ECXO

MARCH 6, 2025

CX transformation in a B2B organization means making customer-centric improvements across the entire business. It is a comprehensive effort that goes beyond isolated fixes, requiring alignment of leadership, strategy, culture, technology, and processes around the goal of delighting the customer.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 7, 2020

It’s probably safe to say that few of our organizations, no matter how well-meaning, eased perfectly into these new routines of working from home and distancing ourselves physically from our workplaces, our colleagues, our teams and our customers. There is a myth that customer-centric cultures happen by intuition and a little magic.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customer Journeys Customers 178

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fact is, improving your Customer Experience means you must also become more customer-centric. But what is customer-centricity and how do you do it? Creating and sustaining a customer-centric culture was the subject of a recent podcast. The first one was, “We put customers first.”. But guess what?

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 29, 2014

What Does it Take to Be a Customer Focused Organization? As we scale our businesses, our focus on customers can become seriously threatened. How do smart companies maintain a customer-centric culture as they grow? Customer Experience is…What, Exactly?

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 18, 2022

And customer experience management requires a thorough approach to training and education for all employees. Yet in some organizations, customer experience training is reserved for those who are in customer service roles only. Create a book club focused on CX and invite authors to discuss customer-focused ideas.

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How To Customer Journeys Culture Training 378

CX Journey

AUGUST 26, 2014

Image courtesy of B Gilmour How well are your change management efforts going? The steps come from his 1996 book, Leading Change , which outlines the eight critical success factors for change management. It got me thinking about whether I captured all of these steps in a post on change management I wrote last month for Intradiem.

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Vonage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Their hiring and training is focused on customer service, and they truly deliver it. Here are some areas that differ between customer-focused companies and operations-focused companies: Empowerment: Employees in a customer-focused company are given the freedom to make decisions for the benefit of the customer.

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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. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Customer experience is happening whether you invest in it or not. Success is really about customer experience management. Your customers are experiencing your brand and their journey with your brand whether you invest in the experience or not. Customer-focused organizations prioritize keeping customers close.

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ECXO

JUNE 23, 2024

This involves analyzing customer feedback, support interactions, and overall customer satisfaction metrics to pinpoint areas for enhancement. Next, it’s essential to establish a customer-centric culture within your organization. Additionally, creating clear and measurable customer success goals is crucial.

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Customer Centricity Culture Customer Journeys Customer Satisfaction 358

Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Managing this experience through a customer-centric approach can help businesses strengthen their customer relationships for long-term success. What is Customer Experience Management? To grasp customer experience management, it’s essential to first understand customer experience itself.

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ECXO

APRIL 18, 2024

He was a Customer Success Manager at a well-known company, “TechEase” A traditional company in the city that has been there for decades, working in the same way they have always worked. Though TechEase was renowned for its innovative products, it was infamous for its lack of customer-centric culture.

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ECXO

MARCH 21, 2023

Journey Map Your way to Customer Experience Maturity in Just 8 Steps + 12 with CX and EX Customer experience culture is a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors that a company adopts in order to create a customer-centric culture. Based on the company ‘’mindset’’ and approach. In the end, everything is connected.

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B2B Customer Experience Roadmap Net Promoter Score 295

Customer Bliss

JULY 19, 2018

In today’s lively chat with Sue, we talk about her customer service experience and leadership that paved the way for her success in transforming the CX culture at Newegg, a multi-billion dollar company that has been customer-focused since its inception. Customer Experience Leadership Means Being a Team Player.

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ijgolding

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

As customer experience has become increasingly recognised as a thing of tangibility, so has the need to adopt and embed the skills and competencies that make managing it (customer experience that is) a reality. It is not exclusively the domain of the customer experience team; or marketing; or customer service.

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CX Accelerator

JANUARY 11, 2021

Erica Mancuso , Director of Offer Management at nThrive adds, "I was so inspired after reading “Delivering Happiness” 7 or so years ago that I booked the Zappos tour on my next trip to Vegas. Sheri Kendall, Training Manager at Wayfair remembers, "Zappos has played an integral part in my love story with CX. I was star-struck.".

