Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 28, 2020

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to begin at the beginning, build your case, and create a coalition of customer-focused leaders. First, understand the true costs of NOT investing in customer experience. Of course, it’s not just one metric. Related: Is Your Mission Customer-Focused, or an Empty Promise?

Customer Journeys 250

Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score ROI Metrics 250

Retently

JULY 28, 2023

How do you approach customer happiness in your company? Do you simply rely on the generic “the customer is always right” speech, or do you have a customer-centric culture in place that’s overseen by a professional who understands how customers think and feel, and who knows how to get that point of view across to other employees too?

Chief Customer Officer 142

Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Call Center Metrics 142

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

You just mix in some leadership and toss in a splash of data, then top it with some team-building exercises. Building a customer-centric culture is not something you can address with a list of tactics. Customer experience suffers, and customers lose faith in the overall brand. The Ideal Customer Journey.

Culture 251

Culture Company Lifetime Customer Customer Centricity 251

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 28, 2020

The brands who create a habit of putting the customer first, defining success for both the organization and the customer, and developing best practices and business discipline around execution are the ones who can truly be customer-centric. Customer Experience Strategy Depends on the Right Mindset, Vision and Plan.

Strategy 225

Strategy Customer Journeys Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 225

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 17, 2018

Leadership is starting to catch up, but their understanding of CX varies greatly! Organizational leadership is beginning to realize that CX requires investment. Turning a traditional business into a customer-focused culture won’t happen overnight, regardless of how much you wish it would! It’s inspiring!

Leadership 161

Leadership Culture Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 161

ClearAction

OCTOBER 25, 2022

You can fast-track your customer experience (CX) maturity with gigantic financial gains, as I learned when we faced a customer crisis early in my career. Within the first two years, we saved enormous time and money for employees, customers, partners and investors. Learn More. Learn More. Learn More.

Customer Journeys 71

Customer Journeys Sports Study Leadership 71

C3Centricity

APRIL 17, 2018

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. What a Customer First Strategy is not. What a Customer First Strategy is.

Strategy 189

Strategy Customer Centricity Innovation Airlines 189

Peter Lavers

AUGUST 5, 2016

This series of blogs is based on the early results of research undertaken by Peter Lavers on customer centricity. Participants are asked to tell us what, if anything, they are pulling their hair out over when it comes to customer centricity. the opposite of this obstacle)? Disconnected Strategy.

Customer Centricity 40

Customer Centricity Tools CRM System 40

CX Journey

AUGUST 26, 2014

I think this is a critical component for change management for the customer experience. Getting leadership buy-in and helping them understand that the sooner the focus is placed on the customer experience, the sooner the business will benefit is an everyday challenge for customer experience professionals.

Customer Experience 185

Customer Experience Management Government Customer Journeys 185

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Habit #1: Delivering a great customer experience is a way of doing business – it’s not just a program. Amazon says on its Investor Relation’s page: We seek to be Earth’s most customer-centric company for four primary customer sets: consumers, sellers, enterprises, and content creators. Based in Minneapolis/ST.

Customer Focused 40

Customer Focused Company Airlines Culture 40

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. A recent article on corporate customer-centricity by a prominent market research firm made the case for this type of culture as “the most effective way to meet customers’ changing needs.” The author had several suggestions for building customer-centricity.

Culture 83

Culture Company Customer Centricity Travel 83

CloudCherry

JANUARY 21, 2020

Identifying essential CX metrics and tracking them regularly can help programs stay on course. And you’ll have more formalized processes for taking action on customer feedback and sharing insights with your leadership and frontline teams. Employees at every level expect to listen to and learn from customers often.

Effort Score 195

Effort Score Feedback Net Promoter Score Survey 195

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Build customer-centric focus into marketing, sales, and product functions: Every team has some impact on your customer experience, but apart from customer service itself, these three teams have the greatest influence. Report on customer service metrics to your board. Learn how Help Scout aligns sales and support.

Culture 139

Culture Customer Service How To Policies 139

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Consider the pay phone.

Net Promoter Score 110

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media CEM 110

Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 15, 2022

Utilizing and combining these elements effectively is what makes customers want to spend more with you, stay longer, and actively refer others. But of course, driving this transformation is easier said than done. But given that the employee experience can make or break the customer experience, it’s critical to avoid this pitfall.

Leadership 52

Leadership Software Chatbots Banking 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 9, 2015

I’ve seen plenty of Marketing, HR and Technology leaders who have made astounding improvements in the experiences they create for customers. Customer focused organizations smoke the competition. If you are trying to become a customer-centric leader at a bank, that can be very different than an independent bookstore.

Customer Experience 110

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Professionals Resources 110

Gainsight

JANUARY 18, 2021

Neither could guess where their career course would take them. . All their organizations are structured and aligned with customer-centricity in mind. . That earnestness is something that, whether one realizes it or not, is a cornerstone of customer centricity and success. No One Path to Success.

Innovation 52

Innovation Leadership Customer Centricity Sales 52

Peter Lavers

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The workforce is changing and IBM demonstrated exemplary leadership in attracting and nurturing new, re-skilled and returning talent. CustExp – Customer Experience. In session after session the importance of staying customer focused and customer centric rang through.

