ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A customer success platform for managing interactions in a single space. How to train new CX processes Refining your current CX processes and training your team is crucial for developing a more customer-centric team culture and building a well-oiled machine. Regularly update training materials based on customer feedback.

B2C 356

B2C Customer centricity Feedback Upselling 356

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Changing the culture within your organization is vital if you want to deliver a Customer Experience that fosters customer loyalty and retention. I was running a workshop with a utility client many years ago about the concept of Customer Experience. Culture change is not easy.

Airlines 417

Airlines Customer centricity Call Center Quality management 417

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Customer Centricity: A Definition, Examples, & Best Practices by Charlie Mitchell (CX Today) Brands that have achieved customer centricity are 60 percent more profitable than those that haven’t, according to Deloitte. Let’s learn from some of the best. Unfortunately, very few brands have.

Customer Service 200

Customer Service Customer centricity Entertainment Airlines 200

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 14, 2015

During a recent series of stakeholder behavior instructional workshops conducted for our clients, one of the strongest areas of interest among workshop participants was how to gain senior management support and sponsorship for various customer-related and employee-related initiatives. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

Customer centricity 199

Customer centricity Airlines Enterprise Consulting 199

ShepHyken

AUGUST 25, 2024

10 Barriers to Building a Customer-Centric Culture—And How to Overcome Them by Chris Brown (CustomerThink) Creating a customer-centric culture isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a business imperative. Customer centricity should be part of an organization’s vision and values statements. That’s where it starts!

Customer Service 223

Customer Service Chatbots Customer centricity Self service 223

ShepHyken

JUNE 26, 2023

Manage each of those moments the right way, and the customer comes back. Your CX Altitude Change: Customer Centricity to Life Centricity by Julia Ahlfeldt (CMSWire) It’s high time that businesses realize customers aren’t one-dimensional. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

Customer Service 43

Customer Service Customer centricity B2C Entertainment 43

CX Accelerator

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Collaboration with Ben Motteram and Nate Brown To transform an organization into one that is more customer centric is a complex task that requires many different skills. Customer experience is multi-disciplinary. Empathy and sensitivity are the traits you would look for in a person managing an EX program.

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Journey mapping Customer centricity Analytics Government 307

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

This article on hyper-personalization shows how AI can quickly learn about customers and offer them an experience that feels like it is just for them. How do you know if you’re a customer-centric organization? The questions to ask are these: 1) Do you listen to customers? 2) Do you observe how your organization operates?

Customer Service 190

Customer Service Customer centricity Personalization Customer Experience 190

ShepHyken

MARCH 31, 2024

According to the authors, “While the private sector has found that keeping customers at the center of their operations improves their overall performance, similar realization is taking root in governments.” My Comment: What is customer science? This was a new term for me, and it probably is for you, too.

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Government Customer Service B2B B2C 230

ShepHyken

AUGUST 29, 2023

Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. Learn more about Shep’s customer service and customer experience keynote speeches and his customer service training workshops at www.Hyken.com. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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Sales Customer Service Customer Support Customer Experience 320

ShepHyken

AUGUST 11, 2024

Yet most self-service experiences are unsuccessful, leaving customers frustrated while increasing organizational costs. My Comment: Next month, I’ll be traveling to Dubai to speak at MIT Sloan Management Review’s Customer Centricity Summit and Awards. This short article has a few details about the event.

Customer Service 223

Customer Service Self service Airlines Government 223

ijgolding

AUGUST 20, 2017

Looking back through my articles over the last few months, a great number have made the connection between strong, customer centric leadership and the ability to drive an effective and sustainable approach to Customer Experience. Talk to customers – all the time! b) how many customers have you spoken to this year?

Customer centricity 83

Customer centricity Customer Experience Feedback Enterprise 83

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Customer Centricity: How to Always Put the Customer First by Fernanda Alvarez Pineiro (Startups.co.uk) If the words “customer is King” have recently graced your LinkedIn feed with their presence or starred in your recent business conversations, you are probably attuned to the growing trend that is customer centricity.

