ijgolding

MARCH 20, 2018

Today I am absolutely delighted to share my interview with passionate Customer Experience Professional, Kathy van de Laar – enjoy… Ian. I still hear things like: ‘I treat my customers how I want to be treated’ instead of how they want to be treated. Tell me about your background. I started EarlyBridge in 2004.

Customer Journeys 152

Customer Journeys Culture Customer Centricity Contact Center 152

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Nienke Bloem is an acclaimed Customer Experience (CX) consultant and a distinguished keynote speaker on CX. Her passion for the field of customer experience is evident in her credentials and her work. Nienke is a certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP).

Consulting 61

Consulting Customer Experience Telecommunications Customer Experience Professionals 61

CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Traditionally, Human Relations departments have not been created with the primary goal of improving culture or EX so we would place this function within the CX team where the link between EX and CX has been recognized for years. Resource: Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World’s Greatest Companies by Denise Lee Yohn.

Customer Journeys 307

Customer Journeys Resources Analytics Customer Centricity 307

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 31, 2019

I also shared the research I undertook in the last quarter of 2019 to position my global Customer Experience consultancy in the marketplace. . Customer Experience has matured. In 2002, when I started Beyond Philosophy, Customer Experience was an area that was only forming. Ideas also get trendy.

Customer Experience 152

Customer Experience Effort Score Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 152

Kerry Bodine

JUNE 11, 2017

Customer experience professionals must design improved interactions for their customers and, as part of this work, change the processes, policies, and culture of the organizations that drive those interactions. Customer experience professionals are partly to blame. So far, so good.

Customer Experience 240

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Experience Professionals Advertising 240

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 6, 2014

What if your company spread the news about great experiences just as much as bad ones? Customercentric culture is all about being proactive. If customers are complaining about the same issue over and over again, it’s time to figure out what’s really going on. Get to the root cause.

Customer Focused 275

Customer Focused Employee Engagement Call Center Social Media 275

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.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

He is the author of ‘Be Your Customer’s Hero’, the founder of the popular Customers That Stick® blog, the Co-Host of the Crack the Customer Code podcast, and the creator of multiple virtual training courses on customer service and experience. LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Removing pain points FIRST, is far more valuable than trying to delight customers. This shift has led to the advent of the Customer Service Officer, a role that didn’t even exist just a short time ago. spent years planning the roll out of smart meters to their customer base. Tapping into Customer Personas.

Customer Experience 177

Customer Experience Contact Center Culture Study 177

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2020

Moreover, Forrester said that one in four people in the Customer Experience industry would lose their jobs this year. We realized that we needed to make a more reliable connection between how having a customer-centric culture that puts the customers’ needs first leads to customer-driven growth.

Trends 191

Trends Net Promoter Score Effort Score ROI 191

Horizon CX

JUNE 2, 2020

And buried within that same report, they also predicted that customer experience professionals would either quantify their business impact and reach new levels of influence or find themselves in a tenuous position. Legendary management consultant and writer Peter Drucker once said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

Leadership 130

Leadership Culture Strategy Customer Experience Professionals 130

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 17, 2018

The Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) 2018 Insight Exchange offered CX experts and professionals of all kinds, various titles and comfort levels a few days to learn, connect and get inspired. Cultural transformation is never easy. How will you ever really change your culture?

Leadership 161

Leadership Culture Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 161

Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Connect with this customer service expert on Twitter today to make sure that your company doesn’t miss out! Chelsea Krost is a self-named Millennial spokesperson and brand consultant. Follow Martins on Twitter to see why he was named one of The Huffington Post’s Top 100 Customer Service Management Experts. Chelsea Krost.

Customer Service 0

Customer Service Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Consulting 0

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

What are, in your opinion, the top challenges in customer experience that companies should be aware of in 2018?? Some hints: big data, omnichannel, personalisation, AI and organizational culture. This will push more aggressive change driven by Customer Experience professionals. Don’t underestimate culture.

Customer Experience 332

Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Omni-Channel Culture 332

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

This article was originally written for my exclusive column on mycustomer.com – a hugely valuable and rich resource of information, expertise and inspiration for CX Professionals. I want to start my inaugural exclusive column for MyCustomer by stating how very proud I am to call myself a customer experience professional!

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Travel Study 120

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The words customer-centric and silos do not sit happily in the same sentence. Silos harm culture and damage customer experiences. So, come on recruiters and hiring managers, don’t let customer experience become a phrase that you throw around casually. And they hold businesses back. Say what you mean.

Resources 145

Resources Customer Journeys Customer Experience Customer Centricity 145

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Instructor: Rick Adams , Author, Trainer, Consultant and Business Owner, Practical CSM. Additional courses by Practical CSM: Business Fundamentals for Customer Success Managers. Onboarding and Adoption Best Practices for Customer Success Management. Engagement Evaluation Best Practices for Customer Success Management .

Course 98

Course Customer Journeys Customer Success Consulting 98

ECXO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Digital-First Customer Experience: Seven Design Strategies from the World’s Leading Brands by Joe Wheeler. Part One introduces the new “3 Cs”, key trends associated with technology convergence, competition and culture change in a post-pandemic world. The authors have already made them for you. Here is the link.

Case Study 156

Case Study Customer Centricity Social Media Competitive Advantage 156

Experience Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In this environment, we expect to see: Culture Change Intensifying. Peter Drucker once said, “ Culture eats strategy for lunch.” We agree and believe that customer experience is a reflection an organization’s culture and operating processes. Effort Metric Expanding. CX Profession Maturing. Emotion Arising.

