Why Customer-Centric Culture Is Key To Great Customer Experience

Why Customer-Centric Culture Is Key To Great Customer Experience

Improving the customer experience (CX) is key for businesses looking to build a competitive advantage and increase revenue. According to Qualtrics, to be able to deliver these great customer experiences, organisations must build a customer-centric culture.

Bill McMurray, managing director, Asia Pacific and Japan, Qualtrics, said, “Organisations need to have a customer-first strategy across the entire business. That’s the only way to develop ongoing positive experiences for customers.”

Qualtrics believes there are four key ingredients to developing a customer-centric culture:

  1. Executive buy-in

Executive support is key for an organisation looking to transform its culture. Customer-centric organisations have supportive leadership teams that help iterate the importance of customer focus and encourage employees to join in on efforts.

McMurray, said, “Culture starts at the top. Regular CX reviews with senior leaders to discuss issues, assess their impact on customers and the business, and evaluate the viability of potential solutions, can help to ensure sustained support.”

“Marketers play a big role to help senior leadership develop a customer-centric vision. They should survey the organisation’s current state, which means how central the customer is to strategy and daily operations. From there they can make a case to executives as to how new customer-focussed initiatives should be implemented to help drive an increase in revenue.”

  1. CX ambassador drive

A team of CX ambassadors should drive the adoption of the customer-centric culture throughout the organisation. This team can help various leaders promote CX initiatives within their own teams.

McMurray said, “Employees can’t transition to a new organisational culture if they are unsure of the vision, and what is expected of them. A transformation team of CX ambassadors can guide employees to better understand why customer-centricity is central to the success of the business, how they can contribute, and what tools and resources are available to help them.”

  1. Employee engagement

Organisations need to keep employees motivated and engaged to ensure the transition to a customer-centric culture is successful. To do this, they can reward employees for actively participating in CX initiatives and meeting goals.

At the same time, organisations should consider CX tailored training, as well as adding customer-centric attitudes and skills to their onboarding and hiring processes. This will ensure employees start off with a customer-first mindset.

McMurray said, “Organisations can develop programs that make the focus on customer experience fun and rewarding for employees. For example, providing rewards for new ideas or facilitating excellent experiences and sharing these with the team will help to keep staff engaged and wanting to do more.”

  1. Customer feedback for continuous improvement

Organisations that transition to a customer-centric culture will be able to deliver ongoing positive customer experiences. Feedback should be a key element of the CX program. If customer experience benchmarks aren’t met, it is important to investigate and follow up to see how the organisations can improve.

McMurray said, “Customer-centricity is an ongoing process. Organisations looking to become truly customer-centric must listen to feedback from their customers and act on it.

“For example, by using an easy-to-use, yet sophisticated platform, like Qualtrics, organisations can gather real-time snapshots of their customers’ experiences and determine where they can make operational and strategic improvements. By gathering this kind of feedback, businesses will be able to continuously improve to offer better experiences for their customers.”




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