Beyond Philosophy

JULY 12, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Earl Sasser, and Leonard Schlesinger in 1994 in Harvard Business Review, and in a 1997 book by the last three authors, can essentially be explained as follows: It is a theory of business management which links employee satisfaction to customer loyalty and profitability.

Employee Engagement 60

Employee Engagement Connections Engagement Loyalty 60

CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

Even for prepared companies, this pandemic definitely battle tested the maturity of those BC plans and their digital maturity. One company asked their customer service employees to connect to VPN and haul their desktop computers home with them. Everyone is adjusting, and it isn’t always pretty (including my hair).

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Contact Center Call Center Call Center Solutions Roadmap 266

Customer Bliss

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Honoring “Customers as Assets” connects volume and value to customer experience ROI and growth. Your goal as CCO is to unite the leadership team in delivering one-company customer experiences and connecting the delivery to business growth. Elevate Customers as Assets.

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ROI Customer Experience Effort Score How To 100

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

My work is definitely focused on for-profit organizations and much of what I do helps largish companies make more money. “Creating fewer ruined days for customers.” They don’t care enough to invest in customer experience evaluation and improvement. appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.

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CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

Even for prepared companies, this pandemic definitely battle tested the maturity of those BC plans and their digital maturity. One company asked their customer service employees to connect to VPN and haul their desktop computers home with them. Everyone is adjusting, and it isn’t always pretty (including my hair).

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Contact Center Call Center Call Center Solutions Roadmap 182

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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B2B Customer Experience Roadmap Culture 98

ijgolding

AUGUST 12, 2018

They include: Customer Experience. Customer Focus. Customer Centricity. Customer Service. Customer Success. Customer Outcomes. Customer Relationship Management. Customer Management. With this in mind, how do organisations determine what really does make customers happy?

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Customer Journeys Customers Airlines Social Media 185

CX Journey

JANUARY 3, 2018

Even worse, the focus within each organizational silo is on the flavor of the day, or of the silo - whatever that silo is working on, which may or may not be connected to what the rest of the organization is focused on. This means they cause pain for your customers, too. It's a leadership issue. It's a culture issue.

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Customer Journeys Culture Government Leadership 149

Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of the day, customers value organizations for not just the products they provide but the service they receive throughout the customer journey. Customers expect to have their needs and opportunities looked out for. Training and coaching will activate your values and make them visible to the customer.

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C3Centricity

APRIL 17, 2018

Everyone is talking about customer first strategies and why they are important. He spoke about the differences between customer focus and customer centricity and the often times confusion between the two terms. That is why I tend to speak about customer first rather than customer centricity these days.

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Strategy Customer Centricity Innovation Airlines 189

ijgolding

APRIL 19, 2017

This month, in my exclusive column for CustomerThink, I continue to explore in detail my perspective on seven ‘tips’ that will enable any organisation to become genuinely customer centric. It is not complicated, yet so often, the customer element of strategy is missing.

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Strategy Customer Experience Customer Centricity How To 191

Verint

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

It started as an initiative to take our CX efforts to the next level under guiding principles to communicate proactively with customers, understand their business needs and making it easy for them to do business with us. We knew we couldn’t achieve excellence in customer experience without support from the larger leadership team.

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Leadership Customer Centricity Average Handle Time Analytics 34

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Her clients have won industry awards, raised customer satisfaction scores, and increased employee engagement. Suttle says defining and becoming a guardian of your customer service culture is essential for your organization’s leadership. Add to it that leadership also wants to have an ROI. Here are the top ten.

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Culture Customer Service Leadership Airlines 114

ClientSuccess

JULY 6, 2022

Often used to open the door to these more unique customer experiences, customer loyalty programs can be an excellent idea for CSMs and team leaders alike to delve into some of these new ways to connect and engage with customers. What is a customer loyalty program? Webinar: Whoever Keeps the Most Customers Wins.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty eBook Conference 79

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There was a wonderful window of opportunity for VoC managers to inject customer focus into each of these challenges, but unfortunately, few VoC managers were poised to do so with appropriate insights or political positioning. Voice of customer maturity is quite low today in terms of ease, actionability, and strategic use.

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Voice of Customer B2B Leadership Effort Score 62

Customer Bliss

MAY 9, 2017

Gusto’s founders are all immigrants (1st/2nd generation) and their connection to the work is thus very raw and real. Before Lexi got there, he also led customer experience. By definition, the customer experience is the product. In those models, the founder 100% has to understand this and not view customers as costs.

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Leadership Customer Experience Government Connections 118

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

If your customer service and success teams are anything like the average customer-focused team, you are always looking for ways to show your ROI to leadership and other departments, and working on initiatives to increase that ROI. But, even if you’re not going to be reviewed, perform as if you are. – Shep Hyken.

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Case Study ROI B2B Study 82

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Everyone in the business, including those beyond the customer-facing teams, has an accurate understanding of who the customers are and what matters to them. Customer service is a part of the business’s strategic vision. The business agrees on a clear definition of “good customer service.”.

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Culture Customer Service How To Policies 139

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 23, 2018

Like many other companies we’ve seen, c2c didn’t have a holistic CX approach, they just had a small reactive team who handled customer relations and problems. 5 Steps to CX Management in the First 3 Months of Your Leadership Role. How did he spend the first 3 months in this position?

