Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 4, 2014

An organization’s process tells me a great deal about how Customer-centric they are. 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.

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CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

The all-too-sudden and tragic passing of former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh has sent a ripple through the business world, and the customer experience (CX) community is no exception. In the past, I’ve often chuckled upon reading about Zappos in a book or hearing the name mentioned in a keynote address as a model for customer-centricity.

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ProProfs Chat

JUNE 30, 2020

To help you understand this essence and develop better customer service strategies, we’ve curated a list of some of the best customer service books below. These books can help you: Work towards better leadership strategies. Create a positive customer-centric culture amidst the support team.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Culture is one of the most important parts of customer service and customer experience. I’ve written numerous articles about this and have included a chapter on this topic in my latest book, I’ll Be Back: How to Get Customers to Come Back Again and Again , which by the way, is finally out. So there you have it.

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Culture Customer Centricity Sports Definition 107

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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Customer Centricity Employee Experience CEM Culture 114

Customer Bliss

JULY 21, 2016

United leadership is important. I’ve been doing this type of work since 1983 (wow), and united leadership — which I regularly call one-company leadership in my books, speeches, and my five competencies — is as important as anything else. (If United Leadership: Necessary to move from talk to action.

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Leadership Chief Customer Officer Document Metrics 120

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 5, 2015

CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy. Customer Focus. It’s notable that, at this more evolved and advanced stage of enterprise customer-centricity, complaints are thought of more in terms of a life cycle component, and recovery is more of a strategy than resolution: Customer Obsession.

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Maz Iqbal

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

What Has Transformation To Do With Customer-Centric Business? What has this conversation to do with all things Customer and especially customer-centric business? Which CEO or leadership team looks forward to taking a deep breath and hoping for the best? Everything. So allow me to make it real for you.

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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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Leadership Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 60

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

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. So any change in CX must include and address the Customer centricity of the organization.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Being Customer-Centric requires rewarding those that contribute to Customer-Centricity. Too many organizations are still not rewarding Customer Experience improvement because they don’t measure it. Focusing on rewarding these, however, is not conducive to Customer Centricity.

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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. Here are some ways you can educate and empower yourself to be the customer experience champion you want to be.

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Horizon CX

MAY 19, 2023

Ineffective Leadership: Leadership plays a crucial role in driving and sustaining organizational transformation. Leadership alignment and competence are vital for setting the direction, creating a sense of urgency, and inspiring and engaging employees throughout the transformation journey.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Amanda is a highly experienced customer experience consultant, adviser, and writer. She has helped organizations of all sizes and sectors transform themselves into customer-centric ones. His areas of expertise, among others, are customer acquisition, customer development, and customer loyalty.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 28, 2020

The brands who create a habit of putting the customer first, defining success for both the organization and the customer, and developing best practices and business discipline around execution are the ones who can truly be customer-centric. Customer Experience Strategy Depends on the Right Mindset, Vision and Plan.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

All the little parts along the way in your experience are what make a Customer experience Customer-Centric. Putting the Customer first in everything you do applies to every part of your organization, from the way you greet them to the way you bill them. Why Systems Matter to Your Customers. Area #1: Technology.

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ijgolding

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

This year, Ian Golding (that’s me), will officially become the author of a book. My fascination with the ‘customer interface’ was born! Was HP a customer focused organisation at that time? However, towards the end of the 90’s, HPs leadership changed. A lifetimes ambition, I am beyond excited!!

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

When we perform our Naive to Natural assessment to determine our client’s Customer centricity, we find that Culture and Leadership has a massive influence on the outcome of the experience. Companies that lack a Customer-focus don’t have mechanisms in place for the team, including senior management, to spend time with Customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Let’s be very sensitive to the pressures our customers may be feeling, and do everything we can to individually and collectively exceed their expectations.”. I talk a lot about Customer-centricity of organizations. This communication to employees shows me a customer centric company that is lead by the top down on this principle.

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Peter Lavers

AUGUST 5, 2016

This series of blogs is based on the early results of research undertaken by Peter Lavers on customer centricity. Participants are asked to tell us what, if anything, they are pulling their hair out over when it comes to customer centricity. the opposite of this obstacle)? Disconnected Strategy.

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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.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media CEM 110

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 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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Social Media Customer Centricity Books Culture 92

Peter Lavers

JULY 6, 2016

This series of blogs is based on the early results of research undertaken by Peter Lavers on customer centricity. Participants are asked to tell us what, if anything, they are pulling their hair out over when it comes to customer centricity. This is a lose-lose situation! Public Sector.

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Michel Falcon Experience

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Take Amazon, for example, I’d bet that you didn’t know that their tagline and slogan for the company is to be “earth’s most customer-centric company.” This is a testament to their seamless customer experience that has us buying more and more every year. You Aren’t Hiring Customer-Centric People. Are they kind?

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 23, 2016

Changing the name doesn’t change the leadership or the customer centricity of an organization. They are not a customer-focused operation. Telecoms continue to fail to focus on the customer. In my experience, customers come a distant second to what is good for the organization.

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Kustomer

AUGUST 26, 2022

Customer service expert and New York Times bestselling author Shep Hyken hosts this dynamic customer-centric podcast. Hyken brings together leading professionals and customer experience experts who offer tangible tips and insights specifically to take your business to the next level of success. Amazing Business Radio.

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Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 15, 2022

To guide an entire organization through a customer-centric transformation…well, like they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, and this is the picture that scenario brings to mind: Change management is where most CX programs falter, because they fail to follow a deliberate change management process. A new approach.

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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.” The author had several suggestions for building customer-centricity.

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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 consistently helping his clients create a magical customer experience like Disney.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 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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Social Media Customer Centricity Books Culture 68

ClearAction

JULY 29, 2018

When the CEO of Air New Zealand made the mindset shift replacing We Fly Planes with We Fly People 1 , the whole company began to focus on empowering customer engagement. Linden said, “Anyone in a company can deliver greater value to customers by being customer-focused. Customers are never satisfied.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. So any change in CX must include and address the Customer centricity of the organization.

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Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Books 60

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity. So any change in CX must include and address the Customer centricity of the organization.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

His best-selling book in 2016 is called: How to Wow: 68 Effortless Ways to Make Every Customer Experience Amazing. She recently wrote the book on customer understanding ! She’s the author of Customer Understanding: Three Ways to Put the “Customer” in Customer Experience (and at the Heart of the Business).

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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. Mobile Payments Are the Future.

Net Promoter Score 60

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership 60

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. Mobile Payments Are the Future.

Net Promoter Score 60

Net Promoter Score Customer Centricity Social Media Leadership 60