InMoment XI

JANUARY 27, 2025

Thats when those budget discussions become less about managing costs and more about tracking investments. Shifting the Cost Center Mindset To understand the perception of call centers as cost centers, lets start with the cold, hard math: a typical inbound customer service call costs an average of $2 per interaction.

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eglobalis

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Example: SAP has invested heavily in CX platforms like SAP Customer Data Cloud, but the success of these tools depends on SAPs human-led account management teams to align technological solutions with customer-specific business goals.

2030 414

2030 B2B Culture Government 414

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 29, 2014

What Does it Take to Be a Customer Focused Organization? As we scale our businesses, our focus on customers can become seriously threatened. How do smart companies maintain a customer-centric culture as they grow? Customer Experience is…What, Exactly?

2015 300

2015 Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping Touchpoint 300

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Discover how aligning employee and customer experiences—starting with frontline involvement—can make change implementation smoother and align with organizational values.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Staff motivation can be a huge challenge for even the best location managers. With so much to manage during every operating hour, a manager’s ability to inspire and motivate employees is limited—but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Managers can greatly improve staff motivation by keeping these three areas in mind: 1.

Feedback 370

Feedback Customer Centricity NPS Definition 370

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 12, 2018

That leader had an epiphany about customer-centric culture. If we focus on customers, we will be a better organization. And a few months later, people are rolling their eyes when a colleague says “remember how we’re supposed to be focused on the customer?” Once upon a time, there was a leader.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 9, 2015

Your brand promise is a means for setting customer expectations , but is typically written from the company perspective. Some companies aim higher and try to express the values and responsibilities of the brand, but very few manage to communicate this successfully. appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.

Customer Focused 235

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InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Shep Hyken, a well-known customer service consultant, recently shared that 42% of people would rather clean a toilet than call customer support. Yet, too many companies see their call center as only a cost and something that can be managed or minimized by reducing headcount and shifting to lower cost channels.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 3, 2015

Many of these questions weren’t available as choices in their system, so she recorded things in her notebook, created the best instructions she could, and brought it to the call center manager. In this case, the call center manager was simply reflecting the data-driven culture of the company. Empathetic and engaging behavior.

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CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Collaboration with Ben Motteram and Nate Brown To transform an organization into one that is more customer centric is a complex task that requires many different skills. Customer experience is multi-disciplinary. Customer Insights/Measurement/Analytics. Customer Journey Mapping. Project/Program Management.

Customer Journey Mapping 307

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Defining these areas implies knowing what the Customer’s Expectations are. Most organizations know what their Customer rational expectations are. Four actions must accompany the design of an experience that exceeds Customer Expectations: Managing, Researching, Reviewing, and Supporting. NO, YOU DON’T.

Customer Expectations 167

Customer Expectations Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity CEM 167

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 15, 2015

Saying you’re customer-centric isn’t enough. But the execution of how they handled this was squarely company-focused, and not really about the customer. A few words of advice for translating your great intention into actual customer-centric communications : 1. Don’t assume.

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Customer Centricity Communication Social Media Consulting 229

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 24, 2015

If you are trying, with limited success, to become more customer-centric , this book can help you connect the dots. Using her own experience as well as her keen observations from more than twenty years in the field, Jeanne outlines the 5 Customer Leadership Competencies. Honor and Manage Customers as Assets.

Leadership 247

Leadership Chief Customer Officer Books Social Media 247

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. So any change in CX must include and address the Customer centricity of the organization. Why or why not?

Customer Experience 154

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity CEM 154

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 11, 2014

5 Areas of Customer Insights You’re Missing. How Developed is Your Customer-Centric Strategy for 2015? 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience. Blog Customer Experience Featured business growth Entrepreneurship leadership linkedin management strategy'

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Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping Leadership Airlines 272

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 7, 2015

And yet… In 2011, Forrester reported more than half of Chief Customer Officers were not included in their company’s executive management teams. If the leadership is referring to shareholders exclusively, the customers are forgotten. Put customers front and center. How do we break a tie?

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This week we feature an article by Dawn Gucciardo who took my model of Six D’s to Creating a Customer-Centric Culture and applied it to developing and implementing a CRM software. – Shep Hyken. Shep Hyken believes customer centricity must start on the inside, with your employees. Guess what? Disseminate it.

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Customer Centricity Culture Blog Reference 93

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

How do individuals and organizations achieve what we describe as a “natural”, or obsessive state of customer-centricity where: Emotional and rational customer needs/expectations are well understood throughout the enterprise. All employees have the responsibility of providing customer value.

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CEM Customer Experience Customer Centricity B2C 156

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

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Griled Cheese Joint Delivers on Customer Centric Services with a QR Code. The Melt, a grilled cheese joint chain, came up with an innovative way to leverage the usually banal QR code to deliver a customer centric service! Why "Out of Order" Isn''t Out of Bounds To Customers - Customer Experience Consulting.

