ijgolding

JANUARY 28, 2018

Last week I had a fascinating conversation with a peer of mine – a fellow Customer Experience Professional. James Dodkins is as passionate about transforming organisations to become sustainably customer centric as I am. What do I mean by the ‘right employees’? The six steps are as follows: Step 1 – Attract.

Employee Engagement 196

Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Centricity Culture 196

CX Journey

MARCH 21, 2018

Image courtesy of Pixabay What's in your customer experience strategy budget? Traditionally, customer experience professionals have no budget. Despite that, customer experience professionals still need to develop a budget for the work that they do and for the resources they need for that work.

Customer Journeys 272

Customer Journeys Travel Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 272

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. Tapping into Customer Personas. One of the guiding principles, in fact, states that “culture + governance = execution.”.

Customer Experience 177

Customer Experience Contact Center Culture Study 177

CX Journey

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

And customers are still complaining. In other words, customer experience improvement efforts are failing. We advocate, as customer experience professionals, getting to the root cause of issues. It's about the employee experience more first! Certainly not last or least is the employee.

Employee Experience 116

Employee Experience Culture Policies Customer Experience Professionals 116

ECXO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Part One introduces the new “3 Cs”, key trends associated with technology convergence, competition and culture change in a post-pandemic world. About the book: This is a journey into Digital Customer Service and Customer Culture because both are key pillars to deliver great business results. Here is the link.

Case Study 156

Case Study Customer Centricity Social Media Competitive Advantage 156

ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

CCXP exam (Customer Experience Professional Certification) competencies are a guide to highly profitable customer experience management. It’s equally applicable to Employee Experience and Partner Experience management. CCXP Exam Joys, Struggles & Rewards Lynn Hunsaker.

Customer Journeys 62

Customer Journeys Study Customer Experience Professionals Financial 62

Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

I wanted to share the tactics and tools I teach in my speeches, as well as what my team teaches in our customer service workshops. Specifically, included in the tips and strategies in the book are our top culture-changing tools that move an organization to be more customer-focused.” Customer service is not a department.

Customer Experience 221

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Customer Experience Management Customer Centricity 221

CX Journey

MARCH 16, 2017

As a follow-on to my post earlier this week about companies having no budget for customer experience improvements, I thought I'd compile a few ideas on how to move beyond the "no budget" excuse and make improvements that cost little to nothing. Not a good feeling when you're a customer experience professional.

Exercises 112

Exercises Culture Employee Experience Customer Experience Professionals 112

CX Journey

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It's a challenge that customer experience professionals face as they attempt to get executive commitment, transform the organization's culture, and more. What advice would you give to these professionals to help them help others (especially executives) change the way they think about things? Tony Hsieh.

Culture 169

Culture Banking Metrics Employee Engagement 169

CX Journey

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Or are you still wondering why it''s an important tool to have in your customer experience management toolbox? I think customer experience professionals have made huge inroads in that regard this year. Journey maps are a valuable tool in your company''s effort to improve the customer experience.

Customer Journeys 189

Customer Journeys Touchpoint Customer Experience Professionals Policies 189

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach. He has been successful in showing businesses, teams and communities how to create a Disney-like experience and culture. He brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experiences to his keynotes and seminars. John Formica Follow @JohnFormica.

Customer Experience 115

Customer Experience Customer Journeys Consulting Customer Experience Professionals 115

CX Journey

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Beyond that, there must be a well-defined customer experience vision and strategy , a governance structure to provide guidelines and oversight for the work ahead, a focus on improving the employee experience along with recognition that employees drive the customer experience , and a people-first culture.

Trends 111

Trends Guidelines Omni-Channel Government 111

CX Journey

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I'm looking forward to working with more new clients and meeting and learning from more brilliant customer experience professionals going forward. B2B Customer Experience Management Best Practices A Confused Customer Buys Nothing Today's VOC Program Challenges The 7 Deadly Sins of Customer Experience.

Customer Journeys 166

Customer Journeys B2B Customer Experience Professionals Culture 166

Horizon CX

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Customer Loyalty and Retention Studies: Explore studies that delve into the correlation between customer loyalty, retention, and financial success. Industry-Specific Customer Experience Reports: Many industries release reports that focus on the state of customer experience within that sector.

Customer Journeys 130

Customer Journeys Customer Centricity Automotive Fashion 130

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

She is an internationally recognized Customer Experience Thought Leader, Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Author of ‘Customer Understanding: Three Ways to Put the “Customer” in Customer Experience’ (and at the Heart of Your Business). LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link]. LinkedIn : [link].

Customer Experience 132

Customer Experience Consulting Multi-Channel Leadership 132

Confirmit

JULY 10, 2019

With the right level of trust you can motivate, empower and encourage everyone in the organization to do the right thing for your customers and deliver real business value. Brad helps Confirmit customers grow their CX programs to maturity, enabling transformational change that optimizes customer and employee experiences.

Customer Journeys 45

Customer Journeys B2C Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 45

Innovative CX

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

As we know all functions have some role in the end-to-end customer experience. There is one function that plays an important role in managing the customer’s journey in organizations, that of the customer experience professional. As professionals we are passionate about our roles and responsibilities.

CEM 40

CEM Customer Experience Professionals Course ROI 40

CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Most people know what salespeople or customer service representatives do. But it’s not usually the case that Customer Experience professionals experience the same level of understanding about what they do and what their job roles are for.

Tips 282

Tips Customer Centricity Strategy Social Media 282

Confirmit

JULY 10, 2019

With the right level of trust you can motivate, empower and encourage everyone in the organization to do the right thing for your customers and deliver real business value. Brad helps Confirmit customers grow their CX programs to maturity, enabling transformational change that optimizes customer and employee experiences.

