bold360 Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

But what are you doing – really doing – to support the employee experience (EX)? Many companies over-index on investing in customer experience (CX) compared to EX. Of course you want the customer experience to the best it can be. And yes, we’re talking all employees. Empowering Frontline Employees.

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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. Articles on Employee Empowerment.

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Interaction Metrics

MAY 16, 2024

Can you read your customers’ minds? I didn’t think so — which is why you’re reading about customer experience research firms. Pick the right firm, and you’ll understand your customers and get inside their heads! Do we have friction points that frustrate our customers?

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This week we feature an article by Tanya Ahmed, a Digital Marketer of Vantage Circle , a cloud-based employee engagement platform. She writes about what customers expect from companies in 2021 and what they actually get. Here are five ways to turn disconnected customers into loyal customers: .

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ShepHyken

MAY 27, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Sowmya Juttukonda, content developer & digital media specialist at Knowmax , a knowledge management system to enhance customer service. She shares how organizations can create an environment that motivates employees to become more productive and improve customer experience.

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delighted

JUNE 22, 2021

In a world where buzzwords seem to fluctuate daily, employee engagement remains one of the hottest topics in HR after over two decades in the spotlight. What is employee engagement? Engagement is an attitude that employees form about their organization and their work. Why is employee engagement so important?

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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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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Customer Experience as an industry is at a crossroads. 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. It’s time to put up or shut up.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2023

Bob Dylan once sang, ‘The Times They Are a-Changin’ and when it comes to prioritising employee engagement, this is certainly true. One of the positives to come out of the pandemic is that it made every customer service department think more about the wellbeing of employees than ever before.

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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

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 must line up the external experience to the internal one.

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aircall

JANUARY 28, 2019

Although there are many ways to measure engagement and morale in the workplace, the most accurate way to know is to ask people directly. Employee engagement surveys let you get the information straight from your team, while maintaining the honesty and privacy of each team member. Clear Questions. That includes surveys.

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Edify

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The mantra ‘happy employees equal happy customers’ has never been more true than right now. That means it’s critical to put extra emphasis and focus on the employee experience now, given what everyone is going through this year.

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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

JULY 22, 2021

For example, one of the recent debates asked the question, is Customer Experience the new marketing? . Sherman is the Director of Customer Experience and employee engagement by day and the founder of DoingCXRight.com by night. In my view, I do not think Customer Experience replaces traditional marketing.

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Monet Software

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A long-term, customized employee engagement strategy should be the ultimate goal for any call center. But maybe you just need to boost motivation, morale and workforce engagement as this crazy year (finally!) 8 Highlight customer experience. comes to a close. 6 Solidify skills.

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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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ShepHyken

JANUARY 15, 2024

An accountability mindset in customer service empowers employees to actively choose behaviors that improve customer experience and ensure success. Recognize the temptations of short-term payoffs and their negative impact on your long-term achievements.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Likewise for agents, if they don’t feel engaged, appreciated, or see a growth path, they too can take their talent to another organization. In a buyer’s market, what is the future of workforce engagement? How do you keep your best employees engaged, motivated, and empowered? What is Workforce Engagement?

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Edify

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now that companies and customers are settling into a whole new way of living and working (what has become the "new normal"), how do we keep business momentum moving? Our world and our lives as we knew them changed overnight, with little to no warning.

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Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

What is an employee experience and why does it matter? Whatever industry you are in, delivering outstanding customer experience is most probably one of the major goals of your business. In fact, according to the Deloitte survey , 84% of executives rate employee experience as important. Wrapping up.

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ProProfs Blog

MARCH 5, 2019

Organizations gather customer experience data through CSAT (customer satisfaction) surveys that are built into their help desk ticketing systems. Conducting such surveys helps them in finding out the challenges faced by customers over time. Gathering data from customers helps to improve their service experience as well.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 17, 2016

In our customer experience consultancy, we see employee stress and burnout as barriers to providing an exceptional customer experience. If Huffington succeeds in transforming the way that companies view stress and performance, she could also help make it easier for companies to improve customer experiences.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

When you’re working in a contact center, this is your reality — taking contact after contact, call after call, from people who either need support or are angry about their experience with your company’s product or solution. Learning how to motivate agents in this kind of environment can seem difficult, if not impossible.

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PeopleMetrics

JULY 31, 2015

If you can tell, we’re fans of using feedback in your customer experience strategy. It helps you keep tabs on your experience. However, when thinking about collecting feedback on the customer experience, we can limit ourselves to considering feedback from customers. It helps you gain perspective.

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Integrity Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2019

Top performing banks are the ones who always seem to go the extra mile to deliver memorable customer experiences. The banks’ customers are engaged, buy more, stay longer, and recommend the bank to their friends. We’ve all been hearing about engagement for so long, it’s almost become another intangible “soft” buzzword.

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Clarabridge

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

You can’t have a great customer experience without a great employee experience. The two are intrinsically linked: Great managers create great employees, who ultimately create great customer experiences. It’s also about employees showing empathy and understanding.

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Enghouse Interactive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

For organizations to improve their overall customer experience (CX), they must focus on how they engage with their customers, by listening understanding, and acting on what customers are telling you, and by ensuring that you’re providing your staff (front-line, back-office, and support) with the tools they need act efficiently and effectively.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 2, 2020

They’re empowered to answer customer questions. And they’re the experts on the needs of your customers. Every person who reaches out gets directed to the agent who knows how to best answer their inquiry in a reasonable time frame. How on earth do you reach this level of nirvana? Engaging Agent Skills.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Your first step to inspiring your agents at work is to recognize how difficult their jobs can be. . You’ll scramble to find new talent, and your customer experience, profits, and metrics will suffer. Do you tell agents how to fix things, or do you offer them a floor to share their ideas? Conferences. Job shadowing.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 12, 2021

Not only does it lead to higher profits and lowered costs, it also results in better employee engagement and improved customer experiences. As managers, you need to be aware of your agents’ performance to ensure a good customer experience. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Empathy towards customers so they feel heard and understood every step of the way. Once your agents have become experts at these skills, there’s no stopping them on their way to providing a stellar customer experience. . Introduce fun activities to keep employees engaged during their training. .

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ShepHyken

JUNE 26, 2023

Top Takeaways: You can only expect to deliver a remarkable customer experience if you have remarkable employees. People think that customer experience and employee experience are two different silos. The first 100 days are the most important time in the entire relationship with an employee.

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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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