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Inspiration, Dedication, Perspiration – welcome to the mind of the Customer Experience Professional!

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Last week I was afforded the undeniable pleasure of spending two whole days with Diane Magers, CEO of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). One passionate CX Professional in a room can be imposing; two together is a formidable combination! Apart from it being in my genes….

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The importance of EARNING authority as a Customer Experience Professional

ijgolding

During my career as a Customer Experience Professional, my opinions, points of views and suggestions have been rebuffed on many an occasion. I am responsible for Customer Experience’ – ‘You have to listen to me!’. When I was recruited into the role, the hiring manager wanted someone with ‘more experience’.

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Now Customer Experience Professional Association is also in our DACH region in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and We Need Your Participation

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The CXPA helps customer experience professionals make customer experience management an integral part of how their companies operate and to enable customer experience professionals to embed transformation across their organizations. Sponsorship and engagement in global events.

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Organizational Transformation

Horizon CX

Organizational Transformation: The Role of Customer Experience Professionals Introduction Organizational transformation is often perceived as an elusive goal, reserved for C-suite executives with immense power and influence. That may be true in many instances, but the reality is more nuanced.

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Customer Experience Professionals: Why We Do What We Do

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Senior management wanted to outsource the function but when the outsourcer wouldn’t sign up to a KPI that targeted them with maintaining a 95% “satisfied or very satisfied” CSAT score (which is the figure the Helpdesk was consistently achieving at the time), management quickly changed their minds!

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Transformational Leadership – the key to unlocking the competencies of Customer Experience Professionals

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If you have followed my writing for a while, you will be very much aware that I am very proud and passionate Customer Experience Professional (CXP). One of a growing number of ‘specialists’ in the newly recognised professional field, this group of skilled, experienced practitioners is growing in number on a weekly basis.

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Building a Great CX Team

CX Accelerator

The 8 skills required by any CX team are: Strategy. Customer Insights/Measurement/Analytics. Customer Journey Mapping. Project/Program Management. Change Management. Employee Experience. But the strategy function within a CX team is also very much about the strategy’s implementation.