CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.

Return on Investment 266

Return on Investment Culture Customer Centricity Ecommerce 266

ShepHyken

JUNE 7, 2021

Being Customer-centric Starts With A Top-Notch Employee Experiencestanley by Stanley Huang. MarTech Series) All business units depend on the creativity, productivity and attitude employees bring to the workplace. Treating your employees like your No. One of more is sure to whet your appetite!

Customer Service 133

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Customer Journeys Customer Centricity 133

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.

Return on Investment 182

Return on Investment Culture Customer Centricity Ecommerce 182

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. Based on the company ‘’mindset’’ and approach.

B2B 98

B2B Customer Experience Roadmap Culture 98

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 describes the intended customer experience – and must be shared so everyone knows what to do.

Strategy 191

Strategy Customer Experience Customer Centricity How To 191

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Understanding what gives your customers “gratification” will help you meet and exceed their expectations. Your Customer Experience Model Has a Problem—Your Employee Experience is the Solution by Janelle Dieken. My Comment: We’re back to one of my favorite topics, which is the employee experience (EX).

Customer Service 69

Customer Service Hospitality e-support eBook 69

CX Journey

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

That translates nicely to customer focus and to delivering a consistently great customer experience. I believe that every company should strive to achieve this level of customer experience maturity , where we look at each other every day and say, "What the hell is customer experience?" Dharmesh Shah.

Customer Experience 193

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Return on Investment Culture 193

ShepHyken

MARCH 18, 2019

1 0 Tips to Build a Customer Centric Work Culture by Vandita Grover. MarTech Advisor) We list 10 customer experience (CX) tips that will establish customer centricity as the core philosophy of your organization and help create a customer-focused environment across your company.

Net Promoter Score 86

Net Promoter Score Customer Service Omni-Channel Customer Centricity 86

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

3 Employee Experience Touchpoints That Impact Customer Experience by Jeannie Walters. Experience Investigators) Employee experience has been called “the new customer experience” and “the answer to customer experience” in more than one article. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

Customer Service 94

Customer Service Employee Experience Touchpoint Customer Centricity 94

CX Journey

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Source: Accenture Global Consumer Pulse Research, 2013 Amazon is really a great example of a customer-focused, customer-centric company. Actually, the better phrase, their phrase, is "obsessed over customers." customer experience customer focus customer-centric culture'

Customer Centricity 160

Customer Centricity Poor Customer Service Metrics Customer Focused 160

CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Customer-centric is the modern focus Customer Service Managers are seamlessly bringing into their businesses – understand your customer’s needs and solve them intelligently. Customer & Market Research. These customers are less concerned with price and quality and are more concerned about new motivations.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Self Service Customer Centricity CRM 52

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Customer centricity requires strategy to cultivate a culture that puts the Customer at the center of everything you do. As the third in our series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer centricity, let’s look at: Customer Strategy.

Net Promoter Score 163

Net Promoter Score Strategy Customer Centricity CEM 163

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

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. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., when making decisions.

Culture 83

Culture Company Customer Centricity Travel 83

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

Social Media 92

Social Media Customer Centricity Culture Employee Experience 92

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

A new study by Calabrio reports that the majority of call center employees don’t feel trained to handle customer problems, making their jobs stressful and demotivating. Chances are your call center employees feel the same way—especially if you train like most companies do.

Call Center 111

Call Center Contact Center Training Study 111

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

She has over 16 years of experience in areas of market research, program management, marketing, instructional design, and training. 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.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Customer Journeys 130

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

Social Media 68

Social Media Customer Centricity Culture Employee Experience 68

Michel Falcon Experience

OCTOBER 10, 2014

I learned that if you want to improve your customer experience you shouldn’t start with the customer. You must first enhance your employee experience. How are you onboarding your newest employees? What is your training program like? “Earth’s most customer-centric company.”

Customer Experience 143

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Effort Score 143

CX Journey

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

When I continue to hear people ask questions like , "Doesn't more customer focus means less focus on products, etc.?" Customers and the voice of the customer need to be woven into all you do. When we get to the state of " What the Hell is Customer Experience? It's about the employee experience more first!

Employee Experience 116

Employee Experience Culture Policies Customer Experience Professionals 116

Integrity Solutions

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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. What to Look for In Customer Service Training Programs. A customer service culture has to be built on more than just words.

