Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The most basic definition of employee experience often has to do with overall happiness on the job (or what is generally understood as employee satisfaction). How aligned they are with the company’s overall business goals and culture. As a result, it only marginally impacts customer experience and downstream behavior.

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InMoment XI

MAY 24, 2022

These signposts, or markers, represent the points along the path, or the trajectory, employee experience has taken, as companies become more mature in a) how they consider employee contribution, in other words the importance attached to it, and b) what role, or roles, employees have in enterprise culture, strategy, and business outcomes. #1:

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. Today we share some important considerations for establishing your customer service culture as well as the best practices of the leading customer service organizations. Then, you implement it.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

AUGUST 20, 2024

The importance of customer experience has rarely come up in conversations about product development, marketing, or project management. After a while, it’s easy for Sam to think a culture focused on customer experience was an aspirational idea at best. Give employees tools to share feedback about the customer journey.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I speak with customer experience professionals every day. Some of them have fancy, customer-focused titles like Chief Customer Officer or Vice President of Customer Experience. Others have more common org chart regulars, like Chief Marketing Officer or Voice fo the Customer (VoC) Director.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 6, 2021

Many companies struggle to provide a consistent customer experience and inconsistent experiences create distrust and causes customer churn. . Shep’s definition of amazement is simply being better than average all the time. Consistently amazing your customers is key in earning their trust and confidence in your business. .

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Customer Guru

MARCH 15, 2018

In this exclusive interview with Customer Guru, Mr. Michels discusses the need of building a customer-focused culture in every organization as customer experience has become the key brand differentiator. How have you seen the concept of customer experience evolve in these years?

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ijgolding

MARCH 10, 2016

CUSTOMER service; CUSTOMER experience; CUSTOMER focus; are just three examples of combinations of words that are becoming easier and easier to SAY – in whatever industry a business leader represents, or wherever in the world their organisation operates. Changing the culture of an organisation is not easy.

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CX Journey

MARCH 12, 2015

As companies focus inward to understand how to achieve their customer experience goals, the term “engagement” is often used interchangeably with “culture.” The two terms are related, and they’re both elements of customer experience improvement. Prompts might include: “We know who is responsible for the customer.”

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Merriam-Webster’s definition for how the word is used in this context is that it is “a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces.”. A broader definition and one that is much softer is that it is something that causes distress or anxiety. This is all about being customer-focused.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 8, 2022

After spending decades creating great experiences for my patrons, I’m excited to share my top tips on delivering the WOW factor for your customers, time after time. My Comment: I love the idea of WOWING the customer. My definition of WOW is different than most. 7 Ways Videos Improve Customer Experience by Andre Oentoro.

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Customer Bliss

JULY 26, 2016

She then walks us through the progression of actions that led to engage employees and leaders to elevate Safelite to the beloved position that they have with customers today. There are some show notes below, but this interview has a ton of interesting aspects — so I’d definitely encourage a full listen.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 4, 2024

It’s easy to think of CXM and customer relationship management (CRM) as the same processes because they both offer a better understanding of customers through data. But, they have a few key differences as they address different aspects of the customer’s interactions with the brand. Encourage a customer-centric culture.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

From my perspective, at least, experiences that drive customers’ emotional brand trust and bonding can be both shaped and sustained. That’s largely a function of organizational culture, customer-focused processes – – and the direct and indirect contribution of employees through ambassadorship behavior.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 4, 2017

Jeff Toister Provides 3 Steps to Developing a Customer-Focused Culture. Nearly every company says that they want to have a customer-focused culture, but then why are so many companies lacking one? What are the steps that your company needs to take to be committed to becoming customer focused?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

When we work with clients, we train the CX teams on assessing how Customer-centric they are. They include the following: What is the definition of the type of Customer Experience you want to deliver? Do you have a person or team of people responsible for managing the Customer Experience for your organization?

