Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Customer Experience Leaders Have a Global Customer Focus. Even after over a decade of helping small and large businesses alike, I still meet leaders who believe that Customer Experience is just about so much call-center scripts or proper protocol around customer complaints. Share the best stuff! Get to the root cause.

Customer Focused 208

Customer Focused Customer Centricity Call Center Workshop 208

CSM Magazine

APRIL 18, 2025

Soft2Bets journey offers important lessons for any organization aiming to build stronger, sustainable customer relationships. Lets explore the strategies that have fueled Soft2Bets customer-centric success, and how you can bring these same principles into your own company to drive lasting growth.

Customer Centricity 52

Customer Centricity Culture 2025 Competitive Advantage 52

eglobalis

OCTOBER 1, 2024

For example, imagine your marketing department running a campaign without proper alignment with sales, causing confusion in customer messaging and missed opportunities. In the era of digital transformation and customer-centric strategies, organizations must shift toward a more collaborative and integrated structure.

2020 458

2020 Customer Journey Mapping Culture Innovation 458

eglobalis

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Create Clear Roadmaps: Developing roadmaps that connect individual roles with company and customer outcomes increases engagement. Challenge: Without this alignment, employees may disengage, seeing transformation as irrelevant to their work, which can lead to a lack of innovation and customer-focused efforts.

Customer Experience 303

Customer Experience Leadership Innovation Workshop 303

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

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 1, 2019

Jon wanted to figure out how to bring the perspective of customers back into the business to influence the way they build products, deliver services, and develop company strategies. It was important that he used customer insights to create meaningful work. . Be customer-focused (centricity).

Customer Centricity 165

Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership Customer Relationships 165

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2021

They create such a focus on the customer that everything and everyone throughout the organization is on board. . Sometimes the customer-focused “way” is seen as a brand within a brand. The Disney Way” or “Zappos Culture” is shorthand for that relentless view to prioritize customers, their wellbeing, and their goals.

Customer Centricity 190

Customer Centricity Culture Government Workshop 190

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

MARCH 9, 2015

I’ve seen plenty of Marketing, HR and Technology leaders who have made astounding improvements in the experiences they create for customers. Customer focused organizations smoke the competition. If you are trying to become a customer-centric leader at a bank, that can be very different than an independent bookstore.

Customer Experience 287

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Professionals Leadership 287

Customer Bliss

MARCH 16, 2016

I talked a bit about this in my book Chief Customer Officer 2.0 , but when discussing the idea of accountable leadership in terms of developing a customer-first, customer-obsessed culture, it all comes down to three major themes (which can further be broken down into a series of actions). Proving it with actions.

Leadership 165

Leadership Chief Customer Officer Culture Metrics 165

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.

Customer Centricity 137

Customer Centricity Customer Journey Mapping Culture Workshop 137

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

What all seasoned customer experience professionals know, is that you can have all the tools and methodologies in the world, but if the culture of an organisation does not support your ability to transform the way that organisation behaves, then customer centric transformation may remain a pipe dream.

Customer Centricity 113

Customer Centricity Culture Magazine Customers 113

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. Customer Focus. It’s notable that, at this more evolved and advanced stage of enterprise customer-centricity, complaints are thought of more in terms of a life cycle component, and recovery is more of a strategy than resolution: Customer Obsession.

Customer Centricity 111

Customer Centricity Banking Airlines Customers 111

Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

In the first 30 days of his role, his responsibility was to build a path to develop internal customer-centric behavior. . Get to the people down in the trenches, the service reps and managers – hear from them, what do they know and see when they interact with customers every day?

Culture 197

Culture Customer Centricity Customer Journey Mapping B2B 197

Customer Bliss

JULY 19, 2018

In today’s lively chat with Sue, we talk about her customer service experience and leadership that paved the way for her success in transforming the CX culture at Newegg, a multi-billion dollar company that has been customer-focused since its inception. Customer Experience Leadership Means Being a Team Player.

Customer Focused 129

Customer Focused E Commerce Multi-Channel E-support 129

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.

Books 266

Books Magazine Return on Investment Culture 266

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 Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 28, 2020

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to begin at the beginning, build your case, and create a coalition of customer-focused leaders. First, understand the true costs of NOT investing in customer experience. How can you partner with your marketing team on a customer-centric initiative?

2020 250

2020 Net Promoter Score ROI Metrics 250

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 30, 2016

Co-creation sessions, customer journey workshops and customer-focused innovation summits can sound so sexy and intriguing. We envision a group working cohesively, rolling up their collective sleeves to create an improved customer-centric culture and earn long-term loyalty from customers.