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ECXO

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Imagine waking up each day with the power to transform ordinary interactions into unforgettable experiences that leave a lasting impact on every customer. Your role as a CX leader is to pioneer a culture that places the customer at the heart of every decision, turning transactions into moments of delight that build unwavering loyalty.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Exercises Customer Centricity 373

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Top challenges for providers are (a) to be smarter than competitors about customers’ realities, (b) to rally all functional areas to improve customers’ realities, (c) to make customer-centred management a way of life. Customer experience starts with a strong customer-centric culture, and that tone is set from the top.

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eglobalis

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Fostering a Culture of Commitment When employees feel their work contributes to a greater purpose, they are more likely to engage fully with the company’s goals. Create Clear Roadmaps: Developing roadmaps that connect individual roles with company and customer outcomes increases engagement.

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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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Strategy Customer Experience Contact Center Return on Investment 261

Blake Morgan

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Contact centers thrive when led by Type A leaders—those who are strategic, operationally efficient, and skilled in people management. These leaders do more than just manage—they inspire teams, foster a culture of engagement, and drive performance. However, successful AI implementation depends on effective change management.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

AUGUST 20, 2024

And customer experience management requires a thorough approach to training and educating all employees. Yet in some organizations, customer experience training is reserved for those who are in customer service roles only. Develop a “customer room” either in-person or virtually.

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InMoment XI

MAY 23, 2023

At Forrester CX EMEA, we heard from InMoment client Aegon, a Dutch public company for life insurance, pensions, and asset management. The key message throughout the conference was to be bold and ensure that organisations are aligned, focused, and ready for the future. Check out this video!

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Customer Centricity Culture Insurance Conference 195

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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Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

To customers, this was just confirmation the restaurant … Continue reading → The post 6 Traits of a Customer-Focused Culture appeared first on Brad Cleveland. Referrals spread rapidly, reviews were positive, and before long, the waits to get in became longer.

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InMoment XI

MAY 24, 2022

These signposts, or markers, represent the points along the path, or the trajectory, employee experience has taken, as companies become more mature in a) how they consider employee contribution, in other words the importance attached to it, and b) what role, or roles, employees have in enterprise culture, strategy, and business outcomes. #1:

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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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ECXO

MAY 16, 2024

This paradigm shift in leadership benefits not only the organization but also fosters lasting and meaningful relationships with customers. This blog post will explore the essence of customer-centric leadership and key factors that form the basis of a successful customer-focused organization.

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C3Centricity

MAY 11, 2020

By now, every CEO knows that a stronger customer focus is the answer to many of their business challenges. Why therefore do so many companies still struggle to adopt a customer-first strategy and culture? This is the same for every project, not just that of adopting a customer-first strategy.

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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. Where does the customer get put on your agenda? Is it in there at all?

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Net Promoter Score Company Customer Centricity Airlines 171

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Is customer experience worth it? C-level leaders want to know if customer experience (CX) is worth the investment. Customer-focused employees across marketing, sales, HR, and other departments want to know if new CX initiatives are worth pushing for. This is a question I get all the time.

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GetFeedback

DECEMBER 21, 2018

It’s important for businesses to understand what contributes to churn in order to address those issues—and ultimately drive customer retention. Here are 40 customer retention statistics that reinforce the growing need for customer experience management. Customer Retention by the Numbers. McKinsey ).

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Integrity Solutions

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In one recent study , among many with similar findings, 78% of respondents said good customer service is fundamental to earning their loyalty and business. And retaining those customers is serious business: Just a 5% increase in customer retention can produce more than a 25% increase in profits.

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CloudCherry

MARCH 3, 2019

The inbound marketing software company HubSpot created a “culture code” that aligns job applicants and employees around a set of core beliefs. They also employ a vice president of culture and experience, who is responsible for driving culture as the company grows. The Six Competencies In Action. Key Takeaways.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Customer centricity requires strategy to cultivate a culture that puts the Customer at the center of everything you do. As the third in our series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer centricity, let’s look at: Customer Strategy. Hiring Customer-Ready Employees.

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Net Promoter Score Strategy Customer Centricity CEM 163

Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

To customers, this was just confirmation the restaurant … Continue reading → The post 6 Traits of a Customer-Focused Culture appeared first on Brad Cleveland. Referrals spread rapidly, reviews were positive, and before long, the waits to get in became longer.

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