Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 4, 2014

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. Creating a Customer-Focused Process. How to Make or Break Your Customer Experience.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

To customers, this was just confirmation the restaurant … Continue reading → The post 6 Traits of a Customer-Focused Culture appeared first on Brad Cleveland. Referrals spread rapidly, reviews were positive, and before long, the waits to get in became longer.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JULY 27, 2023

The good news is research shows that employees want to know … Continue reading → The post Building Trust and Empowerment with Customer-Focused Coaching appeared first on Brad Cleveland. Many employees face coaching with nervousness and sometimes even dread.

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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. We all see the […].

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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. Paul Husar, Senior Call Center Manager at LG Electronics. Follow on LinkedIn.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 31, 2015

As some of you who follow this blog may know, I took the CXI® magnifying glass with me to South By Southwest Interactive this month to scout for customer-focused themes within the latest tech trends. More Posts - Website Follow Me: The post Is Your Customer Experience Technology Helpful or Creepy?

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Brad Cleveland Blog

JULY 27, 2023

The good news is research shows that employees want to know … Continue reading → The post Building Trust and Empowerment with Customer-Focused Coaching appeared first on Brad Cleveland. Many employees face coaching with nervousness and sometimes even dread.

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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.

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Books Return on Investment Magazine Culture 266

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.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

If your customer service and success teams are anything like the average customer-focused team, you are always looking for ways to show your ROI to leadership and other departments, and working on initiatives to increase that ROI. But, even if you’re not going to be reviewed, perform as if you are. – Shep Hyken.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

To customers, this was just confirmation the restaurant … Continue reading → The post 6 Traits of a Customer-Focused Culture appeared first on Brad Cleveland. Referrals spread rapidly, reviews were positive, and before long, the waits to get in became longer.

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Customer Focused Culture Customers Contact Center 26

ShepHyken

JANUARY 12, 2018

So telling yourself these myths about customer experience is a big no-no and won’t take you where you want to go will they? Check out our thoughts on customer focus. We often get questions and comments on delivering great customer service and experiences. From clients and customers commenting on our blog.

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 30, 2018

Notably, Carine Clark , CEO of Banyan , presented at last year’s premier customer success leadership event in Sundance, Utah, and her message was both powerful and practical. In her CS100 Summit session, Carine shared her ideas of the top customer success leadership characteristics.

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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). Servant Leadership. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Win the Customer

JANUARY 6, 2016

Using Framing techniques for customer experience, we can focus the attention of people in our organizations and win the critical buy-in needed with leadership to create a culture of customer focus. Framing is an effective technique for focusing the attention of people within a specific concept.

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Customer Bliss

APRIL 23, 2019

Recently, I’ve been getting a lot of calls from recruiters for very, very high-level CX leadership roles. Look for language around leadership engagement, culture, and that your role is defined beyond tactics. Look at leadership decisions that have been made. Get to Know the Leadership Team. Get Into the Underbelly.

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Chief Customer Officer Leadership Customer Journey Mapping Culture 135

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But what’s even trickier is when you may not have customer experience or customer insights in your title. Being a customer-focused leader is a tall order. So how can you lead by example to make the experience better for your customers, regardless of where you are on the org chart?

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Customer Experience Culture Leadership Consulting 225

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.

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Books Return on Investment Magazine Culture 182

Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The culture of doing the daily hard work to focus on what’s best for customers. What do organizations with the most engaged employees and customer-focused cultures have in common? Here is a Lynda.com video from the course Customer Service Leadership that describes seven principles that I’ve seen stand out.

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Customer Focused Culture Leadership Customers 20

Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The culture of doing the daily hard work to focus on what’s best for customers. What do organizations with the most engaged employees and customer-focused cultures have in common? Here is a Lynda.com video from the course Customer Service Leadership that describes seven principles that I’ve seen stand out.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

This week we feature an article by Doug Bell who writes about how leaders can optimize their company’s customer experience. It is important to have a plan in place for managing the customer experience and having a customer-focused culture. – Shep Hyken. A Simple Playbook for Managing Customer Experience.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As more leaders discuss becoming customer-centric, I wonder how many actually walk the talk and put actions into their plans. What if customer-centric ideas and tactics were included in all strategy plans ? A strategy that is truly customer customer-focused needs to include ideas like these: 1.

