Can I Get Some CX With That Big Mac?

September 29, 2014 Leave a comment

McDonald’s recently announced the appointment of its first VP Customer Officer, Fred Ehle. I applaud McDonald’s for the move. In Temkin Group report, ROI of Customer Experience, 2014, we found that a modest improvement in customer experience can generate an average of $437.5 million over three years for every $1 billion in annual revenues for a fast food chain.

Mr. Ehle has some work to do. The 2014 Temkin Experience Ratings of fast food chains shows that  McDonald’s is tied for 16th spot out of 19 QSRs.

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To drive customer experience improvements across an organization as large as McDonald’s, Mr Ehle will need to focus on all four customer experience core competencies: Purposeful Leadership, Employee Engagement, Compelling Brand Values, and Customer Connectedness.

The bottom line: Good luck to Mr. Ehle and McDonald’s on their CX journey.

 

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About Bruce Temkin, CCXP
I'm an experience (XM) management catalyst; helping organizations improve results by engaging the hearts and minds of their employees, customers, and partners. I enjoy researching and speaking about these topics. I lead the Qualtrics XM Institute, which is the world's best job. We're igniting a global community of XM Professionals who are inspired and empowered to radically improve the human experience. To achieve this goal, my team focuses on thought leadership, training, and community building. My work is driven by a set of fundamental beliefs: 1) Everything starts and ends with human beings, so you need to understand how people think, feel, and behave; 2) XM is a discipline that needs to be woven throughout an organization's entire operating fabric; and 3) Building the XM discipline requires a combination of culture, competency, and technology.

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