ShepHyken

MARCH 18, 2022

One last point here about the behaviors you get – especially as we think about the behaviors required in a customer-centric culture. If you reward sales and growth but talk about being customer-obsessed, the behavior you see will still only be sales-driven, not customer-driven. One last point.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Here are some great examples from different environments of working with natural tendencies to achieve a desired outcome: An American football coach named Tony Dungy propelled one of the worst teams in the NFL to the Super Bowl by focusing on how his players habitually reacted to on-field cues.

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CX Global Media

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Coaching is the #1 agent experience focus for 2018. He mentioned that in over 25 years of consulting, he learned, that we are pathetic at change. So, your customer-centric change can’t be either/or it’s got to be both. Coaching is the #1 agent experience focus in contact centers!” – Click to Tweet.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 28, 2015

I tried to coach her on saying no in a positive way, but she couldn’t adjust her ways. Personally, I value people who challenge me in a positive way… this means not just saying “Yes!” I had to fire a person whose default was “Yes!” Because she just said yes to everyone and then didn’t deliver on these. Indiscriminately default to “No!”

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Totango

JANUARY 22, 2024

These use cases free up time spent on tasks like pre-calls or sifting through customer data, empowering customer success managers (CSMs) to focus on more strategic initiatives and consultative customer guidance. Totango is excited about the future of customer success and the role we can play in business growth for 2024.

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JustCall

MARCH 8, 2023

Annette Franz is a renowned customer experience thought leader, consultant, coach, and author with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Diane has a proven ability to identify opportunities in customer interactions, partnering with companies of all sizes to enhance their customer experience practices.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Throughout his time as a leader and consultant, Peter has found that the top-performing and best customer success leaders have a few things in common.

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SaaS Customer centricity Coaching CRM 52

ChurnZero

MAY 3, 2022

Start with: CSM Mastermind: Sharing Customer Feedback Effectively. CSM Mastermind: Handling High-Risk Customers and Preventing Churn. Start with: Becoming Customer-Centric (playlist) : How to champion CS within your organization. Scaling Customer Success (playlist) : Working smarter to scale through automation and data.

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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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Nicereply

MARCH 23, 2021

Customer Service Experts, Writers, Consultants, and Influencers. Mathew Patterson – Customer Service Evangelist at HelpScout. Blake Morgan – Influencer, Customer Experience Consultant and all around smart lady, Blake’s been sharing her knowledge as a Forbes contributor for years, host of The Modern Customer Podcast.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Downie is committed to the idea that leadership is key for having an excellent Customer Experience. He believes that his job is to direct, lead, coach, drive the breakdown truck and then coach again. Most of all, his leadership and emphasis on Customer Experience is the key to its success. Individual development.

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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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Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The report also explains that advanced technologies, like AI and machine learning, also enhance the efficiency and impact of CS teams by: Extracting actionable insights from customer data to prompt customer-centric business decisions. Analyzing extensive datasets to forecast trends.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

While leaders often ask agents to ‘walk in the customer’s shoes’, such advice usually exacerbates these negative consequences. Understand that the problem is not empathy in itself but how it is coached. About the Author Graeme Meikle is a Senior Workforce Management Consultant at Calabrio.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Leading research and consulting firm Gartner predicts that Conversational AI will reduce contact centre labour costs by $80billion in 2026 and over the same period, one in 10 agent interactions (10%) will be automated, an increase from an estimated 1.6% of interactions today. About the Author Dave Hoekstra is Product Evangelist at Calabrio.

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Robert Davis

AUGUST 13, 2019

Davis and Associates to bring modern consulting practices and state-of-the-art omnichannel contact center technology to midsize and enterprise organizations. Davis and Associates provide the most effortless and personalized omnichannel technology to companies looking to revolutionize customer communications in their industry.

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Customer Guru

MARCH 1, 2018

At Customer Guru, we firmly believe that the only way more Indian businesses can become sustainable and globally competitive is by focusing on Customer Experience (CX). Thus, we are dedicated to spreading this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In this blog, we bring you to a few of those Customer Success leaders, our very own mentors, and popularly known influencers. He is a world-renowned Customer Success growth expert, consultant, and thought leader, Lincoln is one of those celebrated earliest evangelists for Customer Success. Lincoln Murphy. Nils Vinje.

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Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

You will need to be their coach because this orientation will inevitably force them to confront their own organizational challenges as they set about to retool and reorient the way their individual teams operate. The answer to this (customer-centricity), and the consensus opinion, sounds so simple and it belies a hard truth.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Focus on quick wins that bring instant value such as setting up proactive alerts and reach-outs, self-service, and online content enhancements, or coaching and policy changes. They may offer alternative solutions to improve customer outcomes, producing a win-win situation. That way, customers are more likely follow their lead.

