zipcar, a disruptive force in its industry. Now she has a customer experience leadership role at M.Gemi , where she’s trying to help disrupt the luxury shoe market. Customer experience lessons: The start-up playbook. About Lesley.

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ECXO

MARCH 21, 2023

This ‘’culture’’ ensures that every employee in the organisation is committed to delivering the best possible experience for the customer. The pillars of a customer experience culture are: Customer-focused leadership: The leadership of the organisation sets the tone for customer experience culture.

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Michelli Experience

AUGUST 1, 2017

Whether it is leadership miscalculations or service breakdowns, employees and customers often doubt that leaders and businesses will fulfill promises; particularly if something goes wrong during an interaction. This week I’ll look at one of the greatest opportunities every leader and company has when it comes to building trust.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 28, 2020

The higher up in the organization, the further away from dealing with customers directly. It’s easy to believe your brand is thinking of customers when in reality the leadership simply isn’t ever asked to do so. This led leaders to have quarterly, short-term visions instead of long-term, customer-focused strategies.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

This budget is earmarked to exceed Customer Expectations. These resources enable the team to take action in cases where it is needed to surprise and delight Customers. The Only Expectations That Matter in Customer Experience Design. How to Make or Break Your Customer Experience.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 27, 2016

I have been involved with Starbucks since 2004, beginning with initial research I conducted for my first of two books about them (The Starbucks Experience). In addition to partner engagement, leadership is also targeting customer experience enhancements driven by process changes and technology deployment.

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Michelli Experience

MAY 8, 2018

In the book, Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI , Paul Daugherty and James Wilson suggest that automated processes are giving way to a future dominated by “adaptive processes.” If your time is short, I would suggest Bob Morris’ synopsis of the book provided on his site Blogging on Business. But how about today?

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 18, 2016

You can learn more about Mike and the book at the end of the post. Erin is a joy to lead, but she presents you with a big leadership challenge. He’s the managing director of thought LEADERS , LLC – a leadership development training firm. He regularly writes about leadership on the thought LEADERS Blog.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 25, 2017

Neil notes, “ A recent survey of 3,000 consumers by the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) reveals that staff attitude and staff incompetence are rated the ‘most annoying or frustrating’ service problem, while ‘people-related issues’ account for a whopping 62% of all complaints.”. Key Leadership Behaviors.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Customer Experiences are a catalyst for Customer trust and loyalty. With the introduction of data mining into so many experiences, the issue of data security becomes an important aspect of your Customer Experience design. So be forthright with your Customers about how you will use data.

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Michelli Experience

JUNE 15, 2016

During the wake of this most recent tragedy, I reflected back to a Starbucks customer I spoke to while writing my second book about the company ( Leading the Starbucks Way ). I come to Starbucks for a coffee during my lunch break BECAUSE THEY ARE NICE TO ME and I feel able to get through the afternoon at work.” .

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Michelli Experience

APRIL 20, 2016

While marketers like to call attention to aspects of a brand that they want to cement as PODS in the minds of prospects and customers, experience designers like me and business leaders like you should be thinking about DELIVERING PODS – behaving in ways that are relevant, different and valued by your customers.

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Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Johnny and I wrote a book together titled When Fish Fly about the Pike Place Fish Market and his cataclysmic transition. However, he had not worked his way out of anger, resentment, bitterness or a “controlling” leadership style. He transformed himself from a “ruler” to a “leader”. He came upon his anger and cynicism honestly.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to Forrester Research, 93% of corporate leadership teams place customer experience improvement on their list of strategic priorities and 23% businesses have it in the number 1 position. So how do you not only satisfy your customers, but actually delight them?

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CX Journey

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Trust me, there are a lot more reasons; I could write a book about all of them. Customer Culture Customer Culture is all about setting the stage for successfully designing and delivering a great customer experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Helping your Customers make a decision is an important element in your Customer Experience design. This delay is a consequence caused by the Paradox of Choice , first introduced to us by Barry Schwartz in his book of the same name in 2004, and then later in his TED talk. The Consequence of Choice.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 23, 2016

Now, I propose they make a little more room for the latest addition to the leadership: The Chief Customer Officer (CCO). The CCO would: Oversee the overall Customer Experience. Maintain authority and responsibility for customer measures. Define the customer strategy. Manage the Customer Experience design.

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Michelli Experience

APRIL 18, 2017

About 7 years ago, while working on my book The Zappos Experience , I remember talking to the CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh, about his company’s culture of customer experience excellence. Tony said if you build a culture committed to, “wowing customers it doesn’t matter what you sell.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Body language is an important part of these white coat moments, particularly for your Customer Experience. Little things from eye contact to posture can convey signals to the Customer. Colin Shaw is the founder and CEO of Beyond Philosophy , one of the world’s first organizations devoted to customer experience.

