Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 12, 2015

I dedicate my career to helping organizations take their current Customer Experience to the next level, or Beyond the Philosophy of it and into the “real world.”. Philosophy drives my actions, of course , including the following five: Philosophy #1: Experiences are not just about the “what” but also the “how.”.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

They understand that delivering on the tangible and functional elements of value are just table stakes, and that connecting, and having an emotionally-based relationship with customers are keys to leveraging loyalty, advocacy, and brand-bonding behavior. They market, and create experiences, within the branded vision.

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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. Why Systems Matter to Your Customers.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

For many years, there has been a debate whether you could assign a dollar amount to determine the return on investment for any Customer Experience improvements. Keeping Customers results in a high increase in value. Focusing on customer retention with a better Customer Experience will benefit your bottom-line expenses.

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Customer Experience Customer retention Upselling Banking 411

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Emotional Engagement and Customer Centricity. How to Drive Customer and Employee Engagement for a Better Customer Experience. They discuss strategies for building customer centricity and emotional engagement. That means spending time on the frontlines of customer service.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Before I explain what I mean by that and how it has to do with Customer Experience, however, let me first tell you where I was born. How is this applicable to Customer Experience? Well, Loss Aversion is applicable to Customer Experience as well. I won’t even get into why they Scottish chose not to go.

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Customer Experience Banking Customer emotions Employee engagement 351

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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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

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Your employees have the power to make or break your Customer Experience this holiday season with the customer service they provide. However, when employees aren’t happy, customer service often suffers. However, they also provide an excellent Employee Experience.

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Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Customer emotions 418

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Customer experience (CX) is the relationship of a customer with a business at all touchpoints during the period of the customer journey. It is widely said that customer experience is the next battleground for organizations. Adam is a globally recognized expert on customer experience.

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ClearAction

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Customer Centric Action Plans Lynn Hunsaker. Monitoring voice of the customer is one thing, but can all your employees name the customers’ top ten wish list? Customer Experience Manager Ravi Bhalla says customers have appreciated seeing changes made based on their feedback.

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Customer centricity Banking Best practices Employee engagement 54

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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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Each year, we do a Global Leader Survey of top executives in Customer Experience Management. 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. What does your company do to encourage employee engagement?

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Banking Employee engagement Customer centricity Consulting 347

Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

Continuing with our list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience (CX) influencers (experts, consultants, and authors), we are sharing a few names of leaders leaders that every CX enthusiast must follow and take inspiration from. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach.

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Horizon CX

APRIL 1, 2024

Organizational Growth Through CX Maturity Introduction In today’s competitive landscape, delivering exceptional customer experiences isn’t just a goal; it’s a necessity for sustained success. What is Customer Experience Maturity? HorizonCX offers a free CX maturity assessment here: [link].

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Journey mapping Customer centricity Customer retention Feedback 52

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Watch out this space as in a subsequent blog we’ll give advice on the different ways to change a habit… Blogs CEM CEO Conferences consultants consumer behaviour customer Customer Analysis customer behavior Customer Behaviour customer centricity customer emotions customer engagement Customer experience customer experience books customer experience (..)

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Marketing Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer centricity 418

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The future of customer experience is decided. We asked 15 experts with world reputation in Customer experience the same question and the results might surprise you. Every each of them answered the following questions: How do you see the future of customer experience? Probably not.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Education Consulting 129

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Customer Experience Handoff Silos are the Heart of Success Lynn Hunsaker. One of the most profound discoveries from customer experience journey mapping is interdependencies across data, systems, channels, processes and people. Customers experience our companies horizontally. 2) Customer-Centric Priorities.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Employee engagement Journey mapping 63

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2016

Today, there’s a lot of discussion among corporate strategists, and even senior HR folks, about “putting employees first”. Whenever this is surfaced, it’s useful to ask some relevant questions with regard to ultimate enterprise value, particularly the employee experience vis-à-vis the customer experience.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 25, 2021

Case in point: if you’re talking about transforming your culture to one that is customer-centric, yet you continue to push staff to make their quarterly numbers and reinforce behaviors that speak to a focus on growth at all cost – sans focusing on the customer experience – then you’re not walking the walk. .

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Here is the reality: As demonstrated again and again, if all employees are not committed to, and supportive of, CX initiatives, the enterprise – in any industry, in any locale – will suffer. HR execs and consultants would say that what is needed is a higher level of employee engagement.

