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? correlation.

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Customer Experience Matters

JULY 28, 2017

As most readers of this blog will likely know, customer-centric organizations must master Four CX Core Competencies: Purposeful Leadership, Compelling Brand Values, Employee Engagement, and Customer Connectedness. Without Employee Engagement, the company is Turbulent. Lacking Read More.

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Customer centricity Employee engagement Customer Experience 116

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

By establishing metrics for factors like “time spent in the knowledge base,” “screens to resolution,” or “questions to authentication,” you will learn what agents experience when supporting customers. Task: Identify a “gap” in the customer experience journey. They invest to meaningfully improve the customer experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In part because of today’s greater emphasis on the emotional components of customer experience and customer value delivery, and how this must be an enterprise cultural priority, employees have become center stage in optimizing customer behavior.

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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? You Also Might Like… Employee Engagement: Putting the Cart Before the Horse?

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aircall

MARCH 16, 2022

Which is why we’re diving into how you can optimize your support tech stack for great customer-focused outcomes. . What Being Customer-Centric Looks Like for Support Teams. With that as your foundation, it’s time to start building the ultimate tech stack for customer-centric support teams. Automating Manual Tasks.

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Customer centricity Finance Interactive Voice Response Coaching 71

Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Recently, we published a blog on customer-centricity, which refers to creating a culture that places the customer at the core of every business decision a company makes so that their experience at every touchpoint is amazing every time. So, in order to be truly customer-centric, you must first become employee-centric.

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Employee engagement Contact Center Gamification Customer centricity 59

Brad Cleveland Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The most customer-centric organizations build on a foundation of employee engagement. What’s behind that level of engagement? As it turns out the key driver is purpose.

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Employee engagement Customer centricity Customer Experience Contact Center 26

PeopleMetrics

MAY 12, 2015

That number might seem shocking at first glance, but in terms of employee engagement strategy , it’s not so bad. Early in April, Hsieh sent an email to his employees about adoption of the system. That email subsequently leaked, which led to Zappos posting it on their insights blog for your reading pleasure.)

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Employee engagement Customer centricity Engineering Customer Experience 107

Brad Cleveland Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

When you peel back the layers of any customer-centric organization, you’ll find a culture of honoring employees, encouraging their insight, and engaging them every step of the way. Customer experience is built on a foundation of employee engagement. What is employee engagement?

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Recently, we published a blog on customer-centricity, which refers to creating a culture that places the customer at the core of every business decision a company makes so that their experience at every touchpoint is amazing every time. So, in order to be truly customer-centric, you must first become employee-centric.

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Employee engagement Contact Center Gamification Customer centricity 53

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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Journey mapping Customer centricity Employee engagement Customer Experience 384

PeopleMetrics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

“I am available to the employees brave enough to enter my office and interrupt me.”. These unspoken social interpretations are a big part of employee engagement and culture. They influence whether employees share their honest opinions or guard them. In our research, customer centricity works very well.)

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Customer centricity Employee engagement Surveys Personalization 103

Brad Cleveland Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

When you peel back the layers of any customer-centric organization, you’ll find a culture of honoring employees, encouraging their insight, and engaging them every step of the way. Customer experience is built on a foundation of employee engagement.

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Employee engagement Customer centricity Customer Experience Contact Center 26

bold360 Blog

MARCH 26, 2020

Being relentlessly helpful earns customers for life. Today’s To-Do: Redefine Customer and Employee Engagement. Due to social distancing and employees working from home, the new normal that has impacted everyone across the United States and the globe, your approach to CX must change.

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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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Customer Experience Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement 295

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 5, 2015

There have been many great stories in the past couple of months about airlines doing what was right by their Customers. We can all learn a little about Customer centricity when we look at these examples from three major carriers in the US. Southwest Attacks Its Late Problem Head-on with Its Customers.

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Airlines Transportation Customer centricity Employee engagement 330

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

That would leave one group with a customer-centric mindset and the rest without one. Therefore, everyone in the organization has to embrace the customer-centric mindset—even those who never interact directly with a customer. We all know happy employees make happy customers.

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Finance Customer centricity Accountability Technical Support 195

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.

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Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer retention 409

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

While I believe there are several factors at work here that make the difference between the two organizations, employee engagement is a big part it. According to the global leaders, that’s because: They deliver excellence customer service. According to the global leaders, that’s because: They deliver excellence customer service.

