ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As CEO and co-founder of MarketCulture Strategies , he, like everyone he associates with, is on a mission to get companies to understand the importance of customer culture: Ian. This led to me spending a lot of time in my clients stores, observing customers and how they interacted with both the products and the employees.

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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.

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Micah Solomon

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The author, Micah Solomon, is an author, consultant, influencer, keynote speaker, and trainer in customer service, customer experience, customer service culture, and hospitality. The standard level of customer service at most modern companies is reactive. [Originally published in Forbes.com.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 26, 2016

Whenever I consider offering customer experience consulting services for a prospective business client, I interview senior leadership and ask a lot of questions that get at motivation and their perceived purpose for the potential partnership. How do you define corporate culture? And most importantly….

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Help.com

OCTOBER 13, 2014

A customer-centered company culture is overwhelmingly resistant to being knocked off by your competition. At Apple, insiders credit much of the company’s success in retailing to the cultural fit Apple looks for and inspires in its personnel. That service is based on a corporate culture. Micah Solomon guest post: .

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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.,

Leadership 60

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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 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. Speach serves as Chief Customer Officer, leading strategy for the Greystone customer experience effort across all business lines. Episode Overview.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2020

That engagement is more than just satisfaction—it’s about an emotional connection with your customers. There are three components involved in getting everyone in an organization aligned: leadership, culture and talent. In order for leaders to be truly customer-centric, they must be immersed in the 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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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. A recent article on corporate customer-centricity by a prominent market research firm made the case for this type of culture as “the most effective way to meet customers’ changing needs.” Customer-centricity, in short, is not pervasively ‘people first’.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 17, 2018

Leadership is starting to catch up, but their understanding of CX varies greatly! Organizational leadership is beginning to realize that CX requires investment. Cultural transformation is never easy. The long, painful process of turning the idea of customer-centricity into a reality was a consistent drumbeat.

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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.

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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. The questions in these ‘new age’ employee surveys address such key areas as:: – Organizational stakeholder-centric leadership.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For the employees left behind to fix the mess leadership left for them, it can be demoralizing. After all, how proud would you be to announce where you work at a crowded bar when it defrauded over two million customers? Fixing a Broken Culture. As an outside culture expert, I say, ‘Good move’. There is a cultural problem.

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Horizon CX

MAY 19, 2023

An organizational transformation refers to a significant and intentional change in the structure, processes, culture, and strategic direction of an organization. Transforming an entire organization requires addressing multiple factors simultaneously, such as strategy, structure, processes, culture, and people.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 21, 2017

What lessons can we learn from rock stars in the world of customer service and customer experience, like Ritz-Carlton? First Up: In Shep Hyken’s opening comments he relates an experience from the customer service workshops his company conducts for client companies. What are the qualities of a customer-focused employee?

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

Continuing with our list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience (CX) influencers (experts, consultants, and authors), we are sharing a few names of leaders leaders that every CX enthusiast must follow and take inspiration from. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach. John DiJulius Follow @JohnDiJulius.

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Thematic

JANUARY 2, 2019

When they see those fundamental service principles in their leaders, they will emulate it amongst one another and customers. Leadership must be committed to improving and should regularly attend training, seminars and conferences. He’s led or consulted contact centers of various sizes across numerous industries.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 23, 2016

Changing the name doesn’t change the leadership or the customer centricity of an organization. It will still be the same leaders, people and poor culture that has led Time Warner to have this unenviable reputation. Needless to say, they failed to address my frustration at feeling undervalued by them as a customer.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Leadership capacity is more than simply skill development; it’s about performance, growth, transformation and change. Let’s define leadership as; “Leadership Capacity is the skilful use of leadership attributes for the growth and development of ourselves, our colleagues and our organization”.

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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 stakeholder-centricity. Cultural readiness for employee ambassadorship.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Company Fusion Rather Than Company Confusion: The Importance of a Clearly Defined Culture. Are your brand and culture clearly defined? . . <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?

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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. He also leads his Customer-centric culture by example.

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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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CloudCherry

JANUARY 21, 2020

There are many VoC maturity models that you can consult. You may find it useful to use these phases to chart the advancement of your voice of the customer program. And you’ll have more formalized processes for taking action on customer feedback and sharing insights with your leadership and frontline teams.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2016

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. What makes this question so profound, and so pivotal, in customer experience optimization today is that every aspect of value delivery is at play. We can also identify it as customer experience accueil, which will be explained. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

More brands will (and should) bring up customer feedback to the decision-makers in the company, and with the help of some new amazing technologies we’re changing the way businesses see their customers. Technology advances will continue to inspire new innovations in customer experience. Read the full answers here below.

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Clarivate

APRIL 9, 2019

Customer Experience is fast becoming the key brand differentiator for many organizations. They become more loyal and tell others about both their good and bad experiences. The journey map is allowing Starkey to become more proactive rather than reactive.

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Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

As some companies grow, they purposely change their shift from customer focused to bottom line focused. For those that are interested in staying focused on the customer, it is more important than ever to hire the right people that fit the customer focused culture. Keep focused on the people.

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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.

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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.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

CMC Thought Leadership Principal, Beyond Philosophy. Orientation : In this stage, the employee settles into the job, integrates with the corporate culture, familiarizes himself/herself with coworkers and management, and generally establishes his/her role within the organization. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. Customer Focus. Management model is far more horizontal, replacing traditional hierarchy; and there is an emphasis on teaming, and inclusion of customers, to create or enhance value. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 15, 2022

As the processes, policies, technology, and culture needed to drive improved experiences shift, customer experience (CX) must shift, too. Utilizing and combining these elements effectively is what makes customers want to spend more with you, stay longer, and actively refer others. Create Change Leadership Plans.

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Customer Bliss

APRIL 7, 2016

I call this one-company leadership. If interested in much more around this, check out Chief Customer Officer 2.0 or I Love You More Than My Dog. How to drive effective managerial decision-making for customer-driven growth. Your goal is to move towards one-company leadership. Again: connect the silos.

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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.

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