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Customer centricity Customer Service Customer Experience Feedback 166

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The same principle of gradual improvement through diligent effort holds true for Customer Experiences. Achieving a customer-centric organization isn’t an overnight switch. It evolves over time, with incremental enhancements fostering a culture and experience centered around customers. How can we help?

Consulting 221

Consulting Consulting Customer centricity Education 221

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. delivers global workshops on delivering the ultimate customer service experience. Kate Nasser.

Customer centricity 264

Customer centricity Consulting Consulting Metrics 264

ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2023

Customer Centricity: Benefits and Implementation Tips by Fabyio Villegas (QuestionPro) Today, companies in every industry face a battle for customer loyalty. This is why organizations have implemented an approach called customer centricity. My Comment: What is customer centricity?

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Customer centricity Customer Service Chatbots Customer Experience 156

ShepHyken

MAY 19, 2024

Take Out Your Customers’ Trash by Chip Bell (Forbes) Customers today have higher expectations and shorter patience with a much greater propensity to go elsewhere with their cash if hassled. That should be a wake-up call to ramp up close attention to service garbage—whatever agitates your customers.

Customer Service 223

Customer Service Government Banking Customer centricity 223

ShepHyken

JUNE 19, 2023

Whether you have a small business or a large brand, some tips and ideas in this article will help you attract and keep your customers. Apple’s Vision Pro and Steve Jobs’ Legacy of Customer-Centric Innovation by Justin Racine (CMSWire) Steve Jobs was known for his unwavering commitment to what he believed was best for consumers.

Customer Service 38

Customer Service Journey mapping Customer centricity Metrics 38

ShepHyken

MARCH 18, 2024

How Positive Employee Experience Can Make Companies Truly Customer-Centric by Katie Whitehouse (diginomica) There’s an intrinsic link between customer experience and employee experience. Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author.

Customer Service 223

Customer Service Government Customer centricity Customer Experience 223

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 4, 2024

From a business perspective, the same concept applies to Customer Experiences. You can’t flip a switch and get the organization to be customer-centric. It should happen over time, with incremental improvements moving everyone to a customer-centric culture and experience. Speak to Colin and find out more.

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Customer centricity Morale Finance Education 243

ijgolding

DECEMBER 3, 2014

During these conversations, it has become abundantly clear that those who know a lot about Legal and Accounting firms are concerned that they are amongst the most ‘un-customer centric’ organisations on the planet. This is what I am being told – and it does not sound very customer centric to me! They are not alone.

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Customer centricity Customer Experience Customer retention Sales 90

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 16, 2023

And with AI and digital experiences, how can we maintain customer love? Beyond Products: How Brands Are Cultivating Trust in the Age of Customer-Centricity by Sohaib Ahmed (Total Retail) In the last few decades, the market has witnessed a gradual power shift between brands and consumers. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

Customer Service 35

Customer Service Customer centricity Self service Customer Experience 35

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 23, 2024

You can tell a lot about an organization’s sophistication regarding customer centricity based on how it assesses the quality assurance of a call center. Listening to calls and talking to agents reveals what’s happening daily and is far more relevant regarding an organization’s true Customer Experience.

Customer centricity 195

Customer centricity Call Center Banking Customer emotions 195

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. Learn more about Shep’s customer service and customer experience keynote speeches and his customer service training workshops at www.Hyken.com. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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Sales Customer Experience Customer Service Customer Support 255

Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 26, 2023

2 : How Customer-Centric is Your Organization? Customer-centricity is foundational to delivering an excellent Customer Experience. They often tell us that they are not customer-centric at all. We measure Customer Centricity on a model from low to high. Speak to Colin and find out more.