Customer Service 67

Customer Service Self Service Banking Culture 67

CX Journey

APRIL 5, 2017

Thou shalt put employees more first. The link between the employee experience and customer experience is real. Yes, you're in business to create and nurture customers. Employees at all levels live the promise and deliver on it. Thou shalt hire for attitude and train for skill.

Customer Experience 144

Customer Experience Policies Employee Experience Innovation 144

CX Journey

AUGUST 1, 2018

It outlines people, roles, responsibilities, rules, and guidelines when it comes to executing your customer experience strategy. Changing the organization's DNA to be more customer-centric is not a journey for one person to undertake; this is an organization-wide effort. Vince Lombardi.

Government 90

Government Customer Centricity Guidelines Groups 90

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.

Net Promoter Score 110

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media CEM 110

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

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

Kristina is a customer experience expert and host of “The Customer Experience Podcast for Business Leaders”, a podcast series for motivating C-Suite and leadership teams in improving customer experience. She is a world-reknowned author, professional speaker and a customer experience consultant.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

CX Journey

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In the spirit of " you can't transform something you don't understand ," there are two things you need to understand before you can move forward: the current state of: (1) your culture and the employee experience and (2) the customer and the customer experience. You need a strategy.

Customer Journeys 80

Customer Journeys Roadmap Government Culture 80

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

A satisfied employee can pretty much be described as one who is relatively happy or more than complacent about their day-to-day job experience: the work, pay, benefits, possibilities for growth, promotions and possibly more – – like training, work environment, and reward and recognition.

Employee Engagement 68

Employee Engagement Engagement Consulting Culture 68

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2016

‘Employee engagement’ has many meanings and interpretations, but relatively little of it has to do, by conceptual definition, specifically with impact on customer behavior and impact on the employee experience. That is what the scope of employee ambassadorship helps to provide.

Leadership 60

Leadership Engagement Customer Centricity Employee Engagement 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

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 24, 2014

Downie said that the focus is often on getting all the objective parts right but not focusing on the emotional parts of the experience. Since we know over 50% of the Customer Experience is emotional, he would start with a Customer focus as his basis for design, with a particular emphasis on the interaction with the Customer.

ROI 74

ROI Net Promoter Score CEM Conference 74

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2016

Today, there’s a lot of discussion among corporate strategists, and even senior HR folks, about “putting employees first”. Whenever this is surfaced, it’s useful to ask some relevant questions with regard to ultimate enterprise value, particularly the employee experience vis-à-vis the customer experience.

Company 60

Company Chief Customer Officer Employee Engagement Leadership 60

CX Journey

AUGUST 1, 2014

Can you name one of the most powerful and most important customer experience training tools available to your organization? The most powerful training tool, the one that''s going to help your employees deliver a great customer experience, is a customer journey map. military quote.

Customer Journeys 155

Customer Journeys Training Tools Touchpoint 155

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Business ecosystem (= customer experience ecosystem) includes customers, employees, suppliers, distributors, partners, agencies, competitors, rituals (planning, funding, reviewing, rewarding, reporting, communicating, advancement, training) and the logistics and interactions between all these stakeholders and rituals.

Customer Experience 76

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customers Customer Experience Management 76

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2015

However, when this organization, and others in the employee engagement research, training and consultation space, makes claims that engagement, in and of itself, contributes to customer value and loyalty behavior, two important questions need to be asked. Employee Engagement Reaches Three-Year High.”

Employee Engagement 60

Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Experience Effort Score 60

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 7, 2016

Whether, as Bob Thompson discussed, the strategy focuses on touchpoint improvements, seamless customer-focused journey, or delivering stand-out, branded experiences (think Zappos, Trader Joe’s, Wegman’s, Southwest Airlines, Zane’s Cycles, Metro or Umpqua Bank), any company can do experience lagniappe.

Brands 60

Brands Company Customer Experience Banking 60

ijgolding

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The most customer centric organisations in the world recognise and very much appreciate this fact. I always state the Ritz Carlton’s approach when bringing this to life – the relationship they want their business to have with customers is described by them as ‘Ladies & Gentlemen serving Ladies & Gentlemen’.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Airlines Customer Centricity Customers 120