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Transportation Industry Management Guidelines 129

ClearAction

APRIL 29, 2020

In a related article, CEO’s Guide to Growth through Customer-Centered Management , the following definitions are recommended: Customer Experience is customers’ realities compared to their expectations [in selecting, getting and using a solution toward a capability they seek (i.e. job-to-be-done)].

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Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Leadership 71

ShepHyken

AUGUST 13, 2018

Are You Making This Critical Connection With Your Customers to Strengthen Relationships and Drive Loyalty? Business2Community) Customer Success is typically defined as, “ensuring customers achieve their desired outcomes while using your product or service.” Your customers expect it, so don’t fight it.

Customer Service 72

Customer Service Loyalty B2C Study 72

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Consistently, and irrespective of continent or country, the most effective reps showed true empathy for the customer’s issue, literally “owning” the issue as if it were theirs as well, walking in their shoes. and making a true emotional connection. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

Engagement 60

Engagement Customer Experience Employee Engagement Consulting 60

Customer Bliss

APRIL 4, 2018

Donna learned that when it comes to prioritizing initial work to improve customer-focused operations, you must first understand how the company d efines and communicates the role and value of the CCO. Determine Customer Growth, Loss, and Retention. Get leadership involved. Listen and Understand How You Can Provide Value.

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Chief Customer Officer Customer Journeys B2C Roadmap 131

ECXO

MAY 11, 2023

You’ll also probably know that the most successful companies go beyond offering quality products and services, and competitive prices, to design experiences that differentiate their brand and create emotional connections with customers. Everything they do is built around their customers.

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Customer Centricity Customer Journeys Self Service Culture 52

Comm100

JULY 28, 2016

But now you can stop guessing, as we’re presenting you with some of the best customer service training advice in the industry from a seasoned professional, Ray Miller , who is the CEO of e-learning solution company The Training Bank and author of the book That Customer Focus.

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Customer Service Training Training Customer Service Customers 100

Kustomer

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Annette Pedroza to learn about building a customer centric culture. Success Starts with Leadership. In doing so, they were able to improve product design based on direct customer feedback.

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Customer Centricity Culture Leadership Effort Score 59

Horizon CX

MARCH 19, 2022

Let’s start with a brief definition of AI to get us on the same page. Considerable patience here is a required behavior and when you finally connect with a human being, enter the dreaded ID and verification phase of the journey where you’re asked for some personal identifier that proves that you are YOU. December 2021.

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Customer Journeys Touchpoint Average Handle Time Survey 130

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. An engaged employee, to follow the accepted definition of HR professionals and consultants, is aligned with the goals of the organization and is highly productive. We’ve seen employee surveys where there are no customer-related value elements. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

Employee Engagement 68

Employee Engagement Engagement Consulting Culture 68

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

However, research shows most customers still value an emotional connection with the people fronting the organization. With rising customer expectations, good service is no longer good enough. Customers want unique, special and innovative. Once the customer had a positive CX, it will set a new benchmark.

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Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 2014

My second book, “ Revolutionize your Customer Experience ” revealed new research that showed all organizations are on a journey from being Naive to Natural’ in the way they focus on the Customer. What Your People Need to be More Customer Focused. Blogs Employee Experience Thought Leadership'

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Customer Centricity Employee Experience CEM Culture 114

CX Journey

MARCH 12, 2015

Employee Engagement: The “I” Point of View Employee engagement is the functional and emotional connection that employees have with an organization. Organizational Culture: The “We” Point of View We like Herb Kelleher’s (former CEO of Southwest Airlines) definition of organizational culture: “Culture is what people do when no one is looking.”

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Culture Engagement Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 80

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

He is an author of Moments of Magic®, The Loyal Customer, The Cult of the Customer, The Amazement Revolution, Amaze Every Customer Every Time, Be Amazing or Go Home, and The Convenience Revolution and a creator of a customer service training program, Customer Focus , aiming to help clients build a customer service culture and loyalty mindset.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As a CSM or customer success team manager, you’ve probably heard the term ‘customer advocacy’ tossed around a time or two. There’s no denying that this customer engagement trend is here to stay. Although they are true champions of your brand and your product, advocates are definitely shaking things up in the CSM world. .

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Customer Success eBook Social Media Consumers 40

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

My second book, “ Revolutionize your Customer Experience ” revealed new research that showed all organizations are on a journey from being Naive to Natural’ in the way they focus on the Customer. What Your People Need to be More Customer Focused. Putting Your People to Work on Customer Centricity.

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Social Media Customer Centricity Culture Employee Experience 92

Amity

JANUARY 11, 2018

With that, our job has shifted from mainly walking customers through the platform to finding new systems and processes to feed those feedback items back to our product and leadership teams. Our customers know us, they feel comfortable getting a hold of us, and they know they are being listened to.

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Customer Success Abandon Rate Culture Customers 94

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 16, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. There were several responses and all of them referenced poor project management as the culprit for failure, ranging from lack of requirements definition, to lack of buy-in and participation by senior management, to under-resourced planning teams, to inadequate leadership skills.

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Customer Experience Management Customer Experience Management Consulting 60

Seaton CX

MAY 16, 2024

Customer journey mapping is the foundation of customer experience management. A customer journey map informs your customer experience (CX) strategy, identifies where to listen for customer feedback, and connects your CX vision to the design, delivery, measurement, and management of the customer experience.

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Customer Journeys ROI B2B Financial 52