ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

5 Straightforward Ways Small Business Owners Can Create a Stellar Customer-Focused Culture by Steven Van Belleghem (America’s Small Business Network) Embarking on a journey to craft a customer-focused culture within a small business landscape isn’t just about adhering to the norms—it’s about redefining them.

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In pledging to my campaign, five wonderful people were rewarded with an interview feature on my blog – what you are reading is the second of the five ( you can read the first – an interview with James Dodkins – here ). My fascination with the ‘customer interface’ was born! Tell me a little about your background?

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The processes you have internally reflect on the experience you provide the customer. . Last time, I explained two of the nine areas, People and Culture. This time, I am tackling three more including, Customer Strategy, Marketing, and Customer Expectations. . Customer Strategy. Marketing and Branding.

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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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Integrity Solutions

JUNE 11, 2020

There’s never been a better time to step up to more transformative culture change — to increase transparency and shift the culture with a greater focus on customers, employees and the community. For Most Organizations, Culture Has Already Changed. What Does it Take to Sustain Culture Change? By Bob McCarthy.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

One of the most influential factors on your Customer Experience is your company culture. Most companies might understand the concept, yet still engage in activities that influence company culture in a way that hurts the Customer Experience. You have no definition of what your culture is for the organization.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The number one key to sustaining great service is culture. 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?

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Are competing customer retention cultures crippling your organization or association? First, competing customer retention cultures are sustained within traditional departmental silos and business models. My One Millimeter Mindset blog post, “ Do Our Professional Labels create Positive Customer Experiences?

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Customers That Stick

MAY 22, 2015

We wish that changing a customer service culture could be like turning a Jet Ski®. We all wish that changing a customer service culture happened that way. Changing a a customer service culture, particularly in a large organization, is more akin to turning around a container ship. How hard is cultural change?

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. Today we share some important considerations for establishing your customer service culture as well as the best practices of the leading customer service organizations. Then, you implement it.

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Customers That Stick

JANUARY 22, 2019

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ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Jeff Toister, explains why creating a customer service mantra is essential. When it comes to your customer service promise and vision, every member of your organization must be in alignment. A customer service mantra is a powerful part of any service culture.

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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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One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Does our organization engage in a couch potato storytelling culture? A couch potato storytelling culture is self-focused. A couch potato storytelling culture emphasizes drama over minor skirmishes. Sometimes the best customer-focused stories are the ones our organization never pays attention to.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 6, 2017

Service culture is the holy grail for many organizations. It’s the secret sauce of those companies we hold up as the role models of customer-centricity. Companies like Rackspace or Safelite are well-known disruptors in their industries simply because they focus like crazy on their customers. We can ALL do this.

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Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The number one key to sustaining great service is culture. 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?

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Brad Cleveland Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The number one key to sustaining great service is culture. 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?

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 10, 2018

These 5 little One Millimeter Mindset workplace collaboration blog posts wrap your brain around the notion that collaboration no longer is a “nice to have” soft skill. And creating remarkable customer-focused experiences. As you read these blogs, do a little victory lap. Enjoy this blog post? Subscribe to my blog.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Leaders of all types of organizations began to walk the talk around improving their customer experience. We know they craved information which helped them take action and get results, and that’s what our blog is all about. What Does it Take to Be a Customer Focused Organization? Customer Experience is…What, Exactly?

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CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

When I was first introduced to the company I read everything I could find about their culture, training, leadership philosophy, and Tony. Zappos taught me that my idea of positively changing a customer's day one interaction at a time was not a lofty ambition but an achievable goal. Also, they published the Culture Book (pictured).

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Given the choices that customers have in today’s SaaS industry, customer focus has become indispensable for a SaaS company. Gone are the days when you could anticipate customer needs and produce your offerings to succeed in the market. Customer focus service can be a competitive advantage if you have the right mindset.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

As an author, consultant, and trainer, he helps organizations develop customer-focused cultures. In addition to authoring four customer service books including The Service Culture Handbook, Jeff reaches more than 10,000 customer service professionals every week through his Customer Service Tip of the Week email newsletter.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 26, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Everyone has a customer they want to satisfy and therefore the focus has to address needs, expectations, and behaviors. With current customers, is the company producing the products they want?

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CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? All in all, you need to help your employees understand their role in CX while staying customer focused. Key questions: How can you cultivate a customer focused culture within your company?Who

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ShepHyken

JUNE 10, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Benny Tjia shares lessons learned from the hospitality industry about creating a customer focused culture. At the beginning we did lots of interviews with other customer experience experts to learn more. Shep Hyken.

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CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

When I was first introduced to the company I read everything I could find about their culture, training, leadership philosophy, and Tony. Zappos taught me that my idea of positively changing a customer's day one interaction at a time was not a lofty ambition but an achievable goal. Also, they published the Culture Book (pictured).

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Books Return on Investment Magazine Culture 182

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. When I thought about it, there were some common telltale cultural signs organizations share that indicate where their focus lies. Sometimes organizations do the same for customers.

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CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? All in all, you need to help your employees understand their role in CX while staying customer focused. Key questions: How can you cultivate a customer focused culture within your company? CX champions).

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CX Accelerator

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What if standards for every role could be defined by customer expectations rather than industry norms? All in all, you need to help your employees understand their role in CX while staying customer focused. Key questions: How can you cultivate a customer focused culture within your company? CX champions).

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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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CX Journey

MARCH 12, 2015

As companies focus inward to understand how to achieve their customer experience goals, the term “engagement” is often used interchangeably with “culture.” The two terms are related, and they’re both elements of customer experience improvement. Prompts might include: “We know who is responsible for the customer.”

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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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Totango

OCTOBER 12, 2022

That’s why prioritizing a culture of customer success is the first step in driving client engagements that go above and beyond their needs. Our survey shows that 36% of respondents struggle to gain visibility into customer adoption, and 37% identified a reactive approach to customers as a core issue.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 16, 2017

When an organization is truly focused on the outcomes and success of customer relationships, it can positively impact a company culture from nearly every angle. Here are 5 reasons why focusing on customer success is imperative for any organization’s company culture: 1. It Brings Departments Together.

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Provide Support

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Well trained and friendly employees will always provide high quality customer service, but how to achieve this? The task of creating a customer focused culture is not as easy as it seems to be. There are always a lot of obstacles which prevent your customer service from being perfect. Read more.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 11, 2017

In a recent letter to shareholders that went viral, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talked about customer obsession and its criticality to remaining a Day 1 company. But in my view, obsessive customer focus is by far the most protective of Day 1 vitality,”* said Bezos. Customer obsessed companies are the future.

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