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Banking Employee engagement Customer centricity Consulting 347

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

How do individuals and organizations achieve what we describe as a “natural”, or obsessive state of customer-centricity where: Emotional and rational customer needs/expectations are well understood throughout the enterprise. All employees have the responsibility of providing customer value.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity B2C Airlines 391

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. Conclusion: Customers want it, whether you want to do it or not.

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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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inmoment

APRIL 30, 2020

The first, the inner loop (which you can read more about here ), is what we just mentioned—interacting with customers one-on-one to listen to and act upon their feedback. Closing the outer loop, by contrast, refers to making customer centricity and continuous improvement the beating heart of any organization.

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Integrity Solutions

APRIL 28, 2021

What actions can you take to both increase employee engagement and create a customer retention strategy that moves more of your customers from “satisfied” to “loyal”? One of the key tenets of a customer retention strategy is that it relentlessly focuses on value creation. A 5-step roadmap to get you started.

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Customer retention Employee engagement Customer centricity Metrics 90

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Career Bliss determined the three factors that contribute to this employee happiness: Existence of a positive work environment. It would be wise to review these three elements in your employee engagement strategy. How to Measure Customer Emotions. Opportunity for career growth. Good relationship with senior management.

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Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Customer emotions 418

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

With nearly half of every decision decided by habits, the real question is how much longer can you afford to ignore the power of habits in your marketing efforts?

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Marketing Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer centricity 418

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: Five Proven Ways to Increase Your ROI, By the #1 Attraction on Trip Advisor. Didn’t Believe Amazon Was Customer Centric Before? Why Most Customer Experience Programs Fail. All attendees will receive a discount code for 50% off the eBook.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In our recent podcast, we had a guest Bob Thompson, CEO of Customer Think Corp., an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management and the founder and editor-in-chief of CustomerThink.com. HOW ACADEMIC RESEARCH CAN IMPROVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. To listen in , please click here.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

While I believe there are several factors at work here that make the difference between the two organizations, employee engagement is a big part it. According to the global leaders, that’s because: They deliver excellence customer service. According to the global leaders, that’s because: They deliver excellence customer service.

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Banking Employee engagement Customer centricity Surveys 150

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Employee Engagement promotes the concept that employees that believe in the brand promise of the organization they work for are more likely to work harder to deliver on that promise. Not only that, employee engagement is a key aspect for the Customer Experience. View our books on Customer Experience here.

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Employee engagement Customer emotions Customer centricity Customer Experience 199

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 13, 2019

What we know from early research on employee engagement is that if you have happy employees, chances are you’re going to have satisfied customers. My new ebook, Happy Employees Make Happy Customers , explores this concept in great detail. You can teach your employees to provide stakeholder value.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 12, 2015

Glenn Laverty, CEO of RICOH Canada, had this to say about how he used employee engagement to help facilitate that rise: “We beat that drum almost incessantly in the organization simply because we wanted everybody to understand the impact that they have in the Customer Experience. Reserve your spot today!

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2014

However, by knowing its effects and the basic rule that the gains should outweigh the losses by a ratio of 3:1, changes in fees or changes to the value proposition could be successfully managed. So yes, that…and make sure you end with bagpipes–really, really loud bagpipes.

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Customer Experience Banking Customer emotions Employee engagement 351

PeopleMetrics

JULY 31, 2015

The point is, keep it simple, so your employees can give you a look into their interactions. Make sure to close the loop on employee feedback. Closing the loop on feedback is crucial to keeping employees engaged in the process. Consider this sequence: EMPLOYEE: Our customers aren’t very happy with our moat and drawbridge.

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Feedback Customer Experience Customer centricity Employee engagement 118

Hello Customer

MAY 19, 2021

Organizations have multiple touchpoints which define their level of customer centricity. Since it plays a critical role in defining the level of customer centricity within the organization it can’t be overlooked. Because it’s a crucial driver to create customer loyalty. Game-changing potential.

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Customer Care Customer centricity Contact Center Chatbots 98

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Employee Engagement promotes the concept that employees that believe in the brand promise of the organization they work for are more likely to work harder to deliver on that promise. Not only that, employee engagement is a key aspect for the Customer Experience. View our books on Customer Experience here.

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Employee engagement Customer emotions Customer centricity Customer Experience 150