CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The idea of being a provider of customer service that happened to sell shoes gave us the idea that service is our big differentiator and a real asset.". Blueprint for customer-centricity. , Kay Phelps , Director of Product Marketing at Edify says, “Tony Hsieh provided extraordinary leadership and was a role model for great CX.

Books 266

Books Return on Investment Magazine Culture 266

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As you gather this information, bake in metrics so you can demonstrate to leadership the return on investment (ROI) of an enhanced customer experience. The customer experience begins with your staff and their employee experience. What is the employee experience (EX)? CX champions).

Customer Experience 182

Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment Employee Experience 182

CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As you gather this information, bake in metrics so you can demonstrate to leadership the return on investment (ROI) of an enhanced customer experience. The customer experience begins with your staff and their employee experience. What is the employee experience (EX)? CX champions).

Customer Experience 182

Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment Employee Experience 182

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Here, I share some ideas for ways to use your customer journey map to get you moving today and keep you moving tomorrow. #6: 6: Improve Employee Experience to Improve Customer Experience. Your employees need to care – really, truly, deeply care – before anything can really happen for your customers.

2019 178

2019 B2C 2020 Customer Journey Mapping 178

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

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The idea of being a provider of customer service that happened to sell shoes gave us the idea that service is our big differentiator and a real asset.". Blueprint for customer-centricity. , Kay Phelps , Director of Product Marketing at Edify says, “Tony Hsieh provided extraordinary leadership and was a role model for great CX.

Books 182

Books Return on Investment Magazine Culture 182

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Consistently, and irrespective of continent or country, the most effective reps showed true empathy for the customer’s issue, literally “owning” the issue as if it were theirs as well, walking in their shoes. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., and making a true emotional connection.

Engagement 145

Engagement White Paper 2015 Consulting 145

ShepHyken

JULY 6, 2021

Empowering Employees through Caring Leadership. The Impact of Caring Leadership on Employees and Customers. Top Takeaways: Hire people who assume a leadership position when it comes to taking care of the customer. Younger has earned her reputation as “The Employee Whisperer.”

Leadership 144

Leadership Books Customer Focused Customer Service 144

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 23, 2016

Darryl Speach is a serial customer experience practitioner and change agent. He’s had leadership roles at New York Life, the Disney Institute, and Greystone and Company. Salmon and the “Destination Postcard” I often refer to customer experience work as being a salmon, i.e. swimming upstream.

Chief Customer Officer 0

Chief Customer Officer Culture Leadership Insurance 0

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

When leaders want to change these cultures, they realize it requires greater work than just announcing that it’s time to think about customers more. How can you create a customer-first culture? You just mix in some leadership and toss in a splash of data, then top it with some team-building exercises.

Culture 251

Culture Lifetime Customer Customer Centricity Communication 251

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. This is a question I get all the time.

Customer Experience 261

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Culture ROI 261

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 26, 2017

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Most organizations do not fully understand, or leverage, the key linkages and relationships between customer experience and employee experience/behavior. Cultural readiness for employee ambassadorship. embedded in the employee experience.

2018 111

2018 Leadership Consulting Employee Experience 111

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 20, 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. Define your desired Employee experience.

Customer Centricity 114

Customer Centricity Employee Experience CEM Culture 114

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 8, 2017

With a track record in transformational leadership, Stephen has built a reputation for leading and implementing successful customer focused, innovative and profitable initiatives. He also regularly writes and speaks at global conferences on subjects ranging from customer experience, innovation, marketing and leadership.

Chief Customer Officer 137

Chief Customer Officer Leadership Innovation Financial 137

CX University

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The company regularly assesses employee satisfaction through surveys and utilizes platforms like Chatter to promote open communication throughout the organization. This inclusive leadership approach helps cultivate trust and nurture a culture of openness within the company. The company prides itself as customer-focused.

Customer Journey Mapping 52

Customer Journey Mapping 2024 Culture Innovation 52

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. In the consumer world, satisfaction has only incidental proven connection to customer experience and behavior, and engagement has similar challenges for employees (and customers). That is what the scope of employee ambassadorship helps to provide.

Leadership 60

Leadership Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 60

Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Her clients have won industry awards, raised customer satisfaction scores, and increased employee engagement. Suttle says defining and becoming a guardian of your customer service culture is essential for your organization’s leadership. Add to it that leadership also wants to have an ROI.

Culture 114

Culture Customer Service Leadership Airlines 114

ShepHyken

MAY 16, 2018

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. Let’s look at the EX, which is the Employee Experience. It starts with how leadership wants their employees to feel about working for their company.

