Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. So… Is customer experience worth it?

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Effort Score Net Promoter Score Culture 261

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. In the end, everything is connected.

B2B 98

B2B Customer Experience Roadmap Culture 98

Bill Quiseng

MARCH 1, 2021

Joseph Michelli, I have learned so much about delivering the World’s Best Customer Experience through his insight starting with his book, The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary. Ironically, prioritizing profits can actually lead to business decisions that drive customers away.

Leadership 148

Leadership Hospitality Consulting Consumers 148

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 27, 2016

One day, I was asking Horst about a client of mine that was struggling to engage customers. As I presented the challenge to Horst, I explained the efforts the company’s leaders had exerted to, “improve the quality of their customer experience so that most customers had less pain during interactions”.

Customer Experience 223

Customer Experience Hotels Leadership Customers 223

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 28, 2020

Customer experience leaders are often told to “create a better customer experience” with little more than a pat on the back and an annual customer survey. There is a lack of understanding around what customer experience really is, and perhaps more importantly, what it takes to deliver it.

Strategy 225

Strategy Customer Journeys Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 225

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I meet many organizations that say they want to exceed Customer expectations at every moment of contact. The first step in exceeding your customer’s expectations is to know those expectations.”. - For most organizations, just meeting their Customer’s expectations would provide a good experience. I tell them they are mad!

Customer Expectations 167

Customer Expectations Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity CEM 167

Customer Bliss

JUNE 28, 2016

Lesley Mottla was part of the senior leadership team that helped build Zipcar, a disruptive force in its industry. Now she has a customer experience leadership role at M.Gemi , where she’s trying to help disrupt the luxury shoe market. Everything needs to be rooted in the experience of the customer.

Customer Experience 111

Customer Experience Leadership Case Study Feedback 111

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 18, 2023

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is critical to leadership. EQ is also a crucial part of your customer experience design and delivery. Today, we are discussing EQ, what it is, and how it helps your customer strategy and leadership. The same goes for customer service representatives.

Management 78

Management Leadership Conference Examples 78

Michelli Experience

JULY 25, 2017

I also opined on the critical role of trust in strengthening the social contract between businesses and customers. As such, I suggested business leaders should take the first step by trusting customers out of respect and gratitude for them. I depict this relationship in the formula: High TRUST = Happy Employees = Happy Customers =.

Consulting 113

Consulting Touchpoint Leadership Employee Engagement 113

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In business today, it takes leadership to build a business that consistently engages customers. If customers aren’t emotionally connected to your brand, through the experiences you provide, you will be vulnerable to offers and solicitations from your competitors. Which are you? Such was the case for Mercedes-Benz!

Customer Journeys 140

Customer Journeys Customer Experience How To Leadership 140

Michelli Experience

AUGUST 10, 2016

I love serving customers and helping businesses create loyalty-building customer experiences. HOWEVER, service does not mean customers should be given the power to ABUSE those that serve them. Customers are not always right and when they wrongly mistreat your staff they should become former customers!

Leadership 100

Leadership Hotels Loyalty Customer Centricity 100

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In keeping with that message, I am excited to be blogging about one of my favorite leadership brands – Ed Mady and to use Ed as an example of the importance of creating signature moments that frame those “out of earshot” conversations. Branded Customer Experience. Here are just a few examples of Ed’s recent tweets.

Brands 113

Brands Hotels Leadership Guest Experience 113

Customer Bliss

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Customer experience is a priority to all. The question we discussed was; could the discipline and competencies required to lead a company through a customer experience transformation be led from marketing, by the CMO? It affects leadership, operations, how people are hired, and how the company goes to market.

Leadership 100

Leadership Conference Customer Experience Design Culture 100

CX Journey

MAY 10, 2017

Not everyone is motivated in the same way, so you need to be prepared to use different tools and approaches; you need to personalize or customize the experience to the individual. We talk a lot about that when we describe customer experience design. What's in it for the customer? Leadership is motivating.

Leadership 145

Leadership Employee Experience Feedback Customer Experience Design 145

Storyminers

MAY 21, 2020

Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital transformation and customer experience. That’s the view of managing principal of Storyminers and experience design expert, Mike Wittenstein. The bottom line is they’re doing before design.”. Change by design.

Culture 147

Culture Voice of Customer Fashion Strategy 147

Michelli Experience

JULY 27, 2016

During my more than a decade relationship with the brand, I’ve never ceased to be amazed by the commitment of Starbucks leaders when it comes to continuous improvement for both the customer and employee experience. They have also given the “green light” on green or whatever hair color suits the fancy of the partner.

Leadership 100

Leadership Course Engagement Employee Experience 100

Michelli Experience

AUGUST 1, 2017

Over the past couple blogs, I reported a trust gap , emphasized the need to extend trust to customers , and outlined an initial list of qualities possessed by trustworthy leaders. Individually, and through resources, see that the problem is taken care of in a way that meets the satisfaction of the customer/team member and does not recur.

Leadership 113

Leadership Hotels Brands Consulting 113

Michelli Experience

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Thought leaders like Daniel Pink have provided insightful analysis of research showing three key drivers of human behavior: Purpose. Autonomy, and.

Engagement 100

Engagement Entertainment Conference Analysis 100

SuiteCX

JUNE 22, 2018

SuiteCX brings robust customer journey mapping and strategic scenario planning together for superior customer experience design and execution.

Customer Journeys 100

Customer Journeys Groups Customer Experience Design Engagement 100

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 29, 2021

Identify your customers’ mindset. ? You also need to get into the heads of your customers and recreate those decision scenarios. You have to find a different way to get the customers to choose your premium option. Most customer experiences are not deliberate; they are accidental. Get granular. ?