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Employee engagement Customer advocacy Consulting Consulting 170

ClearAction

JANUARY 4, 2020

CEO’s Guide to Growth through Customer Experience Engagement Lynn Hunsaker. Customer experience engagement is a growth strategy. It’s a never-ending hamster-wheel to entice engagement. Customer experience is customers’ realities compared to their expectations.

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Customer Experience Employee engagement Engineering Customer centricity 48

ClearAction

DECEMBER 30, 2017

How to Solve Customer Experience Silos Lynn Hunsaker. Customer experience silos are kryptonite, weakening your super-friendly staff, touch-points and designs. Smooth customer experiences require silo-solving across the customer journey. How to Solve Customer Experience Silos.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Metrics Employee engagement 75

ClearAction

DECEMBER 16, 2017

What is Customer Experience Collaboration? Collaboration like this across your entire company is what’s needed to win customer experience championships. Collaboration like this across your entire company is what’s needed to win customer experience championships. Lynn Hunsaker. It’s 360-degree collaboration.

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Customer Experience Employee engagement Journey mapping Coaching 89

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In the consumer world, satisfaction has only incidental proven connection to customer experience and behavior, and engagement has similar challenges for employees (and customers). The same can be said of engagement, which is simply too limited as applied to both customer and employee behavior.

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Enterprise Customer centricity Employee engagement Consulting 150

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Customer Experience Vision Silos Dictate Value Lynn Hunsaker. Does your vision for customer experience match your customers’ vision? If yes, then you’re on your way to customer-centricity, and the growth touted by customer experience management. Are they on the same page with you?

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Morale Finance 69

ClearAction

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Customer Experience Articles. Customer experience articles. Tools, techniques, and case studies catalyze your customer experience management success. Peruse ClearAction articles, podcasts and webcasts, and ask how these best practices can be customized to your specific needs. Customer Centricity.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Employee engagement Enterprise 48

Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Customer experience has been a buzzword for several years and is only heating up. Many companies experience numerous challenges in the ares of customer experience transformation. We talked with the leading customer experience experts to find out what CX professionals should pay attention in the coming years. “CX

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Education Consulting 64

Horizon CX

MAY 19, 2023

In Customer Experience, we often hear about transformational change as one of the descriptors of those within the discipline and many CX professionals have fashioned and even subtitled themselves as organizational change agents. What is the role of a Customer Experience Manager in leading organizational transformation?

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Customer centricity Customer Experience Employee engagement Best practices 52

Bill Quiseng

MARCH 15, 2022

As I was writing my latest book, Built to Win , I wanted to be sure to incorporate the notion that it’s important to design a customer-centric culture because there are clear outcomes to doing so. Culture (and certainly not one that puts the customer at the center of the business) isn’t just fluff. It’s tangible.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 24, 2014

At the time they began their Customer Experience improvement process, the concept was relatively new and largely untested. Downie compares their journey to “driving a snowplow for Customer Experience in Scotland.” Embracing the emotional parts of the Customer Experience right from the start.

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Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer centricity Customer retention 186

ijgolding

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The words customer-centric and silos do not sit happily in the same sentence. Silos harm culture and damage customer experiences. Just in the last two weeks, eight Head of Customer Experience job vacancies have appeared on LinkedIn. And they hold businesses back. Not really. It’s influence that counts.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Journey mapping Airlines 58

ClearAction

DECEMBER 31, 2017

What is Customer Experience Strategy? Is “customer experience strategy” like the Wheel of Fortune spinner? As such, for instance, it’s a misnomer to claim that digital marketing is customer experience strategy. It spans the end-to-end customer life cycle. Lynn Hunsaker.

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Customer Experience Journey mapping CRM Customer centricity 79

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 3, 2014

In doing so, the Royal Yacht Britannia team has thought through every aspect of the visit to create an excellent Customer Experience. Downie explained that this was the result of recognising that Customer Service is only the final action in what has to be a much more strategic focus on the whole Customer Experience. “If

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ProProfs Blog

MARCH 27, 2019

In our interview with Ben Motteram , we’ve explored areas like customer-centric strategies, emotional intelligence and the upcoming role of chatbots. Through his consulting company, CXpert, Ben now assists clients in areas such as CX strategy and employee engagement. Customer feedback is analyzed and acted upon.

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Customer Support Chatbots Customer centricity Enterprise 163

Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Each year, we do a Global Leader Survey of top executives in Customer Experience Management. 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. What does your company do to encourage employee engagement?

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Banking Employee engagement Customer centricity Surveys 150