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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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How Government (and Any Business) Can Transform Customer Experience with Gabriele Masili

ShepHyken

This episode of Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken answers the following questions and more: How can listening to customer exchanges improve overall service experiences? Why is it important to get feedback in real time? What strategies can organizations use to empower employees to improve customer interactions?

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How to Execute the Optimal Customer Experience with John Durocher

ShepHyken

Engaging customers through surveys and advisory boards (made up of customers) allows companies to understand their customers needs and generate new ideas. Customer surveys should be a two-way communication. Customers spend time answering customer feedback.

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Amazing Business Radio: Jason Bradshaw

ShepHyken

You don’t have to spend 12 months mapping out the customer journey before you start improving the CX. If you just focus on the feedback you already have from customers and employees, you’ll know where you need to start. About : Jason Bradshaw is the Chief Customer Officer at Volkswagon Group Australia.

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8 Ways to Tell Whether Your CEO Supports You

Beyond Philosophy

When a one-hour meeting spends five minutes or less on Customer issues and the other 55 minutes on sales, marketing, product development, and operations (with no mention of Customers at all), then it’s not a priority. Compare the amount of time your CEO reviews Customer feedback to the time he or she reviews spreadsheets.

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"Follow the Leader" Featuring Shep Hyken

Call Center Weekly

What is the most important role of the Chief Customer Officer? In my mind, there three important areas for the Chief Customer Officer to focus on: culture, systems and customer advocacy. When it comes to the culture, either the company is completely customer focused or it’s not.

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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.