Customer Experience Design 89

Customer Experience Design Exercises Measurement Tools 89

Michelli Experience

MAY 8, 2018

Redesigning Process Improvement in the Age of AI & the Customer. Leadership: “Making a commitment to the responsible use of AI from the start.”. But What About the Customer? In fact, the ultimate goal (from my worldview) of process improvement is increased customer value and effectiveness.

Competitive Advantage 100

Competitive Advantage Customers Technology Data 100

Storyminers

JULY 29, 2018

Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital and customer transformation, and not going deep enough into insights analysis and cultural change. Wittenstein agreed that with the arrival of more technology at the front end of engagement, marketing and customer experience are aggressively coming together.

Culture 113

Culture Voice of Customer Fashion Customer Experience Design 113

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Consumers also believe that in spite of this concern about safety they must share data to have a better experience with a company. In other words, Customers will share data even though they don’t believe it is protected enough to get a better value from an organization. Listen to your customers and engage with them.

Data 131

Data CEM Loyalty Consulting 131

Michelli Experience

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to Forrester Research, 93% of corporate leadership teams place customer experience improvement on their list of strategic priorities and 23% businesses have it in the number 1 position. So how do you not only satisfy your customers, but actually delight them? Well, not exactly. Actually, not at all.

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Customer Satisfaction Consulting Loyalty 100

Michelli Experience

APRIL 20, 2016

More than a decade ago marketing professors Kevin Keller and Alice Tybout advanced two concepts that not only changed the way people market their businesses but also SHOULD have changed the way we think about delivering customer experiences. In essence, they are the things you and your customers call your own.

Customer Experience Design 100

Customer Experience Design Policies Brands Tips 100

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The focus on enhancing customer experience has gained traction in recent years. As businesses recognize its value, the shift from a product-centered approach to a customer-centric one continues. Actionability is also, as we believe, one of the essential aspects of customer experience management.

Net Promoter Score 445

Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys Customer Experience Omni-Channel 445

Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I’ve been doing customer experience design for a long, long time. In the old days, I would have read about some intriguing customer innovation and assumed that the attempted breakthrough was crafted on a firm foundation of customer listening and data analysis. Here is the truth from the trenches… .

Airlines 100

Airlines Travel How To Customer Experience Design 100

Michelli Experience

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Online retailers like Amazon have made shopping easier (24-hours a day, purchasing from the comfort of our home, with no lines at checkout) but they make customers wait for delivery (typically relying on UPS). For example, earlier this year Amazon began experimenting with ways to provide “on demand” delivery services.

Competitive Advantage 214

Competitive Advantage Ecommerce Retail Leadership 214

One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Instead, this internal customer discovery exercise allows you all to uncover what external clients really value. Retaining Clients leverages Innovative Customer Retention Strategies. Take action instead of engaging in endless reflection! I specialize in professional innovation, cross-functional leadership and client retention.

How To 95

How To Leadership Exercises Innovation 95

Michelli Experience

MAY 30, 2017

in March 2017, they sold the Craftsman brand to Stanley Black & Decker) and engaging new creditors all in an effort to stave off continued revenue challenges like the $2.2 We may need to adjust our strategic initiatives depending on our members’ and customers’ reactions to and level of engagement with our initiatives.

Customer Experience 113

Customer Experience Retail Social Media Trends 113

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 23, 2016

Now, I propose they make a little more room for the latest addition to the leadership: The Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Today, we differentiate ourselves in new ways , the most important being how the Customer feels about their experience with you. The CCO would: Oversee the overall Customer Experience.

Chief Customer Officer 60

Chief Customer Officer Company Call Center Leadership 60

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 6, 2016

I’ve been critical of leaders who make declarations like “ THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE CUSTOMER.” My problem with those types of statements is that I believe every year should be the year of the customer. In support of my position, I offer the following: If you want to keep customers in 2016 …. Why else are we in business?

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Employee Engagement Competitive Advantage Customers 100

SmartKarrot

APRIL 15, 2022

Role: Vice President of Customer Success Location: Phoenix, AZ, US (Hybrid) Organization: Chime Technologies Inc. As a Vice President of Customer Success, you will drive customer success outcomes by influencing product adoption, customer satisfaction, and overall customer success.

Customer Success 19

Customer Success Return on Investment Employee Engagement Leadership 19

Storyminers

JULY 29, 2018

Too many organisations are “doing” before “designing” when it comes to digital transformation and customer experience. That’s the view of managing principal of Storyminers and experience design expert, Mike Wittenstein. The bottom line is they’re doing before design.”. Change by design.

Culture 100

Culture Voice of Customer Fashion Strategy 100

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 4, 2017

Every time I develop a customized customer service training tool for a client of mine, I caution that the tool is a “guidebook” for customer service behavior and that no tool can fit every application. As such, a customer service toolkit is only as good as the judgment and skill of the person using it.

Customer Experience 223

Customer Experience Comparison Study Customer Service Training 223

Michelli Experience

JANUARY 17, 2017

Over the years, as a customer experience consultant, I’ve increasingly become a student of “game theory” and of the “gaming industry.” billion customers. In his article Mark identifies three key ways that designers in the video and mobile gaming industry create “gamer engagement”, loyalty, and spend.

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Gamification Banking Sports 100

Strativity

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Throughout Strativity’s 17+ years in CX consulting, we’ve developed fundamental principles to help our clients avoid roadblocks and accelerate success with their customer experience initiatives — and now we’re sharing what we’ve learned with CX leaders like you. Build understanding and engagement with Customer Journey Mapping.

Consulting 53

Consulting Customer Journeys Touchpoint Policies 53