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. Follow Colin Shaw on Twitter @ColinShaw_CX.

Customer Focused 153

Customer Focused Customer Journeys Customer Centricity Employee Engagement 153

CX University

MAY 16, 2023

In addition, employee engagement is also a critical factor that affects the customer experience. Engaged employees are more likely to deliver exceptional service, be productive, and create a positive work culture that encourages teamwork and innovation.

Employee Engagement 98

Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Experience Advertising 98

CX Journey

MAY 24, 2017

Quite simply: without employees, you have no customer experience. The linkage between employee engagement and experience and the customer experience has been proven. It's real, and your employees matter! Employees are critical to the customer experience, which is critical to the success of the business.

Engagement 154

Engagement Strategy Customer Experience Customer Journeys 154

eglobalis

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

While many companies focus on strategy, technology, and financial investment as the cornerstones of success, the critical yet often overlooked factor is the engagement and empowerment of employees. Aligning employees’ personal values with the organization’s mission is crucial for maintaining this engagement.

Customer Experience 295

Customer Experience Leadership Innovation Roadmap 295

Service Untitled

JANUARY 10, 2011

These kinds of business decisions can affect the remaining employee’s ability to stay positive and not focus on the negative. Employees need to be actively engaged so they can add value to the organization. The customer experience can be significantly affected when employees are not engaged.

Employee Engagement 71

Employee Engagement Engagement Leadership Culture 71

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 9, 2015

Jeannie Walters Jeannie Walters is the Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ and founder of 360Connext, a global consulting firm specializing in the cornerstones of customer experience: customer engagement, employee engagement and connections like social media.

Customer Focused 110

Customer Focused Multi-Channel Customer Centricity Social Media 110

Blake Morgan

DECEMBER 30, 2024

He shares insights on building customer-focused cultures, fostering employee engagement, and blending emotional intelligence with operational excellence to deliver exceptional guest experiences. She is a customer experience futurist and author of three books on customer experience. 8CXLaws.com.

Guest Experience 69

Guest Experience Hotels Hospitality Entertainment 69

InMoment XI

MAY 24, 2022

Employee satisfaction will typically include job-related factors like compensation, workload, perceptions of management and leadership, flexibility, teamwork, resource availability, etc. . #2: 2: Employee Engagement. The next, and first real, EX journey signpost brings many organizations to employee engagement.

Employee Experience 221

Employee Experience Customer Experience Employee Engagement Culture 221

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A large national financial services company, concerned that it was experiencing over 30% turnover among new employees, decided to give them a 13% bonus. Those employees who were “satisfied” happily took the additional money, but the result was no discernible decrease in churn. What keeps them there.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Employee Engagement Culture Conference 195

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

There are many organisations embracing a people-centric approach to business (be it employee engagement on CX or on developing strong CX programmes) but there remain a large number who fail to fully grasp the need for change. Is customer centricity already part of the company DNA and culture?

Customer Experience 304

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Self Service Culture 304

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Whenever the subject of employee satisfaction and engagement arises, it is often difficult to differentiate between them. If you believe that “a satisfied employee IS an engaged employee.” These employees start their work day, they perform their job at acceptable levels, and they go home.

Employee Engagement 68

Employee Engagement Engagement Consulting Culture 68

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

They don’t care enough to invest in customer experience evaluation and improvement. Their company mission is not customer-focused, and they don’t care if your day is ruined. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience.

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Company Hotels Social Media Innovation 231

Russel Lolacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with 4x author, keynote speaker and consultant on service culture Jeff Toister on connecting the dots to create tangible employee engagement at work. An instructor for Linkedin Learning, supporting training and employee development and more. He’s got some knowledge.

Employee Engagement 52

Employee Engagement Engagement How To Survey 52

CloudCherry

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Today, my passion is helping businesses become loved by establishing customer focus as a core value. True customer focus isn’t a strategy—it’s a way of being.

Customer Journeys 186

Customer Journeys B2C B2B Employee Engagement 186

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. Engagement and culture are different, but they affect each other.

Culture 80

Culture Engagement Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 80

PeopleMetrics

MARCH 2, 2015

Let’s focus on three things at work here: culture, engagement, and goals. Engagement (or lack thereof) is present in every company. Or the number of applicants who come via employee referral. Goals, culture, and engagement don’t have a straightforward, linear relationship—but they are correlated. Or your time sheets.

Employee Engagement 48

Employee Engagement Culture Engagement Customer Centricity 48

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 12, 2016

Going the next step, beyond employee satisfaction, does their engagement profitably drive customer behavior? First, what does employee engagement, which has been around for over twenty years, actually mean? Employee development – Is the company making an effort to develop the employee’s skills?

Employee Engagement 60

Employee Engagement Connections Engagement Loyalty 60

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

All organizations are on a journey from being Naive to Natural in the way they focus on the Customer, passing through each of four stages: Naïve, Transactional, Enlightened, and Natural. Naïve companies are the least customer-focused and Natural companies are the most customer-focused.

Net Promoter Score 163

Net Promoter Score Strategy Customer Centricity CEM 163

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2015

A recent article by a major employee research and engagement consulting organization led with the above headline. They were reporting on results of their national workforce tracking poll, the highlight of which was that employee engagement had risen 1.2% Those question are: 1) Really? Those question are: 1) Really?

Employee Engagement 60

Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Experience Effort Score 60

Heart of the Customer

JUNE 28, 2017

They see their role as being on the outside, there to show the business what the customers really […]. The post Three steps to create customer-focused change appeared first on Heart of the Customer. Immature CX practitioners often see themselves there to drive the business.

