ijgolding

JUNE 14, 2017

Over the last few months, I have been exploring in detail my perspective on seven ‘tips’ that will enable any organisation to become genuinely customer centric. If you have an aspiration to lead or be part of a sustainably customer centric organisation, then you must master the art of COMMUNICATION! “If

Customer Centricity 171

Customer Centricity Communication Culture Customers 171

Horizon CX

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Art of Selling CX: Convincing Skeptical Senior Leaders on Customer Experience Success Introduction In the dynamic landscape of customer experience (CX) management, the journey extends beyond strategic implementation; it’s a constant process of persuasion and selling ideas, especially to senior leadership.

Customer Centricity 130

Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Automotive Fashion 130

Magellan Solutions

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Nuance Communication, a Fortune 500 company, later acquired this. Navigating Excellence and Transformation in Leadership Fred Chua emphasizes that good leadership is not self-proclaimed; it’s a reputation earned through the eyes of others. He believes that the foundation of good leadership is transparency.

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Leadership Industry Call Center Culture 52

Horizon CX

MAY 19, 2023

In Customer Experience, we often hear about transformational change as one of the descriptors of those within the discipline and many CX professionals have fashioned and even subtitled themselves as organizational change agents. Ineffective Leadership: Leadership plays a crucial role in driving and sustaining organizational transformation.

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Customer Centricity Leadership Culture Customer Experience Management 130

ijgolding

JUNE 9, 2015

If you have followed my writing for a while, you will be very much aware that I am very proud and passionate Customer Experience Professional (CXP). You must absolutely believe that enabling an organisation to be more customer centric is the ‘right thing to do’ – right for the customer; right for the employee; and right for the shareholder.

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Customer Experience Professionals Leadership Customer Experience Effort Score 120

Customer Bliss

JULY 21, 2016

United leadership is important. I’ve been doing this type of work since 1983 (wow), and united leadership — which I regularly call one-company leadership in my books, speeches, and my five competencies — is as important as anything else. (If United Leadership: Necessary to move from talk to action.

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Leadership Chief Customer Officer Customer Journeys Metrics 100

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It starts with leadership defining who you are as an organization and what you stand for. This consistency in communication and empowerment fosters a workplace that is service-aware and dedicated to delivering outstanding customer experiences. Quotes: “Every interaction with the customer matters. ” Tune in!

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Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Culture Employee Experience 92

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Customers expect better and faster pre and post purchase services. Whether they need help setting up a new device or to repair a damaged product, the way in which these interactions are handled are at the heart of customer satisfaction. Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd.

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Customer Service Contact Center Chief Customer Officer Call Center 251

CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

Business leaders will benefit from reflecting on how these changes – shutdowns, communication changes, and working from home – have impacted their relationships with their consumers and consider how this season has improved or harmed business continuity. Now more than ever, the customer experience is the battleground for brand loyalty.

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Contact Center Call Center Call Center Solutions Roadmap 266

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Always thinking about how everything in life ties to customer service, I wondered, “What is a good recipe for customer service?” Leadership defines the customer service and CX vision for everyone to follow. Good People: The people on the inside of the organization create the experience for the customers on the outside.

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Customer Service Leadership Training Customer Service Training 148

Customer Bliss

APRIL 12, 2019

Are you responsible for building an entirely new customer experience path for your organization? Monica Whiting , Vice President of Customer Experience at TECO energy , shares tactics and plans to help you strategize short-term and long-term goals for CX, regardless of your industry. What is customer commitment?

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Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Leadership Analysis 162

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 28, 2020

Forrester, Oracle, and others predict plenty of customer experience challenges for the near future. Anxiety is ramping up for senior leaders focused on customer experience, and it’s not difficult to understand why. First, understand the true costs of NOT investing in customer experience. Image credit: Forrester.

Customer Journeys 250

Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score ROI Metrics 250

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 28, 2020

Customer experience leaders are often told to “create a better customer experience” with little more than a pat on the back and an annual customer survey. There is a lack of understanding around what customer experience really is, and perhaps more importantly, what it takes to deliver it.

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Strategy Customer Journeys Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 225

Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

How do you make health care more personal and customer-focused? This is a topic that comes up in my interview with Antoinette Taranto , Chief Customer Officer at The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. Lean into Your Customers. How do you do this and engage customers as a healthcare provider?

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Chief Customer Officer System Handbook Engagement 195

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2021

You know the brands that do customer culture well. They create such a focus on the customer that everything and everyone throughout the organization is on board. . Sometimes the customer-focused “way” is seen as a brand within a brand. It’s easy to TALK customer experience.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customer Journeys Government 190

Customer Bliss

MARCH 21, 2019

“Don’t look at yourself, look at your customer. Be sure you have your customer in mind when you create something. Be sure it’s customer-focused, not self-focused,” says Horst Schulze , Founder, Chairman & CEO of the Capella Hotel Group, and Co-founder & Former COO of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.

Hotels 192

Hotels Employee Experience Customer Experience Leadership 192

CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

Business leaders will benefit from reflecting on how these changes – shutdowns, communication changes, and working from home – have impacted their relationships with their consumers and consider how this season has improved or harmed business continuity. Now more than ever, the customer experience is the battleground for brand loyalty.

Contact Center 182

Contact Center Call Center Call Center Solutions Roadmap 182

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 1, 2019

Use Employee and Customer Feedback to Solidify Your Organization’s Values and Messaging. When Scott Allison of DHL first stepped into his CCO role, he approached the work by looking at the four aspects of customer experience below: Internal Stakeholder management. Understand customer perspectives.

