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Culture is Contagious

ShepHyken

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. In addition, leadership and management must defend the culture.

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Leadership behaviors required to create a customer-focused culture

Vonage

Culture is reflected in how people behave. It is a given if you want to change your culture, you must change behaviors. Leadership has to be focused on the strategies that will have a lasting impact on the customer-focused culture. Train beyond the task. Stay focused to engage. Eliminate silos.

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The Culture Challenge

ShepHyken

Culture is one of the most important parts of customer service and customer experience. I’ve written numerous articles about this and have included a chapter on this topic in my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , which by the way, is finally out. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Bad Customer Service Isn’t the Problem. A Bad Culture Is the Problem

ShepHyken

Even with the right people, they haven’t properly trained them. Today’s customers are more demanding and have higher expectations of everyone they do business with. They have become educated about what good customer service looks like. A bad culture is the problem. The post Bad Customer Service Isn’t the Problem.

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The 7 habits of Companies with successful customer-centric cultures

CloudCherry

However, little do they realize that great customer experiences start from the inside. Yes, the experience you provide your customers is only as good as the culture you build within the company. So, are you investing enough time and effort to create a culture that values both employees and customers?

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4 Steps To A Customer Focused Company Culture

Help.com

A customer-centered company culture is overwhelmingly resistant to being knocked off by your competition. At Apple, insiders credit much of the company’s success in retailing to the cultural fit Apple looks for and inspires in its personnel. That service is based on a corporate culture. Micah Solomon guest post: .

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Why You Must Create and Sustain a Customer-Centric Culture

Beyond Philosophy

The fact is, improving your Customer Experience means you must also become more customer-centric. But what is customer-centricity and how do you do it? Creating and sustaining a customer-centric culture was the subject of a recent podcast. The first one was, “We put customers first.”. But guess what?