Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

They understand that delivering on the tangible and functional elements of value are just table stakes, and that connecting, and having an emotionally-based relationship with customers are keys to leveraging loyalty, advocacy, and brand-bonding behavior. Core concepts of customer experience and experience management.

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JULY 16, 2015

When we train front line people on how to read nonverbal communication, we recognize this is a critical part of emotional intelligence. When training front-line teams, it is critical they can interpret not only what Customers nonverbal clues communicate but also what they communicate with their own. Why Do You Sigh?

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The Five Rules for Measuring and Managing Customer Emotions. Ignoring emotion in your Customer Experience strategy is a big mistake and one you can’t afford to make. Incorporating ways to measure and manage customer emotions is critical for your business strategy today. Please tell us how we are doing!

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 7, 2024

In the middle is the emotional response to the process that leads to the behavior. However, it does require training. So, getting back to the four-box model and Emily’s pickle, it is important to identify whether what customers say they want is something you should do because it will produce value. Anyone can use it.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 20, 2016

If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: Training Employees on Nonverbal Clues. Colin Shaw is the founder and CEO of Beyond Philosophy , one of the world’s leading Customer experience consultancy & training organizations. Top 50 Marketing Thought Leader’ Reveals Latest Trend.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Train them a lot more than you do now. They might train on systems or operational tasks, but there is no additional training beyond the initial new-hire regimen. However, when you invest in training your employees, they tend to respond with more investment in the company mission. How to Measure Customer Emotions.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The idea I often share is that customer emotions influence over half of your Customer Experience. However, just knowing customers are emotional doesn’t help your business….unless How your customers feel about your experience is the most significant factor to your Customer Experience success.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We work with Customer Experience (CX) professionals around the world and train them on how to go about implementing CX programs. The main reason that an organization fails to improve their CX is because of their lack of Customer Centricity. The symptom is a poor experience; the cause is their lack of Customer centricity.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

From there you can map out these moments and design them to have a different emotional outcome that drives value for your organization. Step three: Train everyone on specific ways to deliver the experience you want. Training is of particular importance for those members of the team who interact with customers directly.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

Building strong customer relationships hinges on one key skill: empathy. Understanding a customers emotions and concerns can transform an average interaction into a memorable experience. But how do you effectively train for something as complex as empathy? 3 Ways AI Role-Playing Enhances Customer Empathy Training 1.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

I’m not sure that the word “customer” creates distance, but changing the word to something other than customer, such as people —or guest, client, member or even neighbor—could bring that customer emotionally closer. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 8, 2019

For example, we were doing work years ago in England with one of the train franchisees. The train company wanted customers to associate feeling cared for and reliable punctuality with their brand, which makes sense for a train company. I recommend you start by looking at these 20 emotions we’ve gone through today.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

To learn about understanding your customers and improving your Customer Experience join one of our training courses. We have a wide range of resources – ranging from learning the CX Essentials to the tools for a customer centricity assessment. Designing a Customer-Focused Process.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The key is to manage customers’ expectations and then exceed them. But if malls don’t pay attention to their customers’ emotional and subconscious experiences, those internet-proof tenants aren’t going to save them. As a customer, what do you think about a mall with nontraditional tenants? Good idea or bad?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In a webinar last Thursday, I revealed our seven strategic questions we developed over the past 15 years that can help you address your customers’ emotional needs. They include: What is the Customer Experience you are trying to deliver? Our first question helps you develop your Customer Experience program.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

These positive emotions can create positive memories about your brand that score big with customer loyalty. If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: · Industry Secrets Leaked: Predicting Customer Behavior. · How to Measure Customer Emotions. · What Can We Learn from Restaurants and Casinos?

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

At our consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, we have consistently found that customers’ emotional experience is the biggest driver of long-term value. One of the ways we help clients create this value is through our Emotional Signature that shows the company’s level of emotional engagement with customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 13, 2021

Train your people on how to evoke these emotions. However, with a little training, many people can learn how to do it well. As in all things Customer Experience, it is paramount that you measure how your changes have yielded value to the bottom line. Some people know naturally; many people don’t.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 12, 2016

You can also join one of our live, online, interactive training courses. If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: · Industry Secrets Leaked: Predicting Customer Behavior. · How to Measure Customer Emotions. · What Can We Learn from Restaurants and Casinos? The post The Future Today!

