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Vice President of Southwest Airlines Inflight Operations, with Sonya LaCore – CB45

Customer Bliss

Southwest Airlines has an industry-standard approach to promoting people from within. Sonya LaCore actually began as a flight attendant, rose through many levels of service leadership with in-flight crews, and today is the leader of all in-flight operations. That’s why she wanted to pursue a leadership role at Southwest.

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In the Competitive Airline Industry, Best Practices in CX can be Transformational

Customer Bliss

Let’s face it: the airline industry is tough. Do you remember how many airlines there were when you were a kid?) To stay ahead of the competition, airlines keep close tabs on customer experience to address flyers’ concerns, preferences, and needs through reports like the recently released J.D.

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13 stunning stats on the growing CX leadership gap

Alida

According to Forrester’s Customer Experience Index, 2017 , today’s businesses across 21 industries are plagued by a growing “CX leadership gap.” The report found the CX leadership gap is the result of either stagnant or declining CX improvements between 2016 and 2017 as, generally speaking, CX quality worsened.

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Why We Must Do the Customer Math and Practice Leadership Bravery

Customer Bliss

I’ve had the great honor of working with Southwest Airlines for many years and spent a lot of time talking to, not only Herb Kelleher, but Colleen Barrett who was the president (now president emerita). Practicing leadership bravery really has to be done with these actions to think about. Choose Leadership Bravery.

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4 Strategies to Improve Customer Experience in the Airline Industry

Customer Bliss

Thankfully, there are leaders in the airline industry who understand this and are working tirelessly to improve both of these experiences. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Karen Ellis , the Chief Customer Officer of San Antonio airport , and Sonya Lacore , Vice President of Inflight Operations at Southwest Airlines.

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Great EX (Employee Ambassadorship) and CX (Customer Advocacy) Story: The Southwest Airlines Rep and the Passenger With Cancer

Beyond Philosophy

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. This past July 23rd, Southwest Airlines passenger Stacy Hurt called the airline’s customer service desk at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Southwest Airlines Agent Note. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., Rowan did not hesitate with her next move.

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Flying High and Well-Grounded: How Virgin and Southwest Practice Airline Employee Ambassadorship

Beyond Philosophy

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Both understand (in the case of Sir Richard at Virgin Group) and understood (in the case of Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines) the value of putting people and customers first, HR practice second. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., That said, they’ve proven to be pretty good at it.