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Three chief customer officer job descriptions we love

ChurnZero

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. If a customer churns before the payback period is met, it’s a financial net loss.

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The Evolving Chief Customer Officer: Identifying Value, Authority, Scope, Responsibilities, and Strategic Direction Within the Enterprise

Beyond Philosophy

In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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McDonald’s Appoints Manu Steijaert as Global Chief Customer Officer

CSM Magazine

Manu Steijaert, McDonald’s Executive Vice President and Global Chief Customer Officer. McDonald’s Corporation has appointed Manu Steijaert, a McDonald’s veteran, as its first Global Chief Customer Officer. He will be leading a new Customer Experience team.

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Reshaping The Future Of Digital Customer Service: 22 Influential Leaders to Watch in 2022

TechSee

Eric Esguerra, Vice President, Customer Service & Operations at Miele Canada Ltd. Eric’s favorite motto is “The Customer Experience is Paramount and must be the driving force to any organization.” Paul Husar, Senior Call Center Manager at LG Electronics. Jim Iyoob, Chief Customer Officer at Etech Global Services.

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Do customer success teams have an operational leadership gap?

ChurnZero

We asked CSMs to select which aspects of leading a team their manager is good at. 73%) Supporting CSMs in difficult customer situations. (71%) 67%) Elsewhere in the survey, 68% of CSMs say they like and appreciate their managers. 73%) Supporting CSMs in difficult customer situations. (71%)

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Big Controversy: Should We Stop All Certification Now? Join the Debate…

Beyond Philosophy

We know from industry research and personal experience that despite all the attention on it, Customer Experience is either stagnating or not getting the results CEO’s desire. Having managed over 3,500 people in contact centers in my previous career, I was sympathetic of organizations at the start of the pandemic. There is much more.

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CX is a Team Sport: 2 Surprising Views

ClearAction

C) Defining the Field of Play Problems discussed in the 2024 CX conference: — “Accountability for managing the journey of specific customer segments — but little authority over the revenue teams that support those journeys.” Instill a lifetime value mindset regarding employees, internal customers, and external customers.