CX Accelerator

JANUARY 16, 2020

A customer-centric culture is the “make or break” component of any customer experience initiative. While there is certainly no perfect culture, there are those environments that give life to customer experience work, and those that make it nearly impossible. Then let’s dive right in! Stage Two, The Fence.

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Customer Centricity Culture Webinar Customers 182

PeopleMetrics

JULY 14, 2015

These individuals received the most customer recognition through PeopleMetrics customer experience software in 2014, proving their consistency in going above and beyond to deliver for customers. Winners of the 2015 Award are: Jen Beier of 1st National Bank. Want to learn more about customer centricity?

Customer Centricity 88

Customer Centricity 2015 Brands 2014 88

Experience Matters

JANUARY 6, 2015

With this post, I’m declaring 2015 “ The Year of the Employee.”. We’ve recently seen a surge in the number of companies looking to build more customer-centric cultures and train their people on CX. Voice of the employee efforts are becoming an integral component of modern voice of the customer programs.

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2015 Customer Journey Mapping Contact Center 2014 132

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The answer to this question can show how Customer centric your company is. This post is the fifth in a series of nine posts that uses our Naïve to Natural customer-centricity assessment. This post is the fifth in a series of nine posts that uses our Naïve to Natural customer-centricity assessment.

Customer Centricity 129

Customer Centricity Net Promoter Score Social Media Books 129

Experience Matters

MARCH 17, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group data snapshot, Customer Experience Expectations and Plans for 2015. This year’s results show that companies are planning on dedicating more money and effort to improving a variety of customer experience activities in 2015. Download report for $195. Download report for $195.

2015 102

2015 Customer Connectedness Customer Experience 2014 102

ijgolding

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As I continue to develop my Customer Experience Specialism around the globe, a number of questions are continually raised by the people I meet. What is fascinating about the questions I am asked, is that more often than not, most organisations have started their journey to becoming Customer Centric.

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Customer Centricity Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Journey 105

iPerceptions

OCTOBER 30, 2015

The competitive arena of customer experience continues to influence how brands develop and evolve. Leaders across industries need to recognize how the customer experience is changing with time, and ensure that they make strides to improve their own programs.

Customer Centricity 122

Customer Centricity 2015 Customers Brands 122

TechSee

APRIL 10, 2019

In the highly competitive telecom industry, customer experience is a critical factor in building and maintaining a competitive advantage. A recent report by Forrester takes this concept one step further by proving that improving customer experience in telecoms delivers a boost to all KPIs. BT – Customer-centric culture.

Customer Experience 154

Customer Experience Omnichannel Customer Centricity Social Media 154

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But when it comes to Customer Experience, Cooties are a real thing and they are affecting the decisions that your Customer’s make. So how are cooties affecting your customer experience? The Power of Our Mind to Shape Our Customer Experiences. How to Make or Break Your Customer Experience.

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Customer Experience Books Customers Customer Centricity 161

Customers That Stick

JANUARY 5, 2015

Happy New Year, and welcome to the first Customers That Stick TM blog post of 2015! To begin, we’ll be creating more free resources you can use to enhance your customer service and customer experiences. You will find even more helpful resources posted as 2015 progresses. Retirement of The Monthly Mash.

2015 111

2015 Blog 2014 Customer Centricity 111

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 12, 2015

With all the focus on Customer Experience over the years, and the increasing resource that organizations have put into improving the Customer Experience, what have been the results? The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) uses an overall U.S. Trend #3: Creating a Customer Experience Team for your company.

Net Promoter Score 137

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience 2015 2013 137

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

One of the most influential factors on your Customer Experience is your company culture. Most companies might understand the concept, yet still engage in activities that influence company culture in a way that hurts the Customer Experience. The majority of a Senior Manager’s time is spent in meetings, not with Customers.

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Culture Customer Experience Customer Centricity Airlines 134

Think Customers

JUNE 16, 2015

on customer centricity. Payers who historically had customers funneled to them by employers are now beginning to market to individual customers. But payers aren't the only healthcare industry participants that are blazing new trails in customer centricity.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare Customer Centricity 2015 Hospitality 100

iPerceptions

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

With customer experience and marketing strategy advancing at such a rapid rate here are the need-to-know developments from August 2015. It's the job of the modern marketer to stay on top of all the trends and stories that are impacting the digital arena.

2015 95

2015 Customer Centricity Customers Marketing 95

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. Some do both.

Net Promoter Score 118

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience CEM Customer Centricity 118

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

For the last six years, Nunwood (now a part of the KPMG family) have been assessing how customer centric well known brands are across three continents. Last year, Nunwood’s UK analysis concluded that ‘Customer Excellence is here: it’s just not evenly distributed yet’. The 2015 results appear to go a step further.

2015 87

2015 2014 Brands Customer Experience 87

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 23, 2015

The customer experience (CX) space has experienced a similar trend. Temkin Group recently predicted that this will be the year of the employee, and MCorpConsulting states that customer-centric culture is a top priority for companies serious about customer experience improvement. It takes grit.

Customer Centricity 97

Customer Centricity Culture 2015 2014 97

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

September is the month where Customer Experience in the UK is celebrated – and celebrated in style. On Friday 25th September 2015, hundreds of passionate Professionals who excel in demonstrating the power of Customer Experience, convened in London for the UK Customer Experience Awards.

