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

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As more leaders discuss becoming customer-centric, I wonder how many actually walk the talk and put actions into their plans. What if customer-centric ideas and tactics were included in all strategy plans ? A strategy that is truly customer customer-focused needs to include ideas like these: 1.

Customer Centricity 110

Customer Centricity Social Media Consulting Strategy 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 24, 2015

Jeanne Bliss was one of the original Chief Customer Officers, and has held titles like that for companies including Land’s End and Allstate. For more than twenty years, she has helped organizational leadership recognize the importance of customer-focused initiatives in ways that directly impact the business results.

Leadership 110

Leadership Chief Customer Officer Handbook Social Media 110

ijgolding

JUNE 9, 2015

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. Not only that, the Customer Experience is not the responsibility of a CXP – it is the responsibility of the WHOLE ORGANISATION.

Customer Experience Professionals 120

Customer Experience Professionals Leadership Customer Experience Effort Score 120

ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Secrets to Customer-Centric Business Growth Lynn Hunsaker. A potter’s wheel makes a great metaphor for customer-centered business. The potter focuses first on foundational stability, then shaping, then fine-tuning. Regularly assess what’s at-odds or in-harmony with your customer experience objectives.

Customer Centricity 74

Customer Centricity Sports Policies Culture 74

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

My fascination with the ‘customer interface’ was born! Was HP a customer focused organisation at that time? In the 90’s, I can definitely say that HP was a very customer centric organisation – that is despite it essentially being an engineering business.

Culture 264

Culture Measurement Customer Centricity Hotels 264

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. Before you bang your head on your mahogany desk, maybe you should ask yourself another question: Why should your employees care? The bulk of companies are just trying to figure out where to start: engagement or culture?

Employee Engagement 48

Employee Engagement Culture Engagement Customer Centricity 48

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Short termism is mostly the result of a product-centric and “numbers focused” culture, which inevitably results in a “race to the bottom”. Customer centricity is the answer, backed with a credible customer profitability lens that gives an alternative view to traditional product sales/market share KPIs.

Customer Experience 324

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Self Service Culture 324

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Emotional Engagement and Customer Centricity. How to Drive Customer and Employee Engagement for a Better Customer Experience. They discuss strategies for building customer centricity and emotional engagement. That means spending time on the frontlines of customer service.

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Customer Centricity Culture Leadership Employee Engagement 73

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). That is what the scope of employee ambassadorship helps to provide.

Leadership 60

Leadership Engagement Customer Centricity Employee Engagement 60

Blake Morgan

JANUARY 20, 2022

These 30 top blogs cover a wide variety of CX-related topics, from creating a customer-centric culture to refining the contact center or delivering personalized experiences. He offers a European perspective on employee and customer engagement and customer focus and shares interviews with top CX leaders. .

Case Study 96

Case Study Customer Journeys Competitive Advantage Customer Centricity 96

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Whenever the subject of employee satisfaction and engagement arises, it is often difficult to differentiate between them. If you believe that “a satisfied employee IS an engaged employee.” Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

Employee Engagement 68

Employee Engagement Engagement Consulting Culture 68

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 141

Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Call Center Metrics 141

ClearAction

MAY 27, 2013

Customer-Centricity Goes Beyond Customer Experience Management Lynn Hunsaker. Customer experience management is necessary, yet insufficient. Traditionally, organizations have managed customer experience with a mindset of how the company is doing, in order to grow revenue. What Exactly is Customer-Centricity?

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Customer Centricity Customer Experience Management Customer Experience Management 77

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

NICE inContact

MARCH 26, 2019

Stage one — Customer-Negligent: An organization that fails to value customers as vital assets and doesn’t consider CX a priority. Have low or nonexistent employee engagement, with team members unaware of the customer journey and the role they play in it. Have customer focus as a shared value at all levels.

Customer Experience 152

Customer Experience Contact Center Policies System 152

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

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Being Customer-Centric requires rewarding those that contribute to Customer-Centricity. Too many organizations are still not rewarding Customer Experience improvement because they don’t measure it. Focusing on rewarding these, however, is not conducive to Customer Centricity.

Net Promoter Score 118

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience CEM Customer Centricity 118

Verint

AUGUST 21, 2017

Many organizations today want to effectively embed the voice of the customer into daily activities—their effectiveness will largely depend on how well the senior executive team embraces the CX effort. In fact, if I had to select a single characteristic of a truly customer-centric company, this would be it.