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InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Increased Resource Allocation Customer journey maps can help you identify problems and present a strong business case for customer experience improvement. 71% of organizations say customer journey mapping has successfully persuaded management to invest in CX efforts and fix existing customer problems.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In our customer experience consultancy, we find there’s one thing that consistently prevents companies from adopting a more customer-centric approach. You see, as people move up the chain of command, they get further and further removed from the average customer. They’re not greeting customers or closing sales.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Those that have excellent experiences, the kind that makes their brand name a household one, demonstrate actual customer-centricity in their CX. In our global Customer Experience Consultancy, we developed a Customer Experience Assessment model called Naive to Natural to determine a company’s level of customer centricity.

Customer Centricity 160

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 30, 2015

A beer store went public on Facebook when they accidentally overcharged a customer. Griled Cheese Joint Delivers on Customer Centric Services with a QR Code. The Melt, a grilled cheese joint chain, came up with an innovative way to leverage the usually banal QR code to deliver a customer centric service!

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 7, 2025

Define the CX Strategy elements we explored above, including a customer-centric vision statement and measurable CX goals. Why are you starting on this journey of customer experience? What do you believe it will do for your business outcomes and customers? Consolidate everything into one secure location if possible.

Customer Experience 143

Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping Touchpoint Metrics 143

Quadient

AUGUST 1, 2022

Creating a Customer-centric Culture: Four Steps to Get Started. At the Experience-driven CCM event, I had the opportunity to explore how Quadient can further solve the challenges that our current and future customers face. A Trusted Partner in Your Customer-centric Transformation Journey. Marissa Feigen.

Customer Centricity 105

Customer Centricity Culture Customer Journey Mapping Banking 105

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is. We shared some examples of some of the indicators of whether a company is customer-centric or not customer-centric on a recent podcast.

Net Promoter Score 171

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Airlines 2002 171

GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Anthony Stephan and Amelia Dunlop from Deloitte Consulting explore how with the rise of customer experience it’s easy to forget that people are human first. They explore the idea that businesses that focus solely on customer experience may be missing a significant opportunity to truly connect with people on a deeper level.

2019 210

2019 Article Net Promoter Score Financial 210

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 14, 2025

Episodes Mentioned: First 100 Days as a CX Leader (Episode 84) Must-Haves for Success CX Programs (Episode 65) Customer Experience (CX) Examples in Evolving Industries (Episode 12) Setting Clear and Actionable Customer Experience Goals (Episode 72) Management or CX Consulting?

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Consulting Customer Journey Innovation Communication 143

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

However, it doesn’t surprise me; QVC addresses the psychology of the customer in their experience. It is the essential concept we tout at our global Customer Experience consultancy. How we think influences how we behave, especially as customers. My first work as a customer experience consultant was there.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

While there are many experts on this field, we have created a list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience influencers (experts, speakers, consultants, and authors) who are leaders. Adam is a globally recognized expert on customer experience. Do follow these experts to learn from the best in business!

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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. This communication to employees shows me a customer centric company that is lead by the top down on this principle.

Customer Centricity 142

Customer Centricity Retail Consulting Leadership 142

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Organizations fail to improve their CX when they lack customer-centricity. Customer-centricity requires you to put the Customer at the center of everything you do. However, putting the customer at the center of everything you do doesn’t have to conflict with sales, margins or operational efficiency.

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Customer Centricity Consulting Culture Webinar 125

Customer Bliss

MAY 30, 2017

He’s a perennial customer experience leader with a background at Gallup, in health care, and in operational roles. He had several interesting takeaways on customer experience management and transforming CX throughout this interview; I’d encourage you to listen to the entire episode when you get some time.

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Financial Banking Healthcare Leadership 121

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Good relationship with senior management. As Customer Experience Consultants, we propose training that improves your employees’ understanding of all the factors that affect the Customer Experience (the rational, emotional, subconscious and psychological experiences). How to Measure Customer Emotions.

Poor Customer Service 167

Poor Customer Service Employee Experience Consulting Retail 167

CloudCherry

AUGUST 27, 2019

Acclaimed Writer, Consultant, CX Trainer, and this week’s guest of ‘The Sweets of CX’, Jeff Toister , likes to think of it as, “a compass that always points you in the right direction when you’re creating a customer experience. Jeff was named one of the Top 30 customer service professionals in the world by Global Gurus.

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Customer Service Training Culture Customer Centricity Download 170

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Watch out this space as in a subsequent blog we’ll give advice on the different ways to change a habit… Blogs CEM CEO Conferences consultants consumer behaviour customer Customer Analysis customer behavior Customer Behaviour customer centricity customer emotions customer engagement Customer experience customer experience books customer experience (..)

Net Promoter Score 167

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