Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

To create a great experience you have to define which areas that Customers most value and exceed these aspects of the Customer Experience. Defining these areas implies knowing what the Customer’s Expectations are. Most organizations know what their Customer rational expectations are.

Customer centricity 419

Customer centricity Customer emotions Consulting Consulting 419

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.

Customer Experience 300

Customer Experience Customer centricity Scripts Customer emotions 300

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.

Journey mapping 384

Journey mapping Customer centricity Employee engagement Customer Experience 384

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.

Customer centricity 409

Customer centricity Customer emotions Employee engagement Customer retention 409

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The Customer Experiences I have in the UK are not as good as I have in the USA, now there is evidence to back this up. Per the 8th annual “ Customer Experience Excellence Study” published by KPMG Nunwood, shows that Customer Experience in the UK is lagging. Secondly, the UK are not as customer-centric as U.S

Customer centricity 382

Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Banking 382

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

We use a Customer Experience Assessment model called Naive to Natural to assess whether companies focus on Customers primarily. 7 Reasons Brand and Customer Experience Are Disconnected. 7 Reasons Brand and Customer Experience Are Disconnected. How to Make or Break Your Customer Experience.

Advertising 324

Advertising Customer centricity Marketing Customer Experience 324

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 14, 2015

So, as the various channels of your Experience expand, and more of your Customers exercise their option to contact you through another channel, consistency becomes even more important. It makes a consistent Customer Experience, through ALL of your channels including self-service, critical to maintaining the trust.

Self service 402

Self service Best practices Customer Experience Call Center 402

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 16, 2020

A customer-centric culture is the “make or break” component of any customer experience initiative. While there is certainly no perfect culture, there are those environments that give life to customer experience work, and those that make it nearly impossible. Then let’s dive right in! Stage Two, The Fence.

Customer centricity 182

Customer centricity Construction Technical Support Coaching 182

CX Accelerator

JANUARY 16, 2020

A customer-centric culture is the “make or break” component of any customer experience initiative. While there is certainly no perfect culture, there are those environments that give life to customer experience work, and those that make it nearly impossible. Then let’s dive right in! Stage Two, The Fence.

Customer centricity 182

Customer centricity Construction Technical Support Coaching 182

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

What wasn’t so completely understood at the time is that that this level of employee commitment and personal investment also positively impacted the employee experience. Customer experience pros can argue back-and-forth about whether a vendor can create deep emotions such as bonding and love in a customer.

Employee engagement 364

Employee engagement Consulting Consulting Enterprise 364

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 18, 2017

Overall, the newspaper reported, airlines did a better job on some measures in 2016 than in 2015, with 7 percent fewer late arrivals. Alaska Airlines earned top rank for the second year in a row, but as a customer experience consultant, I was just as interested in the airlines at the bottom. How was it?

Airlines 305

Airlines Consulting Consulting Customer centricity 305

PeopleMetrics

JULY 14, 2015

These individuals received the most customer recognition through PeopleMetrics customer experience software in 2014, proving their consistency in going above and beyond to deliver for customers. Winners of the 2015 Award are: Jen Beier of 1st National Bank. Want to learn more about customer centricity?

Brand ambassadors 88

Brand ambassadors Customer centricity Banking Feedback 88

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 8, 2014

By 2015, eBay plans to establish PayPal as its own company to make my prophecy become reality. Coming out from under eBay’s shadow will let them blossom, into what I hope will become a Customer-centric organization. They have Customer-centric leadership. Competition is great for Customer Experience.

Customer centricity 276

Customer centricity Customer retention Customer emotions Airlines 276

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 19, 2015

between January and February, 2015 (to 32.9%) and that this new level was the highest engagement rate reported in the past three years. Typically, there is little or no mention/inclusion of ‘customer’ or ‘customer focus’ elements either in measurement or analysis of employee engagement. Register here. The post “U.S.

Employee engagement 261

Employee engagement Customer Experience Consulting Consulting 261

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 6, 2016

As a Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy , we have worked in China on a few occasions. We learned a few things about what to do and what not to do there, as it pertains to Customer Experience. China is still in the early stages of Customer Experience discovery.

Customer centricity 283

Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Customer emotions 283

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 3, 2015

It was the first few days after I had been promoted to the SVP, Customer Experience for British Telecom a number of years ago. It just shows the lack of Customer Centricity of the organization. How could we save costs AND improve the Customer Experience? Let me give you an example. We didn’t care.

Advertising 365

Advertising Customer centricity Marketing Customer Experience 365

ijgolding

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As I continue to develop my Customer Experience Specialism around the globe, a number of questions are continually raised by the people I meet. What is fascinating about the questions I am asked, is that more often than not, most organisations have started their journey to becoming Customer Centric.

Customer centricity 105

Customer centricity Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Construction 105

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 15, 2015

consumers said they have stopped doing business with companies that blow it with Customer service. According to the 2015 U.K. State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Parature and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, it’s not a moment too soon. They evoke the wrong Customer emotions during the experience.

Customer Service 379

Customer Service Multichannel Self service CRM 379

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 9, 2015

Michael O’Leary credits Ryanair’s Always Getting Better (AGB) Customer experience program as a catalyst for these results. O’Leary and others said the AGB program is transforming their Customer Experience, service and the way they treat Customers. What do you think of Ryanair’s new Customer program?

Airlines 344

Airlines B2C Surveys B2B 344

TechSee

APRIL 10, 2019

In the highly competitive telecom industry, customer experience is a critical factor in building and maintaining a competitive advantage. A recent report by Forrester takes this concept one step further by proving that improving customer experience in telecoms delivers a boost to all KPIs. BT – Customer-centric culture.