Employee Experience 100

Employee Experience Hotels Culture Customer Service Training 100

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

I talk a lot about Customer-centricity of organizations. We use a model called Naïve to Natural that measures how an organization is oriented toward Customers, with the Naïve not having a Customer focus and the Natural having the most Customer focus. This is why training and employee engagement are so key to its success.

Customer Centricity 142

Customer Centricity Retail Consulting Leadership 142

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It starts with leadership defining who you are as an organization and what you stand for. Creating an organization’s positive and supportive culture is key to delivering extraordinary experiences. Using tools like Net Promoter Scores (NPS) to measure customer and employee experiences provides valuable insights.

Net Promoter Score 97

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Culture Employee Experience 97

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

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media CEM 110

ShepHyken

JUNE 10, 2019

My Comment: This article takes a look at four iconic brands; Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Amazon and Chic-fil-A and offers up five ways they have created exceptional customer experiences. The categories are communication, technical competence, range of services, customer focus and accessibility. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

Article 117

Article 2019 Customer Service Customer Service Training 117

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Today, there’s a lot of discussion among corporate strategists, and even senior HR folks, about “putting employees first”. Employee experience, then, isn’t necessarily a chicken-and-egg precursor to customer experience, but it is certainly parallel at minimum.

Chief Customer Officer 111

Chief Customer Officer 2003 Leadership Consulting 111

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. Define your desired Employee experience.

Social Media 92

Social Media Customer Centricity Books Culture 92

ShepHyken

MARCH 18, 2019

(MarTech Advisor) We list 10 customer experience (CX) tips that will establish customer centricity as the core philosophy of your organization and help create a customer-focused environment across your company. My Comment: It doesn’t hurt to be reminded of important trends in the customer service and CX world.

2019 91

2019 Article Net Promoter Score Customer Service 91

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 29, 2019

These include a CX mindset, company culture, and leadership development. Everyone in a company, from executives to frontline employees, must have a CX mindset—an attitude of service and a desire to make their customers’ lives better. There is a correlation between how employees feel at work and the quality of work that they do.

Employee Experience 82

Employee Experience Culture Books Technology 82

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

She is an internationally recognized Customer Experience Thought Leader, Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Author of ‘Customer Understanding: Three Ways to Put the “Customer” in Customer Experience’ (and at the Heart of Your Business). LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

2020 132

2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 2, 2015

In an independent research study , we discovered two items of note: Emotional factors drive employee engagement more than functional factors. Most of all, employees need a sense of purpose and to feel that they can trust leadership to drive the company forward. That’s still an interesting set of findings.

Culture 106

Culture Engagement Customer Centricity Employee Experience 106

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

(diginomica) More recently, organizations have realized the importance of Employee Experience. Research shows happy employees out-perform competitors by 20%, are 12% more productive, 65% more energetic and take 10 times fewer sick days. Then along came the employee experience (EX). Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

2022 75

2022 Article Customer Service Loyalty 75

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2018

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Companies are fond of saying that employees are their most powerful resource, and in many ways – especially their influence on customer loyalty – that’s been well proven. Cultural readiness for employee ambassadorship. embedded in the employee experience.

Culture 68

Culture Leadership Consulting Employee Experience 68

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

ClearAction

OCTOBER 25, 2022

You can fast-track your customer experience (CX) maturity with gigantic financial gains, as I learned when we faced a customer crisis early in my career. Within the first two years, we saved enormous time and money for employees, customers, partners and investors. Learn More. Learn More. Learn More. Learn More.

Sports 71

Sports 2009 2022 Financial 71

Customer Bliss

AUGUST 23, 2018

Like many other companies we’ve seen, c2c didn’t have a holistic CX approach, they just had a small reactive team who handled customer relations and problems. 5 Steps to CX Management in the First 3 Months of Your Leadership Role. How did he spend the first 3 months in this position?

Transportation 129

Transportation Management Chief Customer Officer Roadmap 129

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Annette Franz is the Founder and CEO of CX Journey Inc, a boutique consulting firm specializing in helping clients achieve customer experience strategies via customer understanding. Arie is a Customer Strategy, Customer Lifecycle Management, Customer Insight, and Innovation Consultant.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 130

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. The same can be said of employees. They can hire desired employers, and if things don’t turn out as expected, employees can ‘fire’ their employer, sometimes quietly, sometimes noisily, departing. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

E Commerce 89

E Commerce E-support Banking Culture 89

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. Define your desired Employee experience.

Social Media 68

Social Media Customer Centricity Books Culture 68

ClearAction

APRIL 18, 2015

So Human Resources (HR) departments can make a big difference is helping companies achieve CX goals, as we discussed in Part 1 of this article: Seeing HR’s work within the bigger picture of external customers’ needs. Helping executives establish a customer-focused big picture in strategy and culture. —@tcrawford.

Customer Experience 96

Customer Experience Culture Social Media ROI 96