Conference 66

Conference Leadership Culture Customer Centricity 66

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

When was the last time you got an email from your CEO suggesting that you need to be concerned about how your Customer feels? For the vast majority of you, my guess is your answer is never, unless of course you work at Starbucks. I talk a lot about Customer-centricity of organizations. Does your CEO get it, too?

Customer Centricity 60

Customer Centricity Retail Consulting Leadership 60

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

As some companies grow, they purposely change their shift from customer focused to bottom line focused. For those that are interested in staying focused on the customer, it is more important than ever to hire the right people that fit the customer focused culture. Long term that can be a mistake.

Industry 100

Industry Culture Metrics Customer Centricity 100

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Mobile Payments Are the Future.

Net Promoter Score 60

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership 60

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Mobile Payments Are the Future.

Net Promoter Score 60

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership 60

CX Journey

APRIL 5, 2017

When that happens, the customer wins. If your executives aren't on board with developing a customer-focused and customer-centric organization, then forget it; it won't happen. The CX vision will be inspirational and aspirational; it will outline what you see as the future state of the customer experience.

Customer Experience 144

Customer Experience Policies Employee Experience Innovation 144

Amity

JANUARY 9, 2019

It can also happen when the senior leadership team has not agreed on and adopted a cohesive customer success strategy and culture. We often get asked about what departments are the most important to integrate customer success with. Buy-in and commitment has to start at the senior leadership level.

Customer Success 81

Customer Success Customer Journeys Leadership Metrics 81

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 2, 2015

You’re going to have to face them sooner or later if you’re trying to build a customer-centric culture. It lives in your productivity stats, your error rates, your absenteeism, and your customer satisfaction scores. How people act over the course of your day-to-day operations is reflective of your unique culture.

Employee Engagement 48

Employee Engagement Culture Engagement Customer Centricity 48

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

See how a British Columbia credit union adopted a customer-centric strategy as the company’s strategy, re-organized to align their leadership talents and functional accountability around customer experience, and achieved unanimous support among all managers and employees: Customer Experience ROI Trajectory.

Customer Experience 54

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Policies Customers 54

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 7, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. This week, Bob Thompson’s informative, timely blog on strategies companies can use to make customer experience a competitive advantage – and how most neither measure experience nor compete on it – puts me in mind of a line of discussion around customer experience lagniappe.

Brands 60

Brands Company Customer Experience Banking 60

Qualtrics

DECEMBER 15, 2021

CX professionals in the federal government have been true pioneers, cutting new paths and shifting their organizations toward customer-centricity. Here’s how to gain momentum as your organization responds to mandates and how to take intentional steps toward the future of customer-centric, cross-agency collaboration.

Customer Experience 26

Customer Experience Government Customer Journeys Social Media 26

ClearAction

JANUARY 4, 2020

“Employees who are engaged as customer advocates are more fulfilled in their jobs,” explained Bill Cusick, former VP-Customer Experience & Brand Management at Zurich North America, and author of the book, All Customers are Irrational: Understanding What They Think, What They Feel, and What Keeps Them Coming Back.

Engagement 48

Engagement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Employee Engagement 48

Kustomer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen flies solo as he recounts an interesting leadership phone call, during which he realizes what tools businesses need to be customer focused. He spills the secrets to success you don’t want to miss out on.

System 98

System Customer Journeys Tips Customer Service 98

ijgolding

JULY 19, 2016

Although I do not intentionally seek out experiences that fail to meet my expectations, on the occasion where I have an experience that really ‘irks’ me in some way, I feel that it is necessary to let the person ultimately accountable for Customer Experience understand my pain (metaphorically speaking of course!).

Customer Focused 120

Customer Focused Examples Customer Centricity Airlines 120

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

He is currently focused on two areas: The impact of the digital customer experience disruption, the next wave of emergent customer engagement channels, and the value of unstructured VOC data in understanding customer behavior and demand generation. Dan’s 20-year career has consistently focused on delighting customers.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

He is the author of ‘Be Your Customer’s Hero’, the founder of the popular Customers That Stick® blog, the Co-Host of the Crack the Customer Code podcast, and the creator of multiple virtual training courses on customer service and experience. LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

He is currently focused on two areas: The impact of the digital customer experience disruption, the next wave of emergent customer engagement channels, and the value of unstructured VOC data in understanding customer behavior and demand generation. Dan’s 20-year career has consistently focused on delighting customers.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2022

Here’s our Top 50 Customer Success Influencers list for 2022 celebrating the inspiring visionaries and trailblazers who are helping shape the field and its future evolution. Widely acclaimed as a foremost expert to have pioneered and popularized customer success, Lincoln is a customer-centric growth mastermind.

Customer Success 23

Customer Success Chief Customer Officer B2B Leadership 23

Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In fact, exceptional customer service is more than a functional role; it’s a purpose, rooted in a culture and an understanding of what it means to be truly customer focused. Training and coaching will activate your values and make them visible to the customer.

Customer Service Training 110

Customer Service Training Training Customer Service Contact Center 110

SmartKarrot

JULY 6, 2022

Q 3: How does the leadership team in the organization work? A: Consider how well your leadership team and their supervisors recognize the present business challenges and can internalize client needs and propel the outcomes for which you were hired. Q 9: What is the best way to manage loyalty programs and customer feedback?

Chief Customer Officer 10

Chief Customer Officer Self Service Roadmap Customer Success 10