Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Competition is great for Customer Experience.

Net Promoter Score 110

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Overlook this, however, and you are not likely to end up with the Customer focus you seek. This post is the second in a series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer Centricity. Naïve companies are the least customer-focused and Natural companies are the most customer-focused.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 8, 2021

Against the backdrop of wild economic uncertainty, Customer Success has been the failsafe of SaaS businesses that were blindsided by pandemic-induced churn and contraction. With Customer Success demand at an all-time high, we expect to see more of its leaders join the executive ranks in the coming months and years.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 14, 2021

As the author of this article calls it, there is a customer service gap, a disconnect. It’s the gap between what a company’s leadership perceives their customer service and experience to be versus what the customer perceives it to be. Usually, the leadership thinks they are much better than they are.

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ijgolding

JULY 19, 2016

What Carolyn McCall demonstrated to me is that she is a customer focused leader with a huge amount of courage. It amazes me how many leaders have never met a customer – or will do whatever it takes to avoid doing so. She did not sympathise with me – she did what many leaders are unable to do – she empathised with me.

Customer Focused 75

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 20, 2018

Instead of focusing solely on the revenue generated by increasing customer retention, improving customer engagement and creating more customer loyalty… What happens when we do not engage customers? A customer isn’t a customer until they purchase something from you, right?

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ijgolding

MAY 17, 2017

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. The post Role model customer centric leadership: why I am a huge fan of Jeff Bezos! I will thank him for being my business hero.

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Customer Bliss

AUGUST 2, 2016

Jeb holds the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer at Oracle. He is responsible for driving customer-focus into all aspects of the Oracle business. across silos, or what I call “One-Company Leadership”). The Oracle leadership team does this quarterly. What can we do less of?

Chief Customer Officer 120

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 10, 2011

Organizational leadership is responsible for communicating the vision and keeping it in front of the employees. Employees need to trust each other as well as their leadership. Leadership needs to show how much they care for their employees and show recognition for efforts. Create a culture of trust.

Engagement 71

Engagement Leadership Culture Customer Retention 71

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

My second book, “ Revolutionize your Customer Experience ” revealed new research that showed all organizations are on a journey from being Naive to Natural’ in the way they focus on the Customer. What Your People Need to be More Customer Focused. I will start with the first area: People.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. Customer Focus. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2018

When call centers capture and share customer data across their organization in real time, they can leverage this data for the greater good of the company, which can help drive higher profits. Quotes: “You can easily tell whether or not a company’s leadership cares. Does giving back increase customer loyalty?

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ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2018

When call centers capture and share customer data across their organization in real time, they can leverage this data for the greater good of the company, which can help drive higher profits. Quotes: “You can easily tell whether or not a company’s leadership cares. Does giving back increase customer loyalty?

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2009 Average Handle Time Roadmap Call Center 78

C3Centricity

AUGUST 6, 2024

This seismic shift often faces resistance from employees deeply rooted in traditional practices, who may struggle to see the immediate benefits of a customer-first approach. Companies grapple with ingrained behaviours, leadership communication gaps, and inadequate training programs. times higher customer retention and 1.9

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Customer Centricity Culture Leadership Workshop 62

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

DiJulius is a best-selling author of three books, a renowned keynote speaker, and an international customer experience consultant. She has published the training e-manual “Five Steps To The More Loyal Customers” and has had numerous articles published and products produced on customer retention, satisfaction, and loyalty.

Customer Experience 115

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ShepHyken

JUNE 11, 2018

My Comment: I’ve always believed that customer retention is about repeat business, which is transactional. Happier employees mean more engaged employees, which is good for the customer and the company. 10 inspiring podcasts to level up your customer experience on-the-go by Zarina de Ruiter. (CX

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Article 2018 Customer Service Loyalty 80

ShepHyken

JULY 20, 2020

You may not be an online retailer that sells shoes (and much more), but there are many lessons that you can learn from one of the most customer-focused companies on the planet. ” The other side of this is that only 8% of customers agree. Here are four ways companies are guilty of underserving their customers.

Article 62

Article 2020 Customer Service Customer Retention 62

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Competition is great for Customer Experience.

Net Promoter Score 60

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership 60

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. It’s great that their new CEO, Dan Shulman is coming from American Express, a highly Customer-centric company. Competition is great for Customer Experience.

Net Promoter Score 60

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership 60

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

He is an author of Moments of Magic®, The Loyal Customer, The Cult of the Customer, The Amazement Revolution, Amaze Every Customer Every Time, Be Amazing or Go Home, and The Convenience Revolution and a creator of a customer service training program, Customer Focus , aiming to help clients build a customer service culture and loyalty mindset.