2015 104

2015 Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals 2011 104

Experience Matters

MAY 12, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, The State of the CX Management, 2015. Here’s the executive summary: For the sixth straight year, Temkin Group surveyed nearly 200 large companies to evaluate the state of their Customer Experience (CX) management. This year we found an abundance of CX ambition and activity.

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2015 Customer Connectedness Management 2014 106

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 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.

Customer Centricity 114

Customer Centricity Employee Experience CEM Culture 114

Experience Matters

JANUARY 20, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, Lessons in CX Excellence, 2015. This report has rich insights about both B2B and B2C customer experience. Here’s the executive summary: This year, we chose eight organizations as finalists for Temkin Group’s 2014 Customer Experience Excellence Award. EMC Corporation.

2015 108

2015 Customer Connectedness Net Promoter Score 2014 108

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

To create a great experience you have to define which areas that Customers most value and exceed these aspects of the Customer Experience. Defining these areas implies knowing what the Customer’s Expectations are. Most organizations know what their Customer rational expectations are.

Customer Expectations 167

Customer Expectations Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity CEM 167

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. These choices affect the Customer Experience.

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Customer Experience Multi-Channel CEM Customer Centricity 136

Michel Falcon Experience

OCTOBER 10, 2014

It was in 2007 that I set a goal to become a customer experience consultant and keynote speaker. I recognized that the companies we admire have made a premeditated effort to put their customers at the core of their business. Being a capitalist, I focus my attention on customer experience because of revenue and profits.

Customer Experience 143

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 2007 Customer Centricity 143

Alida

AUGUST 3, 2016

Still unsure about attending the 2016 Customer Intelligence Summit? Tired of trying to convince your boss why you should join other customer-centric leaders in Chicago this September? Julie Murtha (@JulieMurtha) October 22, 2015. Lee Stephen (@LWStephen) October 22, 2015. Pia Chin (@piachin) October 22, 2015.

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2015 Workshop Customer Centricity Innovation 167

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 26, 2015

Costco managed that lack of stress handily, and the experience offers four lessons, each of which can benefit your own business’s trek to customer centricity. Their brand, corporate mythos, and customer advocacy played a large part in my stepping through their sliding glass door in the first place. Mary, June 2015.

Customer Centricity 102

Customer Centricity 2015 Insurance Customers 102

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.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score CEM Customer Centricity 120

Experience Matters

JUNE 4, 2015

Comcast recently announced that it will add more than 5,500 customer service jobs as part of a “customer experience transformation” effort. That’s not the answer to its customer experience woes. Comcast provides terrible customer experience. So, whats the answer?

Customer Connectedness 102

Customer Connectedness Customer Experience 2015 Customer Centricity 102

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 12, 2015

We have 12 months to kick butt with our customer-centric goals. Superhero fantasies aside, what do you want achieve in 2015 with your customer experience efforts? Do you have a succinct definition of your customer experience goal? To become NPS Olympians. Sure, we CX professionals are a hopeful bunch.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Wireless Customer Centricity 130

CX University

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

CX University and HBC today announced the formation of CXUAsia, a joint venture aimed at delivering world-class customer experience (CX) training and certification across the Asia-Pacific region. Since 2015, CX University has been dedicated to developing experience makers and growing the discipline of Customer Experience worldwide.

Net Promoter Score 114

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience 2003 2022 114

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 Customer Centricity CEM Social Media 163

Alida

AUGUST 16, 2016

To appreciate just how dominant they have become, consider these stats: According to Forrester Research’s 2015 Customer Lifecycle Journey report, 81 percent of companies now have community-type support channels—a steep increase from 2012’s 67 percent figure. Companies need instantaneous feedback and insight.

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2015 Social Media 2012 2019 0

ijgolding

DECEMBER 30, 2014

As we approach the last 24 hours before the end of 2014, I feel it is time to reflect on the last twelve months in the world of Customer Experience. Twelve months is not a particularly long time in the context of a lifetime of experiences, yet it is remarkable what progress can be made in 365 days. JD Williams. Virgin Media.

2014 85

2014 2015 Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals 85

Think Customers

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

For our 2015 1to1 Media Customer Champions, this notion acts as their guiding principle, as they recognize that, every employee must be engaged in order to deliver optimal customer experiences. Because they set the example, each employee subsequently embodies the strengths and flaws of those who govern their position.

Customer Centricity 100

Customer Centricity Culture 2015 Government 100

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 16, 2015

(DISCLAIMER: The CX Feud is a game in which 150 customer experience professionals took our assessment about the presence, or absence, of customer centricity practices in their organizations. When it comes to customer experience activities and commitment, leaders appear to be: 1. The Survey Says.

Customer Centricity 96

Customer Centricity Leadership Net Promoter Score Magazine 96

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 4, 2014

An organization’s process tells me a great deal about how Customer-centric they are. Is the process designed for the good of the Customer or was it designed for the good of the company? In my experience, the latter is more likely than the former, leaving most organizations with a process lacking a customer focus.

Customer Focused 153

Customer Focused Customer Centricity Customer Journey Mapping 2015 153

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

By leveraging new technologies such as computer vision , virtual visits and self-service AI-driven solutions, companies have a huge opportunity to turn customers into brand advocates. This list is an homage to the business leaders and influencers pushing the envelope when it comes to innovation in customer experience.

Customer Service 251

Customer Service Contact Center 2022 Magazine 251