Customer Experience 154

Customer Experience Customer centricity Interactive Voice Response Wireless 154

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

Customer centricity 230

Customer centricity Customer emotions Customer retention Customer Experience 230

Customers That Stick

JANUARY 5, 2015

Happy New Year, and welcome to the first Customers That Stick TM blog post of 2015! To begin, we’ll be creating more free resources you can use to enhance your customer service and customer experiences. You will find even more helpful resources posted as 2015 progresses. Retirement of The Monthly Mash.

Surveys 111

Surveys Customer centricity Education Customer Experience 111

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

September is the month where Customer Experience in the UK is celebrated – and celebrated in style. On Friday 25th September 2015, hundreds of passionate Professionals who excel in demonstrating the power of Customer Experience, convened in London for the UK Customer Experience Awards.

Customer Experience 104

Customer Experience Journey mapping Customer centricity Employee engagement 104

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 23, 2015

The customer experience (CX) space has experienced a similar trend. Temkin Group recently predicted that this will be the year of the employee, and MCorpConsulting states that customer-centric culture is a top priority for companies serious about customer experience improvement. It takes grit.

Customer centricity 97

Customer centricity Journey mapping Feedback Enterprise 97

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

For the last six years, Nunwood (now a part of the KPMG family) have been assessing how customer centric well known brands are across three continents. Last year, Nunwood’s UK analysis concluded that ‘Customer Excellence is here: it’s just not evenly distributed yet’. The 2015 results appear to go a step further.

Customer Experience 87

Customer Experience Advertising Banking Customer centricity 87

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 14, 2016

Based on insights from the Temkin Group report’s State of CX Metrics, 2015, a recent LinkedIn infographic post by CXPA co-founder Bruce Temkin labeled customer experience metrics as “Immature, But Improving”. Further, they are principally macro measures, and limited as enablers for taking detailed, granular experience action.

Metrics 150

Metrics Customer Experience Consulting Consulting 150

PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 12, 2015

We have 12 months to kick butt with our customer-centric goals. Superhero fantasies aside, what do you want achieve in 2015 with your customer experience efforts? Do you have a succinct definition of your customer experience goal? To become NPS Olympians. Sure, we CX professionals are a hopeful bunch.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Customer centricity Wireless B2B 130

CCNG

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Less than half of CX execs trust their company's ability to deliver great experiences. Here are over 100 customer experience stats and trends for you to discover. 99% of Customer Experience and Success leaders believe CEM has a positive impact on their business. Only 8% of their customers agreed.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Journey mapping Metrics Surveys 195

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 26, 2015

Costco managed that lack of stress handily, and the experience offers four lessons, each of which can benefit your own business’s trek to customer centricity. Their brand, corporate mythos, and customer advocacy played a large part in my stepping through their sliding glass door in the first place. Mary, June 2015.

Customer centricity 102

Customer centricity Customer advocacy Employee engagement B2B 102

Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Lately, my Customer Experiences have been lousy. At the beginning of the pandemic, I was more understanding when Customer Experiences weren’t great. The culture of an organization shows how customer-centric they are. If you choose not to “read between the lines,” your customers surely will.

Consulting 383

Consulting Consulting Call Center Metrics 383

Contact Center Pipeline

JUNE 9, 2015

Greetings from Engage 2015, The Verint Systems Global Customer Conference, in Las Vegas (June 8th-11th)! The event got off to a great start Monday evening with an opening session that highlighted the rapid evolution of customer-centric strategy from managing the customer experience to customer engagement optimization.

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Customer centricity Management Call Center 100

ijgolding

DECEMBER 30, 2014

As we approach the last 24 hours before the end of 2014, I feel it is time to reflect on the last twelve months in the world of Customer Experience. Twelve months is not a particularly long time in the context of a lifetime of experiences, yet it is remarkable what progress can be made in 365 days. JD Williams. Virgin Media.

Customer Experience 85

Customer Experience Customer centricity Personalization 85

PeopleMetrics

JUNE 16, 2015

(DISCLAIMER: The CX Feud is a game in which 150 customer experience professionals took our assessment about the presence, or absence, of customer centricity practices in their organizations. When it comes to customer experience activities and commitment, leaders appear to be: 1. The Survey Says.

Customer centricity 96

Customer centricity Employee engagement Surveys Feedback 96

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Having a Customer-Centric culture doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of work and concentration to create a deliberate Customer experience from all the parts of your organization. The reason you are delivering the Customer experience you do today is because of the way the organization is.

Customer centricity 170

Customer centricity Customer emotions Customer retention Customer Experience 170

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Until recently, contact centers were playing a passive role in customer service by responding to basic queries, but not necessarily playing any major role in the strategy for customer experience (CX). Therefore, making use of state of the art could be a means to reach the goal of delighting the customer. Conclusion.

Contact Center 114

Contact Center Customer Service Virtual Agent Chatbots 114

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Customer-Centric Marketing: Align for Growth Lynn Hunsaker. Customer-centric marketing has several layers of meaning. The most popular layer means personalization of communications, toward increasing customer lifetime value. First Layer: All Customer Touch-Points. Second Layer: Consistency.

Customer centricity 74

Customer centricity Marketing Customer Experience Management 74

Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management, and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of CustomerThink.com, the world’s largest community dedicated to customer-centric business. Our customers won’t notice.” Bob Thompson is CEO of CustomerThink Corp., Joseph Michelli, Ph.D.,

Customer centricity 264

Customer centricity Metrics Consulting Consulting 264