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2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

ShepHyken

AUGUST 13, 2018

Your customers expect it, so don’t fight it. Then we do “leadership-type” things. My Comment: Want to get better at customer service? Keep learning and stay at the top of your customer service game. Eight Unique Ways To Thank Customers For Their Loyalty by Young Entrepreneur Council.

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2018 Article Customer Service Loyalty 72

Thematic

MARCH 30, 2025

Common measures include customer satisfaction (via follow-up CSAT surveys), Net Promoter Score (NPS) , customer retention/churn rates, support ticket volume, or usage analytics for a product feature. To build this culture, leadership needs to celebrate and reward customer-focused actions.

Feedback 62

Feedback Customer Centricity Culture Customers 62

PeopleMetrics

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Typically leveraged by Sales & Marketing teams, CRMs help to centralize the management of leads and improve customer relationships with ultimate objective of driving customer retention and sales growth.

CEM 84

CEM Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationships Customer Experience Management 84

Kustomer

AUGUST 26, 2022

Customer retention expert Joey Coleman and social media expert Dan Gingiss host this lively podcast. Their ‘quick-hit’ segments deliver customer-focused tips, tools and trends for optimizing your brand strategy through customer service. The Chief Customer Officer Human Duct Tape Show. Experience This!

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BirdEye

MARCH 3, 2025

Omnichannel marketing is a customer-focused strategy that delivers a consistent brand experience across multiple platforms, such as websites, social media, email, and physical stores. By using unified messaging and visuals, brands can engage customers on their preferred channels, enhancing satisfaction and loyalty.

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BirdEye

MARCH 3, 2025

Omnichannel marketing is a customer-focused strategy that delivers a consistent brand experience across multiple platforms, such as websites, social media, email, and physical stores. By using unified messaging and visuals, brands can engage customers on their preferred channels, enhancing satisfaction and loyalty.

Omnichannel 52

Omnichannel Marketing 2025 Multi-Channel 52

ClearAction

MARCH 21, 2017

Research of 10,000 companies across 25 years proved that a strong customer culture drives over 35 business performance measures , including ROI, growth, customer retention, market share and sales. When you think about it, that makes a lot of sense: 40-70% of customers switch loyalty due to a perceived attitude of indifference.

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Culture Roadmap 2012 Customer Centricity 88

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 20, 2018

Instead of focusing solely on the revenue generated by increasing customer retention, improving customer engagement and creating more customer loyalty… What happens when we do not engage customers? A customer isn’t a customer until they purchase something from you, right?

Engagement 110

Engagement Social Media Sales Loyalty 110

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

My second book, “ Revolutionize your Customer Experience ” revealed new research that showed all organizations are on a journey from being Naive to Natural’ in the way they focus on the Customer. What Your People Need to be More Customer Focused. I will start with the first area: People.

Social Media 68

Social Media Customer Centricity Books Culture 68

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Last night, I received an email from a good friend of mine asking for my input into a question they had been asked by the senior leadership team of their organisation. The question was as follows: What value has our business experienced as a result of all the Customer Experience (CX) work that has been done?

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Or, tell these stories, compellingly, while acquiring or retaining customers. Consider the impact of our not having time to capture these stories on productivity, profitability and customer retention? To showcase the real value we bring when serving customers, focus on the customer experience value of collaborative storytelling.

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Workshop Customer Retention Events Culture 75

CX Journey

JUNE 19, 2015

How are you getting employees immersed in the customer experience? And are you still struggling to get buy-in, to get company leadership on board with focusing on the customer? Connect the dots to ROI : executives prove they care about the reasons for customer retention and attrition.

Chief Customer Officer 71

Chief Customer Officer Customer Journey Mapping Hospitality Customers 71

Amity

JULY 18, 2016

” In a subscription-based company, there are several key metrics that need mastering and amongst those are the primary drivers to create a Customer Success organization: Customer Retention & Renewal. Customer Growth & Expansion. Customer Satisfaction & Reference testimonial. Still not enough?

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Customer Success Metrics E-support Leadership 66

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 12, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Earl Sasser, and Leonard Schlesinger in 1994 in Harvard Business Review, and in a 1997 book by the last three authors, can essentially be explained as follows: It is a theory of business management which links employee satisfaction to customer loyalty and profitability.

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Connections Engagement 2012 Definition 68

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Whatever the case is for your organization right now, I can tell you this: The most Customer-centric organizations have quite different answers than the majority of companies. When we look at the answers, we often determine whether a company is more Customer-focused or more product or internally focused.

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Books 60

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Whatever the case is for your organization right now, I can tell you this: The most Customer-centric organizations have quite different answers than the majority of companies. When we look at the answers, we often determine whether a company is more Customer-focused or more product or internally focused.

Customer Experience 60

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Books 60