Trends 120

Trends Customer Experience Customer Journeys Customer Connectedness 120

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JUNE 1, 2017

It’s only been in the last decade that we’ve seen any companies take the time to proactively think about a customer’s journey, and only within the last 5 years or so we’ve seen a steady expansion of those with “experience” or “customer” in their titles at the upper tiers of management.

Net Promoter Score 165

Net Promoter Score Effort Score Innovation Culture 165

Alida

JUNE 16, 2016

Her presentation at the Summit, The Five Decisions of Beloved and Prosperous Companies , will reveal actionable tips on how companies can transcend normal business practices to be customer-centric, how culture acts as a growth engine and how brands can thrive in both good and bad times.

Chief Customer Officer 100

Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Customer Experience Professionals Leadership 100

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Our guests have multiple years of experience in managing and consulting customer experience management in global companies and now lead their own businesses helping companies make customers happier. Some hints: big data, omnichannel, personalisation, AI and organizational culture. Talk to your board.

Customer Experience 150

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Culture Consulting 150

Confirmit

JULY 10, 2019

If they don’t trust – customers certainly won’t. Director, CX Consulting, Confirmit. Brad is a seasoned customer experience professional with decades of experience leading and managing programs to enhance the customer experience in a wide variety of industries.

Customer Journeys 45

Customer Journeys B2C Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 45

Alida

MARCH 10, 2017

Failing customer experience initiatives are keeping business leaders up at night. According to an Accenture-commissioned study by Forrester Consulting, only seven percent of business leaders think that their company’s shopping experience exceeds customer expectations. Failure to listen to customers.

Customer Experience 196

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Effort Score Chief Customer Officer 196

Michel Falcon Experience

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

bctt tweet=” If you’re going to have a successful career as a customer experience professional you need a strategy.”] ”] I remember the day when I first recognized that customer experience management would be “my thing.” I wanted to visit them, ask questions and learn.

Call Center 60

Call Center Consulting Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 60

Confirmit

JULY 10, 2019

If they don’t trust – customers certainly won’t. Director, CX Consulting, Confirmit. Brad is a seasoned customer experience professional with decades of experience leading and managing programs to enhance the customer experience in a wide variety of industries.

Customer Journeys 40

Customer Journeys B2C Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 40

ijgolding

JANUARY 15, 2016

However…there is usually one of those…there are still A LOT of people who DO NOT recognise Customer Experience – either as something of significant importance to business strategy OR as a profession at all. It is because to become a CCXP you MUST possess the knowledge AND experience of utilising and applying a set of core competencies.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Government 120

Confirmit

JUNE 26, 2019

If they don’t trust – customers certainly won’t. Director, CX Consulting, Confirmit. Brad is a seasoned customer experience professional with decades of experience leading and managing programs to enhance the customer experience in a wide variety of industries.

Customer Journeys 40

Customer Journeys B2C Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 40

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Soon after that, I founded my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. We had him on the podcast recently to talk about his new book, Winning on Purpose: The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers. Like many things with experiences and customer strategy, culture is at the center.

Effort Score 109

Effort Score NPS Net Promoter Score Leadership 109

Customer Bliss

JULY 4, 2017

Sandy Spring Bank received the 2015 CX Innovation Award given to the top 5 organizations globally by the Customer Experience Professionals Association. He serves on the CX Strategy Team with the CEO and CIO who craft the long term plans to create a client-centric culture bank-wide.

Banking 143

Banking Leadership Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys 143

Lumoa

APRIL 24, 2018

We have received 31 answers from 31 recognised thought leaders, consultants and great doers from all over the world across industries. Blake Morgan Customer Experience Futurist, Speaker and Author. If they are not doing a good job they can quickly fix the situation with the customer." Why did you give that score?

System 317

System Effort Score NPS Net Promoter Score 317

Confirmit

MARCH 19, 2019

Confirmit surveyed 700 customer experience professionals and we’ve crunched the numbers to reveal the five habits that underpin the most successful programs. Listen to Shelly Chandler, VP, Customer Experience Consulting at Confirmit as she reveals the habits you need to adopt to get your program to fly.

Net Promoter Score 40

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity Consulting 40

CX Journey

AUGUST 16, 2016

Last month, I wrote about the concept of lean management and what that means not only for your company but also for your customers. If company leadership wants to transform the culture of the organization and become a lean company, they've first got to understand what comprises lean leadership. Or instill these traits into our leaders?

Company 80

Company Leadership Culture Touchpoint 80

ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

It’s a time when customer experience professionals take extraordinary care to thank customers — and employees who make a difference in customer experience (CX). CX Day is in the first week of October, founded by the Customer Experience Professionals Association ( CXPA ).

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Customer Experience Professionals ROI B2C 48

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 24, 2015

It’s vital to get rid of acronyms and business speak so it doesn’t sneak into customer service conversations, sales calls, or customer conversations, because it inevitably will! Improving customer experience starts with a commitment to change the culture. But I’ll bet on better experiences for everyone.

Customer Journeys 110

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Conference Social Media 110

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Instructor: Rick Adams , Author, Trainer, Consultant and Business Owner, Practical CSM. Additional courses by Practical CSM: Business Fundamentals for Customer Success Managers. Onboarding and Adoption Best Practices for Customer Success Management. Engagement Evaluation Best Practices for Customer Success Management .

Course 52

Course Customer Journeys Customer Success Consulting 52

ijgolding

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The main attractions for me were culture, history and food (not necessarily in that order!). Like me, Beth is a Customer Experience Specialist and proud to be a Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP). I am delighted that she is a part of the growing Customer Experience Consultancy family!

Customer Experience 166

Customer Experience Travel Transportation Training 166