Customer Journeys 40

Customer Journeys B2C Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 40

Confirmit

JUNE 26, 2019

With the right level of trust you can motivate, empower and encourage everyone in the organization to do the right thing for your customers and deliver real business value. Brad helps Confirmit customers grow their CX programs to maturity, enabling transformational change that optimizes customer and employee experiences.

Customer Journeys 40

Customer Journeys B2C Customer Experience Professionals Customer Centricity 40

CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Most people know what salespeople or customer service representatives do. But it’s not usually the case that Customer Experience professionals experience the same level of understanding about what they do and what their job roles are for.

Tips 208

Tips Customer Centricity Social Media Strategy 208

CX Accelerator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Most people know what salespeople or customer service representatives do. But it’s not usually the case that Customer Experience professionals experience the same level of understanding about what they do and what their job roles are for.

Tips 182

Tips Customer Centricity Social Media Strategy 182

Storyminers

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Mike and Akos, two customer experience professionals from two continents discuss what customer experience base thinking can teach politics and how it accelerates “global thinking”. Akos : Yes, our experience with the pandemic proves that customer-experience-based thinking can work on a global scale.

Groups 147

Groups Government Travel Tools 147

Russel Lolacher

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with author and employee experience leader Stacy Sherman on the latest employee experience workforce trends your organization needs to watch and plan for in the years ahead. Let’s call this customer experience Professionals Association.

Trends 52

Trends Net Promoter Score Leadership Employee Experience 52

Think Customers

MARCH 21, 2023

The power of connectivity was on brilliant display this month in Salt Lake City, where approximately 10,000 customer experience professionals gathered to soak up inspiration and new ideas to deploy upon returning home. Improving the employee experience in this way ultimately enhances the customer experience as well.

Report 52

Report Airlines Healthcare Transportation 52

ClearAction

JANUARY 6, 2021

You are a customer of many companies as an individual consumer: you know that your experience begins far before an interaction and ends when you no longer have the need for a type of solution. Similar disagreement would occur with the idea that your employee experience equals HR’s resolution of your complaints.

Tips 77

Tips Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Customer Journeys 77

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

That is why I also advise people that I am a Customer Experience ‘Specialist’ – not an ‘expert’ – as I believe that anyone who champions a profession should be continually developing their specialism. Continuous professional development never ends!!

Brands 120

Brands Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Airlines 120

CX Journey

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Marketing and customer experience professionals have different needs when they are developing and using personas. Start with today and then work toward tomorrow.If you don't know what's wrong, how can you make it right? Buyer personas and CX personas are one and the same.

Customer Journeys 121

Customer Journeys Touchpoint Customer Experience Professionals Customer Experience 121

CX Journey

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As customer experience professionals, we are tasked with transforming the customer experience, to reduce effort for our customers. We're trying to plan at least a month in advance. Set your calendar to join us on September 6 and every Wednesday thereafter! Let's think about ourselves today.

Customer Experience Professionals 112

Customer Experience Professionals Resources Customer Experience Meeting 112

Lumoa

APRIL 24, 2018

The maturity of the organizations ability to use this rich information and leadership greatly determine the outcome of this or any listening system truly driving culture change that leads to improved customer and employee experiences." Blake Morgan Customer Experience Futurist, Speaker and Author.

System 317

System Effort Score NPS Net Promoter Score 317

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 16, 2015

DISCLAIMER: The CX Feud is a game in which 150 customer experience professionals took our assessment about the presence, or absence, of customer centricity practices in their organizations. 7 in 10 say that the company shares customer feedback with employees. On your marks…. Let's start …. The CX Feud!

Customer Centricity 48

Customer Centricity Leadership Data Net Promoter Score 48

Qualtrics

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From his influential thought leadership at Forrester, to founding the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) in 2011, it’s little wonder he’s known as the ‘Godfather of CX’. While this may not sound like CX, it was an important foundation for all of my eventual work in experience management.

Groups 30

Groups B2B CRM Culture 30

TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

Follow on LinkedIn Jeanne Bliss , Founder & CEO at Customer Bliss Jeanne Bliss is the Founder and President of CustomerBliss and Co-Founder of The Customer Experience Professionals Association. ” His articles have appeared in numerous professional journals, and he has appeared live on ABC News and Fox Business.

Customer Service 207

Customer Service Contact Center Customer Centricity Leadership 207

Qualtrics

JANUARY 2, 2019

OMB Circular A-11 Section 280 , called “Managing Customer Experience and Service Delivery,” tells agencies to survey customers, report the survey scores publicly, establish CX governance, work on the connection between customer and employee experience, and consider agency customers in service design.

Government 20

Government Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Transportation 20

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

She leads the XM Institute’s research into CX and EX best practices and the broader organizational capabilities required for building loyalty by improving customer and employee experiences. In 2014, Ian officially became a Certified Customer Experience Professional. Annette Franz. Jeff Toister.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 147

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

She leads the XM Institute’s research into CX and EX best practices and the broader organizational capabilities required for building loyalty by improving customer and employee experiences. In 2014, Ian officially became a Certified Customer Experience Professional. Annette Franz. Jeff Toister.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer Service Social Media Consulting 130

CX Journey

OCTOBER 4, 2016

His approach is defined by a culture where employees thrive, succeed, and are fulfilled, happy, and growing at work - a culture where every individual in the organization, regardless of who they are or what they do, has a voice, i.e., every individual matters. Let's dive in. Peter's baffled, like I am, by this whole phenomenon.

Banking 187

Banking Culture Employee Experience Innovation 187