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Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership Customer relationships 165

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This week we feature an article by Dan Martin, Chief Executive Officer of Xpress Global Systems , an organization focused on innovation, efficiency, and scalability of shipping and distribution of flooring products. He shares the four key areas that lead to elevated customer experiences while growing rapidly. Voice of Customer.

Customer Experience 141

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Self Service Effort Score 141

Win the Customer

JANUARY 6, 2016

Using Framing techniques for customer experience, we can focus the attention of people in our organizations and win the critical buy-in needed with leadership to create a culture of customer focus. Framing is an effective technique for focusing the attention of people within a specific concept.

Leadership 52

Leadership Customer Experience Fashion Culture 52

ECXO

MARCH 21, 2023

Journey Map Your way to Customer Experience Maturity in Just 8 Steps + 12 with CX and EX Customer experience culture is a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors that a company adopts in order to create a customer-centric culture. Action is always necessary, as is communication, and prioritisation.

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B2B Customer Experience Roadmap Culture 98

ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2021

We were discussing how important it is to “bake” customer service into the culture. It’s leadership’s job to define the customer service vision, ensure it’s communicated, and be the role models demonstrating how customers and employees are to be treated. And don’t think customers won’t notice.

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Culture Hotels Customer Service Training Training 156

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. In the consumer world, satisfaction has only incidental proven connection to customer experience and behavior, and engagement has similar challenges for employees (and customers). Servant Leadership. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

Leadership 60

Leadership Engagement Customer Centricity Employee Engagement 60

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

What is a Customer-First Culture, and Why is It Important? There are plenty of noble reasons for wanting to create great customer experiences. Each interaction a customer has with your brand is an opportunity to make their day even the slightest bit brighter , which is as meaningful today as ever. Culture is a funny word.

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Culture Company Lifetime Customer Customer Centricity 251

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Consider this way-too-typical scenario: Marcus decides one day to stand in front of his employees and request in no uncertain terms how everyone needs to be more customer-focused. “Help customers love our company and brand more!” He promotes the idea of becoming more customer-focused. Communicate.

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Net Promoter Score How To Customer Centricity Metrics 547

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The future of customer experience is decided. We asked 15 experts with world reputation in Customer experience the same question and the results might surprise you. Every each of them answered the following questions: How do you see the future of customer experience? Probably not. How to overcome those challenges?

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Self Service Culture 324

Playvox

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Ask people to name three companies known for their customer-centric approach to business, and there’s a good chance some common names will surface: Nordstrom, Apple, Trader Joe’s, Patagonia, and others frequently come to mind. What do they have in common? What’s their secret? But why stop there?

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Customer Centricity Contact Center Management Customer Satisfaction 83

ClientSuccess

JANUARY 12, 2022

Building a customer team can sometimes include trial and error. From your internal side, you need people on your team who understand the product, your customer’s goals, and what they are trying to achieve with your solutions. Here are five key steps for designing a customer success executive sponsor program: Define your objective.

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Customer Success eBook Measurement Leadership 75

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 6 Ways To Create Customer Experience Consistency Throughout Your Organization by John R. Franchise Update Media) Is the level of experience your customers receive dependent on which employee they encounter?

Customer Service 87

Customer Service Retail Competitive Advantage Tips 87

ClearAction

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Leading Customer Experience as a Team Sport Lynn Hunsaker Author Lynn Hunsaker at Super Bowl LVII stadium 2023 Leading customer experience as a team sport is essential because every player in your enterprise helps or hinders customer experience performance. It is a lost art that customer experience managers need to thrive.

Sports 71

Sports Customer Experience Handbook Case Study 71

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. So… Is customer experience worth it?

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Effort Score Net Promoter Score Culture 261

Customer Bliss

MAY 10, 2019

How does a logistics company shift its gears to become more customer-focused? In today’s episode, Scott Allison , the Chief Customer Officer of DHL ’s supply chain, shares some strategies and tactics around communicating the brand’s message, telling the customer story, and improving employee and customer experience.

Customer Focused 31

Customer Focused Chief Customer Officer Social Media Leadership 31

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Leadership capacity is more than simply skill development; it’s about performance, growth, transformation and change. Let’s define leadership as; “Leadership Capacity is the skilful use of leadership attributes for the growth and development of ourselves, our colleagues and our organization”.

Leadership 40

Leadership Competitive Advantage Innovation Sports 40

Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We know that sales and customer success (CS) teams must work together to drive revenue growth and expansion. However, as the focus on retention and expansion to drive growth has become more pertinent, the role of CS has also sharpened to focusing more on driving and ensuring customer value.

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Sales Customer Success Communication Leadership 71

CX Journey

AUGUST 26, 2014

As you can imagine, this process was intriguing to me, since it applies quite nicely to the challenges we face as we struggle to implement changes to/for the customer experience within our organizations. I think this is a critical component for change management for the customer experience.

Customer Experience 185

Customer Experience Management Government Customer Journeys 185

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

As discussed in Transformative Leadership and Change Realization, “It is inevitably much easier to maintain the status quo, rather than make the tough decisions needed to sustain growth over time. Failure to communicate this will cause people to focus on the potential negative ramifications of change rather than the benefits.

Leadership 40

Leadership Strategy Communication Training 40

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. As the customer journey continues to evolve into something more dynamic and diverse, it’s imperative to think about ways of optimising your (hopefully) amorous customer relationships through your business communications.

Customer Service 61

Customer Service Customer Centricity Loyalty Programs Culture 61