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Customer Centricity Culture Voice of Customer Customers 60

CX Journey

MARCH 12, 2015

The two terms are related, and they’re both elements of customer experience improvement. Employee Engagement: The “I” Point of View Employee engagement is the functional and emotional connection that employees have with an organization. Storytelling), or “We hire people who care about the customer.”

Culture 80

Culture Engagement Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 80

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Why Systems Matter to Your Customers. Area #1: Technology.

Net Promoter Score 120

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience How To CEM 120

CX Journey

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Leadership : It starts at the top. If you''ve got the wrong leadership in place, it''ll be really tough to steer the ship in the right direction. Employee Engagement : I list this separately from "leadership" and from "people" because employee engagement is a two-way street that requires both to work together for the greater good.

Culture 173

Culture Leadership Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 173

Integrity Solutions

JULY 13, 2020

Employees may say it hinges on compensation, benefits and work/life balance, but when they actually make the change, they report that greater opportunity and better leadership were the driving forces. Ambitious employees want to work for companies that have a strong vision and committed leadership.

Sales 104

Sales How To Competitive Advantage Training 104

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

James Dodkins – Customer Experience Influencer, Keynote Speaker, Author, CX Trainer. International Keynote Speaker, Trainer, and Content Creator, James Dodkins is named as the UK’s #1 CX Influencer by Customer Experience Magazine. LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link]. Currently working at Qualtrics as a Sr. Website : [link].

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

CloudCherry

JANUARY 21, 2020

By staying in touch with customer expectations, companies can win more business and reduce trouble spots in the customer journey. VoC leaders also see an uptick in customer and employee engagement metrics. At the pinnacle of VoC maturity, listening to the customer voice is an essential component of your culture.

Effort Score 195

Effort Score Feedback Net Promoter Score Survey 195

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Organizations will want quantitative justification of their investment in great customer service. Organizations will continue to look for more effective ways of gaining real-time customer intelligence rather than rear-view-mirror methods like surveys. Never underestimate the customers expectation in CX.

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 160

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. Bill Quiseng. Bob Thompson. Bruce Temkin. Dan Gingiss.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Maz Iqbal

OCTOBER 28, 2017

… Continue reading "On Self, The Customer & Leadership Blog, and Cultivating Loyalty With Employees, Partners, and Customers". Today’s conversation is around that which has been unconcealed for me: about myself and the purpose/contribution of this blog.

Leadership 59

Leadership Loyalty Customers Customer Focused 59

ijgolding

JANUARY 17, 2017

In my exclusive column for CustomerThink in October 2016, I shared my ‘top tips’ for creating the right culture to enable an organisation to become genuinely customer centric. In my last column of 2016, I explored tip number 2 – how to embed a Customer Experience Framework. Maturity Model.

Customer Experience 168

Customer Experience How To Customer Centricity Tips 168

ClearAction

APRIL 29, 2020

Accordingly, you may want to re-assess the charter in your company for your top customer experience leadership role. The following job description describes what’s needed to differentiate ease-of-doing-business for industry leadership by embedding customer-centricity in your enterprise DNA.

Customer Experience 71

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Leadership 71

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. Bill Quiseng. Bob Thompson. Bruce Temkin. Dan Gingiss.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Amanda is a highly experienced customer experience consultant, adviser, and writer. She has helped organizations of all sizes and sectors transform themselves into customer-centric ones. His areas of expertise, among others, are customer acquisition, customer development, and customer loyalty.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Customer Journeys 130

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

ClearAction

JULY 29, 2018

Keeping the aircraft clean, adjusting policies and processes, smoothing hand-offs — everything behind-the-scenes as well as customer-facing was seen in a customer-focused viewpoint. Linden said, “Anyone in a company can deliver greater value to customers by being customer-focused.

Customer Engagement 48

Customer Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 48

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

DiJulius is a best-selling author of three books, a renowned keynote speaker, and an international customer experience consultant. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach. Lior is a thought-leader, author, and speaker and has expertise in customer experience and employee engagement.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. From my perspective, at least, experiences that drive customers’ emotional brand trust and bonding can be both shaped and sustained. On the employee side of the equation, ambassadorship builds both passion and partnership, enhancing the customer experience.

Engagement 60

Engagement Customer Experience Employee Engagement Consulting 60

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Let’s be very sensitive to the pressures our customers may be feeling, and do everything we can to individually and collectively exceed their expectations.”. I talk a lot about Customer-centricity of organizations. In all of these moments, an employee can make or break a Customer Experience.

Customer Centricity 60

Customer Centricity Retail Consulting Leadership 60