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One Millimeter Mindset

MAY 4, 2022

Take a breath, step back, and ask yourself the three questions encompassed in the title of today’s blog post. Many of us are exquisitely customer-focused on serving others. Professional Innovation | Cross Functional Leadership | Complex Problem Solving | Speaker, Consultant, Coach |. However, you are in denial.

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Consulting Innovation Leadership Presentation 90

Customer Bliss

APRIL 7, 2016

.” I’m actually not a huge fan of Uber from a customer standpoint, and I’ll be blogging about that in the next week or so — but it is hard to argue with their unicorn status or growth model, even if you think it might not necessarily last because of some issues they’re having on the customer front.

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CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

A plan could be bulletproof, but without leadership buy-in and an OCM and communication plan to support it, it will struggle to thrive once rolled out. Nick’s background in sales, marketing and contact center solutions serves as the framework for his advanced expertise in the field of customer experience. Back To CX Accelerator Blog

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Help.com

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Training and re-training and 360 degree training (training of quote unquote leadership about what’s involved in actually doing the job). Onboarding procedures. Practices for how to treat vendors, each other, and other stakeholders. Appropriate quality control methodology and metrics. Benchmarking decisions.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

They don’t care enough to invest in customer experience evaluation and improvement. Their company mission is not customer-focused, and they don’t care if your day is ruined. appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting. Blog Customer Experience Featured Innovation customer service leadership linkedin'

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Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The culture of doing the daily hard work to focus on what’s best for customers. What do organizations with the most engaged employees and customer-focused cultures have in common? Here … Continue reading → The post Cultivating a Customer-Focused Culture appeared first on Brad Cleveland.

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Customer Bliss

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Even though I’ve been doing this type of work since 1983, I’m consistently learning new aspects of the craft and re-energizing my own customer focus for my clients by talking to these guests. Jennifer is responsible for all technology-enabled services provided to Gaffey clients as well as managing the customer experience.

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Healthcare Chief Customer Officer Hospitality Leadership 141

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Consider this way-too-typical scenario: Marcus decides one day to stand in front of his employees and request in no uncertain terms how everyone needs to be more customer-focused. “Help customers love our company and brand more!” He promotes the idea of becoming more customer-focused. And that’s all.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 16, 2015

Need a customer-focused speaker for your next event? Jeannie Walters is a TEDx speaker with more than 16 years of experience leading discussion and delivering keynotes as well as leadership and motivational addresses for conferences and corporate events around the world. Save 25% if you use our promo code: JEANNIE.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But what’s even trickier is when you may not have customer experience or customer insights in your title. Being a customer-focused leader is a tall order. So how can you lead by example to make the experience better for your customers, regardless of where you are on the org chart?

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Customer Experience Culture Leadership Customers 110

Customer Bliss

MAY 19, 2016

because of CX Week , where I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Ramsey of Audi about their customer experience transformation. I did want to create a quick blog post about customer experience competencies, however. Here’s the essential overview: Customer experience work is often tremendously reactionary.

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Customer Experience Social Media Leadership Books 171

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. Here are the top ten.

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Integrity Solutions

MARCH 4, 2020

Originally published as a guest blog contribution for SellingPower.com by Steve Schmidt. Naturally, they didn’t want their customers to know about all the drama going on behind the scenes. Solidly ethical organizations grow so successfully because they build the trust of both their customers and their employees.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 23, 2020

However, if you want to be one of the 75 percent that is still working at making your organization more customer-focused, and you want to show that your programs well, work, here’s what you have to do: You need to engage in research on what drives value for customers in reality.

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Return on Investment Customer Experience Professionals Leadership Consulting 177

CX Accelerator

JULY 1, 2020

A plan could be bulletproof, but without leadership buy-in and an OCM and communication plan to support it, it will struggle to thrive once rolled out. Nick’s background in sales, marketing and contact center solutions serves as the framework for his advanced expertise in the field of customer experience. Back To CX Accelerator Blog

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