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Michelli Experience

MAY 30, 2017

Here it is – Amazon is tactically opening brick and mortar stores – be it Amazon Books (now in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Oregon) or other retail concepts like Amazon Go (1,800 square feet of retail space showcasing breakthrough “Grab & Go” technology).

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Transcript: Introduction to Digital Leadership Webinar. My name is Alexander Doak and I’m the director of customer success at CX Workout. CX Workout is a Boston based customer experience design firm and a subsidiary of the service profit chain institute. Digital Transformation and Digital Leadership.

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Transcript: Introduction to Digital Leadership Webinar. My name is Alexander Doak and I’m the director of customer success at CX Workout. CX Workout is a Boston based customer experience design firm and a subsidiary of the service profit chain institute. Digital Transformation and Digital Leadership.

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CX Workout - Ideas Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Transcript: Introduction to Digital Leadership Webinar. My name is Alexander Doak and I’m the director of customer success at CX Workout. CX Workout is a Boston based customer experience design firm and a subsidiary of the service profit chain institute. Digital Transformation and Digital Leadership.

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Wootric CX Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Why we love Clare: She’s a digital nomad, keynote speaker, Founder of CMXperience , and shares her personal thoughts and experiences on The CX Nomad. Colin Shaw. Melinda Gonzalez. She spent a decade at Salesforce and is now part of the incredible team at WeWork , bringing the Powered by We vision to life. Steven Van Belleghem.

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Michelli Experience

JULY 4, 2017

In his book, The Personal MBA , Josh outlines 12 standard forms of value delivery: Product. Fortunately, Josh generously offers detailed descriptions both in his book and on his website. For example, he notes a shared resource is “a durable asset that you create once, and then charge the customers for using it many times.

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Myra Golden

APRIL 10, 2017

Months later I could see George beginning to blossom in the areas of leadership, public speaking and championing ideas. What if , I wondered , I could give all of my employees a similar experience? This delegation empowered my employees with opportunities for planning, leadership and public speaking.

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Michelli Experience

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

So let’s assume you want to drive increased customer accountability in your business. Where do you start? Let me offer some insights born from my work with leaders at Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA).

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Blake Morgan – Customer Experience Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author. Industry Leader in customer experience, Blake Morgan is a Keynote Speaker, Author of two books, a Customer Experience Futurist, and a Guest Lecturer at Columbia University. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 12, 2015

What we need now is more action to address irrationality in Customer Experience design to include how it makes our Customers feel. For more Customer Experience concepts, register for our Advanced Customer Experience Management (CEM) Certification Course beginning on April 20th.

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Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 30, 2015

The first four were included in a parenting book I wrote in 1998 (long before I first sought to lose those 10 pounds). Serve Well : A number of years ago I read an insightful book titled The Rise of Selfishness in America written by James Lincoln Collier. If you focus on the negative, your worldview is shaped accordingly.

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Michelli Experience

APRIL 18, 2017

About 7 years ago, while working on my book The Zappos Experience , I remember talking to the CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh, about his company’s culture of customer experience excellence. Tony said if you build a culture committed to, “wowing customers it doesn’t matter what you sell.

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Airlines Travel Transportation Customer Centricity 100

Michelli Experience

MARCH 16, 2016

Then again, I’m reminded of the Gallup research captured in the book Human Sigma: Managing the Employee-Customer Encounter which suggests that while there is a high correlation between employee engagement and customer engagement that relationship IS NOT CAUSAL. If only this was the set-up for a joke and not reality !

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 6, 2016

Hmm… Spending 7 times more to bring customers into your business (some of whom aren’t loyal by nature) or investing far less on the ones who want to be in relationship with you. If you want a competitive advantage driving customer engagement in 2016 …. Which will you choose this year? Measure and drive employee engagement.

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Michelli Experience

APRIL 27, 2016

Senior leaders at companies like The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company or Mercedes-Benz (the subjects of my books The New Gold Standard and Driven to Delight , respectively) have often cited the phrase “the answer is “YES” now what is the question?” As such, those leaders strive to say YES to team members and customers.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 19, 2016

In future blogs, I will dive deeper into the specifics of optimal experiences but at a high level, Millennials want experiences that: Honor their time. As noted in my latest book Driven to Delight , Millennials are transforming and will continue to shape the marketplace. Engage them socially. Increase their knowledge.

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Michelli Experience

MARCH 2, 2016

Having worked with Starbucks since 2004, as I began my journey to my first of two books about them ( The Starbucks Experience and later Leading the Starbucks Way ), friends and colleagues are quick to contact me whenever Starbucks makes the news. That goes for both good and bad news!

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I have promoted the importance of joy journals since a book I wrote in 1998 titled Humor, Play, and Laughter. The disposition toward gratitude appears to enhance pleasant feeling states more than it diminishes unpleasant emotions. Grateful people do not deny or ignore the negative aspects of life.

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