Customer Focused 110

Customer Focused Innovation Workshop Customer Centricity 110

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

Paul is a Transformational, hands-on, customer service department leader with extensive experience using performance metrics, lean process improvements, and positive leadership in building effective, efficient, and happy customer service departments. Tom Hinds, SVP Customer Engagement at Advocate Aurora Health.

Customer Service 251

Customer Service Contact Center 2022 Magazine 251

InMoment XI

AUGUST 2, 2023

NPS Best Practices Tip #2: Build a Customer-Centric Culture A customer-focused culture is essential, where processes align with customer-centricity, making it a systematic approach rather than mere aspiration. The true value lies in taking decisive action based on the insights gathered from customers.

NPS 195

NPS Customer Centricity Culture Automotive 195

ijgolding

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Should we have a Chief Customer Officer. 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. Starting an organisations Customer Experience transformation is hard – something I have written about in the past.

Customer Centricity 105

Customer Centricity Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Journey 105

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.

Customer Experience 154

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity CEM 154

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

Customer Centricity Leadership Consulting Culture 160

ijgolding

MAY 17, 2017

Creating one of the most customer centric brands on the planet is obviously a major reason why. If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering. I will thank him for being my business hero.

Customer Centricity 72

Customer Centricity Leadership Competitive Advantage Sports 72

Playvox

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Ask people to name three companies known for their customer-centric approach to business, and there’s a good chance some common names will surface: Nordstrom, Apple, Trader Joe’s, Patagonia, and others frequently come to mind. What do they have in common? What’s their secret? But why stop there?

Customer Centricity 83

Customer Centricity Contact Center Management Customer Satisfaction 83

ijgolding

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

It is difficult to deny that these three terms are becoming increasingly visible in the language of business: Customer Service. Customer Experience. Customer Centricity. However… this is where the link to the last ‘customer’ term comes in. It is not an easy thing to do.

Customer Centricity 84

Customer Centricity Customer Service Customer Experience Definition 84

Customer Bliss

JULY 21, 2016

United leadership is important. I’ve been doing this type of work since 1983 (wow), and united leadership — which I regularly call one-company leadership in my books, speeches, and my five competencies — is as important as anything else. (If United Leadership: Necessary to move from talk to action.

Leadership 120

Leadership Chief Customer Officer Document Metrics 120

ClearAction

MAY 27, 2013

Customer-Centricity Goes Beyond Customer Experience Management Lynn Hunsaker. Customer experience management is necessary, yet insufficient. Traditionally, organizations have managed customer experience with a mindset of how the company is doing, in order to grow revenue. What Exactly is Customer-Centricity?

Customer Centricity 77

Customer Centricity Customer Experience Management Customer Experience Management 77

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Habit #1: Delivering a great customer experience is a way of doing business – it’s not just a program. Amazon says on its Investor Relation’s page: We seek to be Earth’s most customer-centric company for four primary customer sets: consumers, sellers, enterprises, and content creators. Based in Minneapolis/ST.

Customer Focused 96

Customer Focused Airlines Culture E-support 96

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

You just mix in some leadership and toss in a splash of data, then top it with some team-building exercises. Building a customer-centric culture is not something you can address with a list of tactics. Customer experience suffers, and customers lose faith in the overall brand. The Ideal Customer Journey.

Culture 251

Culture Lifetime Customer Customer Centricity Communication 251

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

When we perform our Naive to Natural assessment to determine our client’s Customer centricity, we find that Culture and Leadership has a massive influence on the outcome of the experience. Companies that lack a Customer-focus don’t have mechanisms in place for the team, including senior management, to spend time with Customers.

Culture 134

Culture Customer Experience Customer Centricity Airlines 134

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

ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Secrets to Customer-Centric Business Growth Lynn Hunsaker. A potter’s wheel makes a great metaphor for customer-centered business. The potter focuses first on foundational stability, then shaping, then fine-tuning. Regularly assess what’s at-odds or in-harmony with your customer experience objectives.

Customer Centricity 74

Customer Centricity Sports Culture Innovation 74

InMoment XI

MARCH 6, 2024

The best customer experience quotes can be a great source of inspiration for leadership teams and entire organizations looking to drive their CX transformation. According to research: Companies that earn $1 billion annually can expect to earn, on average, an additional $700 million within 3 years of investing in customer experience.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Social Media Customer Centricity Feedback 195

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.

Net Promoter Score 118

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience CEM Customer Centricity 118

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.

Books 182

Books Magazine Return on Investment Culture 182