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. There is a scarcity of knowledge on how to do better work in Customer Experience.

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Horizon CX

APRIL 1, 2024

Customer experience maturity is a way of measuring an organization’s ability to design and deliver a consistently positive customer experience. These characteristics may include: Customer-centric culture: The organization has a culture that is obsessed with the customer and focused on meeting their needs.

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Anexa BPO

MAY 24, 2023

In today’s hyper-connected and customer-centric business landscape, understanding and meeting customers where they are is vital for success. With the advent of digital channels, customers have more avenues than ever to voice their opinions and concerns.

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Beyond Morale

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

You can travel the world and the seven seas, everybody’s looking for customer-centric cultures. Some customers want to use you. Thanks to Annie Lennox, of the Eurythmics, for getting me to think about customer-centric cultures in a way that we all can relate to. Without customers they would not exist.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 19, 2023

Understanding customers is a key step to success, and organizations do it best when they have a customer experience department in place. This department is tasked with analyzing customer feedback and data and disseminating its findings to improve the organization’s processes, products, and services.

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Playvox

JANUARY 30, 2024

Numerous studies link employee satisfaction, performance, and engagement with management’s ability to provide actionable, positive feedback and coaching. According to a recent Gallup survey , only 23% of employees worldwide and 32% in the U.S. fall in the “engaged” category.

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Win the Customer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Monitoring these metrics allows senior service managers to ensure timely and effective support, thus enhancing the overall customer experience. Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Scores CSAT surveys provide direct feedback on customers’ satisfaction levels regarding specific interactions or experiences.

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Anexa BPO

JULY 4, 2022

If there was ever a good time for customer experience and employee experience processes to work in tandem, it’s now. VoE (Voice of the Employee) is a powerful concept that refers to businesses taking feedback from their employees and applying them to improvements that will benefit customer experience (CX).

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Anexa BPO

MAY 28, 2023

In today’s highly competitive business landscape, organizations are increasingly recognizing the pivotal role of customer experience (CX) in driving growth and achieving long-term success. Recent surveys reveal that compensating the value of ONE lost customer requires the acquisition of THREE new ones.

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ProProfs Blog

MAY 30, 2019

Your customers should not feel the need to move away to your competitor because they found your customer care operators to be inefficient or your support mechanism to be weak. Read on to learn the 10 steps that are a must in your customer success plan for ensuring greater customer success stories in your business.

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Nicereply

JUNE 26, 2023

eSAT stands for Employee Satisfaction. Like the customer-centric version, CSAT (or Customer Satisfaction), eSAT is a method of tracking how satisfied employees are within their role and your company, specifically through the use of surveys. Here’s an example of a simple eSAT survey from Nicereply.

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Genroe

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

So when you are considering investing considerable time and resources in rolling out a new customer feedback or Net Promoter® program you should make sure that why is the first question you ask as well. To Drive Employee Engagement. Again there are many versions of this answer: To support employees.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Not Meeting Customers’ Expectations Meeting customer expectations is crucial for maintaining customer satisfaction and loyalty. There are several ways you can bridge this gap: Conduct surveys, gather feedback, or analyze their reviews. Use improved communication to address issues before customers notice them.

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Customer Relationship Metrics

JULY 26, 2017

You’ve conducted surveys, created committees, put in recognition programs, and still you struggle. Effective setting of employee expectations is a critical part of successfully leading and managing a team. When an employee fails or performs poorly, call center managers typically do not blame themselves or the system.

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SharpenCX

JULY 26, 2023

It provides deeper insights on customers. Want to become more customer centric? Get to know your customers on a deeper level — not just their name, contact information, and purchased products, but their likes, dislikes, and inclinations for future purchases. Consider a customer focus group or advisory board.

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PeopleMetrics

MARCH 13, 2015

Communication is core to customer centricity. In our research into customer-centric culture , we''ve uncovered one cultural dimension that supports Employee Engagement and customer Net Promoter Scores more than any other. If they can, are you analyzing that feedback and closing the loop with them?

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Global Response

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It’s a strategy where absolutely everything comes back to your customer and their needs. In addition, Disney obsessively listened to and anticipated customer needs and feedback. As you can see, Starbucks didn’t need to reinvent the wheel in order to improve customer loyalty and customer-centricity.

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Horizon CX

MAY 19, 2023

Employees need to understand the reasons for the change, its implications, and how it aligns with the organization’s goals. They should be given opportunities to provide feedback, ask questions, and contribute ideas.

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TechSee

APRIL 16, 2019

Employers around the globe are facing the most severe recruitment crisis in 12 years, according to the latest Talent Shortage Survey , with 40% of companies surveyed reporting difficulties filling roles. Enhancing employee satisfaction and cutting agent attrition should also be core priorities. And they appreciate that.