Customer Focused 87

Customer Focused Customers Customer Experience Employee Engagement 87

PeopleMetrics

OCTOBER 14, 2015

For example, independent research shows that customer focus plays a role in employee engagement. Through employee satisfaction surveys , we found these real, not-ant, but-human statistics: In customer-centric cultures, two-thirds of employees are engaged, and one-in-four are fully engaged.

Employee Engagement 48

Employee Engagement Customer Centricity Engagement eBook 48

Michel Falcon Experience

JANUARY 31, 2017

I’ve been advising companies on customer experience, employee engagement and company culture for six years helping entrepreneurs learn the systems I leverage to build stronger and profitable relationships with customers and employees. At Baro, we separate our training in two parts: customer-centric (i.e.

Employee Engagement 60

Employee Engagement Engagement Customer Experience Culture 60

ijgolding

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Customer journey maps of all shapes and sizes are adorning many a conference room wall. Enough customer personas have been created by businesses to launch a new country! It all sounds so positive and promising for the Customer Experience Profession. This is what happens if the pieces of the CX jigsaw are not connected.

Customer Centricity 263

Customer Centricity Customer Experience Customer Journeys Chief Customer Officer 263

CX Journey

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Employee Engagement : I list this separately from "leadership" and from "people" because employee engagement is a two-way street that requires both to work together for the greater good. When employees are engaged, their passion and ambition for the business will ensure they are focused on its success.

Culture 173

Culture Leadership Employee Engagement Customer Centricity 173

ECXO

JULY 23, 2024

But what does it really mean to be a servant leader, and how does this leadership approach contribute to the success of customer-focused organizations? As a result, this creates an environment where employees feel valued, motivated, and empowered to deliver outstanding customer service. What is the Servant Leader?

Customer Centricity 156

Customer Centricity Leadership Exceptional Customer Service Culture 156

ShepHyken

MAY 27, 2019

As customers use their smartphones for more and more business, it is incumbent to give customers confidence that they are dealing with safe and secure companies. Ten Best Practices for Boosting Employee Engagement by CXAPP. CXAPP) Building Engagement is About Fostering More Productive, Loyal and Happy Employees.

Customer Journeys 108

Customer Journeys Customer Service Employee Engagement Exercises 108

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The best way to emphasize improving the Customer Experience is to tie rewards to it. It is critical to include all departments in the definition of KPIs that are Customer-focused, and then align those goals across your organization. 4 Ways to Gain Customers’ Trust in Data Security.

Net Promoter Score 118

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience CEM Customer Centricity 118

One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Engaged employees are not necessarily relentlessly curious employees. Do you identify who the relentlessly curious employees are in your organization? Because they are key to positive customer experiences. And they fuel customer success and customer retention. When engaging with and serving customers?

Engagement 63

Engagement Culture Employee Engagement Employee Experience 63

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Overlook this, however, and you are not likely to end up with the Customer focus you seek. This post is the second in a series of nine posts looking at the different parts of the organization contributing to Customer Centricity. Naïve companies are the least customer-focused and Natural companies are the most customer-focused.

Net Promoter Score 120

Net Promoter Score Customer Experience CEM How To 120

NICE inContact

MARCH 26, 2019

Stage one — Customer-Negligent: An organization that fails to value customers as vital assets and doesn’t consider CX a priority. Have low or nonexistent employee engagement, with team members unaware of the customer journey and the role they play in it. Have customer focus as a shared value at all levels.

Customer Experience 152

Customer Experience Contact Center Customer Centricity Policies 152

ShepHyken

AUGUST 29, 2018

When you treat employees like rock stars, they will treat your customers like rock stars. That is what employee engagement is all about. Great leaders have preached that when you treat your employees well, they treat their customers – and fellow employees well.

Employee Engagement 96

Employee Engagement Leadership Customer Service Training Culture 96

Blake Morgan

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The autonomous vehicle arm of GM thrives where many others have fallen because of a singular focus on driving innovation for customers and saving lives. Chief Communications Officer Kristine Boyden says a deep commitment to the mission of changing a broken status quo keeps employees engaged in the work and driven to produce great results.

Customer Focused 59

Customer Focused Employee Engagement Innovation Connections 59

Verint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In my previous blog post , I discussed the rise to prominence of employee engagement in today’s contact center industry. As a reminder, 82 percent of participants in Saddletree Research’s recent survey of end-users ranked employee engagement as a highly important component of their contact center operational strategy.

Employee Engagement 32

Employee Engagement Engagement Contact Center Software 32

CX University

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Salesforce is renowned for emphasizing employee engagement and transparency. The company regularly assesses employee satisfaction through surveys and utilizes platforms like Chatter to promote open communication throughout the organization. The operating margins for companies with engaged employees are 2.7

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Culture Innovation Leadership 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 31, 2015

As some of you who follow this blog may know, I took the CXI® magnifying glass with me to South By Southwest Interactive this month to scout for customer-focused themes within the latest tech trends. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience.

Technology 110

Technology Customer Experience Social Media Trends 110

Verint

AUGUST 17, 2017

The responses were remarkably similar—18 of the 20 customer service professionals I interviewed voiced their concern over what can be broadly categorized as employee engagement. The results conclusively point to a concentration on employee engagement as an important issue for 2017 and beyond.

Contact Center 30

Contact Center Employee Engagement Engagement Gamification 30

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

End-to-End Customer Experience vs Customer Journey The difference between end-to-end customer experience and the customer journey is that one of them is business-focused while the other is customer-focused. The customer journey maps out the path a customer takes and focuses on individual touchpoints.

Customer Journeys 195

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Social Media Banking 195