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Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

Customer Care & Contact Center Influencers Mike Aoki Bio: Contact center expert and trainer for Agents (customer service, dealing with "irates," sales skills) and Managers (coaching, presentation skills). I tweet about customer focus, leadership, IT, and tech. Connect: @mikeaoki Roy Atkinson Bio:Sr. Tweets are my own.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2022

From hiring new agents to training new joiners and developing existing team members, prioritise the top five behaviours that are the hallmarks of good customer conversations: empathy, helpfulness, adaptability, active listening, and patience. Graeme Meikle is a Senior Consultant at Calabrio. About the Author. About Calabrio.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

C3 2022 saw hundreds of in-person and virtual attendees at dozens of sessions, ask the experts consultations, solutions expos, and a variety of networking opportunities. About Calabrio. Calabrio is a trusted ally to leading brands.

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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. If we can convert 10% of these customers, we will now have 1,000 more highly satisfied customers.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

C3 2022 saw hundreds of in-person and virtual attendees at dozens of sessions, ask the experts consultations, solutions expos, and a variety of networking opportunities. About Calabrio. Calabrio is a trusted ally to leading brands.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service SaaS Customer centricity Coaching 52

Customer Guru

MARCH 1, 2018

At Customer Guru, we firmly believe that the only way more Indian businesses can become sustainable and globally competitive is by focusing on Customer Experience (CX). Thus, we are dedicated towards spreading this awareness, inspiring and guiding professionals to adopt and inculcate a customer-centric approach.

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Customer centricity Coaching Employee engagement Metrics 79

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

More brands will (and should) bring up customer feedback to the decision-makers in the company, and with the help of some new amazing technologies we’re changing the way businesses see their customers. It’s not about software or a number – if you focus only on the NPS score you will never deliver the game-changing customer experience.

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aircall

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Every type of organization has suffered the impact from SMBs to large companies or sales consultants. This leads me to the next point, a modern sales process must be both milestone-centric and customer-centric. In this context, a sales manager must rethink the concept of customer centricity. That’s huge!

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Sales Customer centricity Coaching CRM 83

Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Customer Success becomes a “must-have” in a tumultuous economy, increasing the need for Customer Success as a Service ®. ESG, the market leader in Customer Success as a Service ® is proud to announce record-breaking 2020 year-end results. ESG 2020 News: ESG’s total book of business increased by 40% year-over-year.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 26, 2023

Investing in automated performance coaching solutions that connect to WFM will create a robust QM framework and adds further flexibility to often complex contact centre environments. About the Author Nick Brook is a Senior WFM Consultant/Project Manager at Calabrio. For more flex-boosting tips and techniques, visit Calabrio.

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ChurnZero

MAY 3, 2022

Start with: CSM Mastermind: Sharing Customer Feedback Effectively CSM Mastermind: Handling High-Risk Customers and Preventing Churn Moments of Truth (playlist): Focused, impactful CS advice from leaders. Start with: Becoming Customer-Centric (playlist) : How to champion CS within your organization.

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Journey mapping SaaS Customer centricity Education 52

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

To get a CEO’s perspective on the matter, ChurnZero’s You Mon Tsang joined ESG for a special CEO panel on “ The economy and Customer Success: The impact and what to do about it ,” with ‘nuffsaid’s Chris Hicken and Kapta’s Alex Raymond. Difficult conversations lead to deeper customer connections. Learn from three SaaS CEOs.

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SaaS Customer centricity Finance Best practices 98

Customer Guru

MARCH 7, 2018

Maneesha Pednekar is currently working as the Director – Quality for Atos in India and drives initiatives on Quality & Customer Experience. She is a Certified Customer Experience Professional from the CXPA (US). She is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and has trained in profiling and assessing for Emotional Intelligence.

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Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Below we’ve compiled a list of 13 of the most important customer success skills to look for in a CS manager. 13 Important Customer Success Manager Skills: Top traits to look for in a customer success manager include: Empathy. Coaching and training. Coaching and Training. Interpersonal skills. Problem-solving.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

Andrea Belk Olson has a 20-year, field-tested background that provides unique, applicable approaches to creating more customer-centric organizations. A 4-time ADDY® award-winner, she began her career at a tech start-up and led the strategic marketing efforts at two global industrial manufacturers.

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Our tools empower call centers to harness the potential of data analytics, ensuring decisions are data-driven and customer-centric. Real-time Monitoring and Reporting Nobelbiz’s solutions allow for real-time monitoring of customer interactions. That’s the essence of delivering remarkable experiences.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This is a guest article by Michael Su , senior consultant of Customer Success, The Success League. Customer Success is still a young field and a new concept for many companies. When I ventured out to build my first Customer Success department at a tech software company, my leadership team thought I was nuts.

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