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ClearAction

APRIL 3, 2015

Make sure employees buy into the Why not just the What. What is happening with employees is what will be reflected to customers: use #VoE as window to CX realities. If employee engagement is high and customer satisfaction is low, then you know you’ve got troubles. Customers First, or Employees First ?

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delighted

MARCH 15, 2019

First things first - what is a voice of the customer (VoC) program and why should you have one? A VoC program is the way a company gathers, analyzes, and acts on customer feedback to create a customer-centric culture. Using a dedicated voice of the customer platform is also an option. transaction).

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RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Customer channel preferences are increasingly important, with more knowledge, organizations can deliver better self-service. Optimization of this knowledge can be accelerated by leveraging artificial intelligence , and employee engagement is a powerful force that can be used to drive customer engagement.

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ClearAction

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Data Silos : data in disparate systems or mis-matching data — 1) center your data hub on customers, 2) agile-ize your operations data, 3) synthesize customer experience data: (a) bridging customer feedback silos, (b) bridging end-to-end customer experience management, (c) bridging customer experience management metrics.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 4, 2022

Customer-centricity is important for any organization’s culture. Customer-centric DNA means the person needs to have the qualities or features that fundamentally keep the customer at the center of every action. A customer-centric DNA is when the focus of your company is customer success.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Now, luckily for everyone and especially the customers, more and more brands put more and more effort into developing its customer experience. Short termism is mostly the result of a product-centric and “numbers focused” culture, which inevitably results in a “race to the bottom”. So, what should we expect in the nearest future?

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GetFeedback

MAY 9, 2019

What this actually looks like will vary by company, but the goal of CXM is always to increase customer satisfaction, loyalty, and brand advocacy while cutting costs. Stage 4 —O perationalize: You begin to re-design your company’s operational processes based on customer insight and other customer experience metrics.

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Callminer

JULY 23, 2019

Providing feedback to agents in your call center is entirely needed to maintain and improve a quality facility. The right encouragement, or even criticism, could dramatically alter agent performance, both for on-site employees and at-home agents. However, knowing how to deliver feedback can be tricky.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

AUGUST 10, 2018

While it might seem like it’s back-breaking to get a customer to buy, today’s empowered customer is also loyal–as long as they get their money’s worth. Businesses love to declare they’re customer-centric but fail to keep their customers. This involves being open to criticism from employees and peers.

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Russel Lolacher

APRIL 5, 2021

Understand that your audience is interested in your subject matter and really want to talk to you about it, whether it’s their opinion, their feedback, their research, etc. People want to be talked with, not talked at or down to – meet your customers in the same space they approach you. They want to spend time with you.

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ClearAction

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Peruse ClearAction articles, podcasts and webcasts, and ask how these best practices can be customized to your specific needs. 81% of companies with strong capabilities and competencies for delivering customer experience excellence are outperforming their competition.(1). Customer Experience Strategy : Exploring Success Factors.

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inmoment

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Insight #1: Optimize the feedback experience. It’s what your customers want. . Did you know that 70% of your customers want direct feedback? Our survey revealed that consumers want to be heard, but not in the same way as before. Traditional modes of feedback like long-winded surveys no longer cut it.

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PeopleMetrics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Customer data leaving you frustrated? We often find ourselves with lots of numbers representing our customers’ feedback, but few actionable insights to create the ultimate customer experience. You really care, so you send out carefully crafted surveys. Back-Stage Improvements: Employees want to be heard and valued.

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ClearAction

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Data Silos : data in disparate systems or mis-matching data — 1) center your data hub on customers, 2) agile-ize your operations data, 3) synthesize customer experience data: (a) bridging customer feedback silos, (b) bridging end-to-end customer experience management, (c) bridging customer experience management metrics.

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Etech GS

APRIL 30, 2019

Most businesses understand what’s at stake each time a customer needs to reach out, so what’s being done to ensure more positive experiences? While CSAT scores and KPIs still rule for some companies, others are taking a more customer-centric approach that has managed to completely alter the landscape of what contact centers could be.

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The Petrova Experience

APRIL 8, 2021

You would be surprised to learn how many organizations do not have employee engagement surveys. Or if they do, employees get a one-off survey and leaders take no action. In JetBlue, we surveyed each employee twice a year to measure changes in attitude and perception of the company and leadership.

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delighted

MARCH 4, 2020

Customer Experience Management can transform your organization into one that is customer focused, giving your team a mission and values to rally behind and a process for acting on them to benefit customers. This is a recipe for improved employee engagement and happiness, which translates to improved experiences for customers.

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Hello Customer

MARCH 15, 2022

Everyone in your organization has a role to play in optimizing customer experience, not just the people with a customer-facing job. It's a common mistake to assume that only the people who have contact with your customers are the only ones who should have a customer-centric mindset. Make sure you have a mission.

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