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Customer centricity Construction Education Surveys 195

ShepHyken

JANUARY 7, 2024

Whatever drives repeat business – and ideally, customer loyalty – is a good program. After all, they want those customers to keep coming back and, ideally, be so pleased with how they are treated that they tell their friends about the business. I’m often asked to define customer centricity.

Customer Service 186

Customer Service Contact Center Customer centricity Banking 186

CX Global Media

OCTOBER 15, 2018

To be intentional and proactive in their response, executives are investing in the transformation of their training courses in leadership for supervisors because the frontline is where the customer-centric battle will be won. Being a good agent does not translate to being a good supervisor.

Contact Center 269

Contact Center Morale Call Center Metrics 269

ClearAction

JANUARY 8, 2024

Insights Utilization Rate Drives Growth Through Customer-Centric Organizations Lynn Hunsaker Customer-centric organizations use experience insights as the basis for each work group’s thinking and actions. Centric means aligned : customers’ well-being is the center of every decision).

Customer centricity 62

Customer centricity Chief Customer Officer Metrics Enterprise 62

ShepHyken

MAY 28, 2023

by Tom Wormald (CustomerThink) Businesses talk a big game about customer needs, specifically the ways their particular products can meet those needs. We call this the ‘customer centric’ approach which puts the customer ‘at the heart of everything a business does’. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

Customer Service 168

Customer Service Customer centricity B2C Government 168

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

On the heels of ChatGPT’s release, AI became a part of everyday consumers’ lives seemingly overnight and propelled equally rapid AI adoption in customer service. As businesses navigated through unprecedented changes, CX leaders found themselves at the forefront, steering their organizations towards a new era of customer-centricity.

Customer Service 172

Customer Service Customer advocacy Average Handle Time Customer centricity 172

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 20, 2024

Surge Pricing is not a customer-centric policy. Without that strategic, customer-benefit-heavy communication, you turn your dynamic pricing game-changer tool into a deal breaker. Colin has conducted numerous educational workshops, on how to improve your Customer Experience , to inspire and motivate your team.

Airlines 195

Airlines Customer centricity Wait times Education 195

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

So, to summarize why leading with humans is a better AI strategy, we have the following points: The best-case scenario would be to reduce the repetitive tasks so employees can do better customer-centric work for customers and the company. He prides himself on making this fun, humorous, and practical.

Customer Experience 221

Customer Experience Chatbots Customer centricity Education 221

CX Global Media

DECEMBER 28, 2017

He’d put people through workshops and help them individually learn the skills of change but they get back to the organization or get back to the team and they’re not changing and so their motivation runs out. So, your customer-centric change can’t be either/or it’s got to be both.

Contact Center 159

Contact Center Coaching Customer centricity Customer effort 159

Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

Amanda is a highly experienced customer experience consultant, adviser, and writer. She has helped organizations of all sizes and sectors transform themselves into customer-centric ones. His areas of expertise, among others, are customer acquisition, customer development, and customer loyalty.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Consulting Consulting 130

Lumoa

JANUARY 31, 2023

Voice of the customer: where to start? Define Roles Set targets Collect customer feedback Analyze the feedback Act on the feedback Close the loop with the customers Enhance customer-centric culture Recommended reading on Customer experience Why do you need Customer Experience Management?

Customer Experience 165

Customer Experience Customer centricity Metrics Feedback 165

ShepHyken

JUNE 11, 2023

9 Building Blocks Toward Exceptional Customer Experience by Olga Potaptseva (CMSWire) What do Amazon, Starbucks, Tesla, Airbnb and Zappos have in common? They’re big companies, yes, but they’re also guided by a customer-centric approach to business, which is built on a foundation of customer service excellence.

B2B 156

B2B B2C Customer Service Advertising 156

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Foster Community and Networking Opportunities One of the main attractions of flexible workspaces is the opportunity to connect and collaborate with like-minded professionals, so bring it!

Customer Experience 160

Customer Experience Feedback Customer centricity CRM 160