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As CEO and co-founder of MarketCulture Strategies , he, like everyone he associates with, is on a mission to get companies to understand the importance of customer culture: Ian. This led to me spending a lot of time in my clients stores, observing customers and how they interacted with both the products and the employees.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

If you’ve been following me for longer than a year, then you know that Customer Service Week is the first full week of October, and this year its October 3-7. So, as we approach this year’s customer focused holiday, I want you to consider working through an exercise that will help you create a better customer service experience.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

5 Straightforward Ways Small Business Owners Can Create a Stellar Customer-Focused Culture by Steven Van Belleghem (America’s Small Business Network) Embarking on a journey to craft a customer-focused culture within a small business landscape isn’t just about adhering to the norms—it’s about redefining them.

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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.

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Tricia Morris

JULY 23, 2015

Customer service and customer-centricity is definitely cool now. In the new 2015 State of Multichannel Customer Service Report , 98% of U.S. consumers say customer service is important in their choice of and/or loyalty to brands.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

My Comment: This excellent article answers the question, “What is customer experience?” ” There is plenty of info, stats and facts that will take you from the author’s definition to strategic and tactical ideas that will help shape and improve your organization’s CX. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 8, 2016

Customer Service Culture. There are a number of reasons that companies fail at customer service. So while there are many, here are five common reasons that companies fail at customer service: There’s no clear definition of what customer service looks like in the organization. It’s an ongoing effort.

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Customer Bliss

JANUARY 17, 2019

As I mentioned in my Daily Dose vlog this week, using your clarity of purpose to unite your company is a great way to deliver meaningful examples to your customers. . Lisa says: “I definitely would have simplified it earlier. I am a passionate customer advocate focused on driving value through improved customer experience.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

If you Google the words customer centric (or centricity ), you will find many definitions from different sources that are all very similar. I actually prefer using the term customer-focused over customer-centric. Customer centricity shouldn’t be a concept that is just bantered around.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 7, 2016

And, that love they show their clients is in the form of delivering amazing customer service, keeping promises to customers and more. One definition of a mantra is a statement or slogan that is repeated. When it comes to your customer service promise and vision, every member of your organization must be in alignment.

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delighted

MARCH 4, 2020

Investing in Customer Experience Management can give your whole company more insight on how customers experience your brand, what needs to be improved, and how to go about improving. Here are just a few: CXM strengthens company culture. Establish customer-centric values and processes.

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Integrity Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of the day, customers value organizations for not just the products they provide but the service they receive throughout the customer journey. Customers expect to have their needs and opportunities looked out for. Creating a culture of service in your organization requires a shift in both skillset and mindset.

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ShepHyken

MAY 16, 2018

A successful customer experience strategy is a result of the company’s culture. In other words, and I’ve said it many times before, what’s happening on the inside of the company is going to felt on the outside of the company by the customer. The EX is part of the culture. That’s a definite negative CX.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 28, 2020

Consider this case study: For more than three decades the Business Roundtable , the association of CEO’s from America’s leading companies, had encouraged corporate leaders to consider the goals of their businesses to be focused squarely on shareholder value. Customer experience is exciting because it can include so many things.

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Kustomer

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Annette Pedroza to learn about building a customer centric culture. Listen Now: Listen to “Anntte Pedroza | Building a Customer Centric Culture” on Spreaker. TRANSCRIPT.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

By the time you're done, you'll feel ready to begin advocating for culture-changing growth in your organization. But if you're ready to take some time each day to take action in making your organization more customer-focused for everyone's benefit, this is a great free resource. Emails come with actionable missions.

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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.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Company Fusion Rather Than Company Confusion: The Importance of a Clearly Defined Culture. Are your brand and culture clearly defined? . . <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 29, 2016

My Comment: This interesting article is actually a case study of a successful company and how they connect (and do much more) with their customers. Kuiu is a hunting gear company that has a customer focused culture. The Future of Customer Loyalty is Flexibility by Jim Tierney. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken .

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 26, 2020

(Ceoworld Magazine) To become truly customer-centric companies should make these 3 pillars the key drivers to creating their customer-focused strategy. My Comment: This short article focuses on three “pillars” you want to consider when driving a customer-focused organization. It’s like a three-legged stool.

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