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Once you recognize the type of Customer currently in your experience, you have a set of appropriate responses that best appeal to that Customer Type. This customization requires a great deal of emotional intelligence and training in your Customer-facing employees.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 5, 2017

A new study by Calabrio reports that the majority of call center employees don’t feel trained to handle customer problems, making their jobs stressful and demotivating. Chances are your call center employees feel the same way—especially if you train like most companies do. Design, Then Disseminate.

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TeleDirect

JANUARY 15, 2025

What Is Empathy in Customer Service? In the context of customer service, it involves recognizing a customers emotions, acknowledging their concerns, and responding in a way that demonstrates understanding and care. FAQs About Empathy in Customer Service Q: Can empathy be taught to call center agents?

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 4, 2019

Now, machines are developing emotional intelligence as well. The latest developments in this field are changing the way we can measure authentic customer emotions in real time. We discussed how technology and facial recognition are changing how to measure authentic customer emotions in real time on our latest podcast.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 26, 2019

To that end, this episode of The Intuitive Customer discusses how organizations can take theories and use them in their everyday operations to improve the Customer Experience. ” It is not advisable to have a new Customer Experience program that you roll out without training. The word practical is significant here.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Some trains in England have lavender pumped into the carriages to create a calming travel experience. One Business-to-Business client talked to us about the smell of the engines they sell and how many Customers like that. Don’t underestimate the scent in your retail experience design.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 8, 2017

Six years later, the outcomes of this study hold true – customers’ emotional and subconscious responses to your brand account for a good half of the total Customer Experience. Make sure you are creating a brand that harnesses human emotions and provides an excellent CX for your customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 25, 2020

First, the insurance company needed to ensure they recruited people who are naturally good at making customers feel understood. Second, the insurance company should train people on how to handle customer interactions so that customers think the employee is empathetic to their situation. There are several ways.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 23, 2017

The way to compensate for this is to map the customer experience from an emotional standpoint, monitor customer emotions and behavior and then use this information to improve insight into passengers’ thought processes. Ignore this at Your Peril: How Customers Decide. Carnival seems to be on the right track.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

If you enjoyed this post, you might be interested in the following blogs: 3 Common Ways Customers Make Decisions. Customer Emotions Are Predictable. Changing Customers’ Habits. Colin is an international author of five bestselling books and an engaging keynote speaker.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The danger I see is that few people are trained in using the information they measure to identify what it means for customer behavior. They lack the training in the behavioral sciences and misinterpret the underlying behavior that exists. In other words, they have the data, but they don’t know what to do with it.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 2, 2020

What nudges to customer journeys do you have that reflect the new normal and the new emotions people have during it. Train employees in managing emotional experiences. How are you equipping your customer-facing teams with skills to manage customers’ emotional experiences? ” Dallasnews.com.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Bob Black, one of our avid podcast listeners, likes our concepts about eliciting particular customer emotions. Numerous organizations struggle with eliciting specific emotions in their customers. In this episode, we dive deeper into the step-by-step process of evoking specific customer emotions.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 15, 2015

State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Parature and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, it’s not a moment too soon. It’s the law of Customer Experience Supply and Demand: they demand it so you better supply it! They evoke the wrong Customer emotions during the experience. How are companies blowing it?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Listen to the podcast: Bob Black, one of our podcast listeners, loves our ideas about evoking specific customer emotions. In my experience, many organizations fail to evoke a specific customer emotion. Most people agree that customer emotions are essential to an experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 27, 2019

The answer was simply to train the doctors to make eye contact and show that they were listening. The first thing any organization needs to do is to assess what emotions customers are feeling now. You can assess how your customers are feeling today, and then make changes to the experience and repeat the assessment.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 2, 2020

Apple is a Natural organization, which means they focus on the customer in everything they do, even training the team on how to do it. Gizmodo published “ How to Be a Genius ,” which included excerpts from Apple’s secret Employment training manual. Train your team on how and why. Mind the details.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 18, 2016

In our customer experience consultancy, we have learned that emotions drive much of a customer’s behavior. Every company has its own emotional signature – a unique blend of customer emotions that can increase or destroy long-term value. How to Win Customers’ Trust Without Spending a Dime.

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