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Salesforce.com is THE leader among their peers (11 straight years) in Customer Relationship Management solutions.
Phil Nanus leads Salesforce’s Customer Success organization, a team of over 2000 employees. He shared invaluable insights into how Salesforce is revolutionizing customer success through innovation, trust, and technology.
Here are my 3 key takeaways from our conversation:
- **Embrace Technology for Customer Success:** Salesforce is leveraging AI to enhance customer experiences and improve sales; their collaboration with Gucci is a great example. The rise of AI and generative AI paves the way for more personalized and efficient customer interactions.
- **Core Values Drive Success:** Salesforce's commitment to values such as trust, innovation, equality, and sustainability is foundational. Their one-one-one philanthropic model (donating 1% of time, products, and profits) and V2MOM document, ensure alignment and a clear vision across the organization.
- **Passion and Lifelong Learning:** Phil’s advice to university students is gold – find your passion and be a lifelong learner. Passion fuels opportunity, and embracing failure is crucial for growth and learning.
Phil shared a number of practical applications on how you get to be “Technology Led and Customer Obsessed” on this episode of The Delighted Customers Podcast.
Phil Nanus is the Executive Vice President of Account Success within Salesforce's Customer Success organization. His team helps orchestrate the Salesforce customer experience and partners closely with Sales to create growth and value realization through strategic customer care.
Since joining Salesforce in 2021, Phil has focused on customer health by working to optimize adoption, customer expertise, and technical health, at every stage of the customer lifecycle. He is passionate about helping customers build trust and maximize value from Salesforce products while enabling career growth and development for members of the Account Success team. Prior to Salesforce, Phil spent over 20 years in SaaS, Enterprise Software and management consulting (Accenture, Symantec, Infor, TSIA).
Phil holds dual bachelor’s degrees from the University of Central Florida. He currently lives in Florida with his wife and three children.
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How Bilt Uses 3-D Instructions to Enrich Lives
“...Bilt's greatest usage by just sheer volume, happens literally on Christmas Eve and early, early in the wee hours of Christmas morning. And, you know, parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles there, you know, put the kids to bed and -okay, now let's go and assemble this in a bike and a play set and whatever, and expect it to be a very frustrating experience.”
Nate Henderson, CEO of Bilt, turned a problem into an opportunity.
With millions of users and partnerships with top brands like Apple, Weber, and the United States Air Force, Nate’s team is redefining traditional instructions through interactive 3D guidance. Here are three key takeaways from our discussion:
- **Empowering Users and Enhancing Brand Perception:**
Nate emphasized the importance of creating enriching experiences that not only empower users but also improve their perception of the brands they engage with.
- **Addressing Talent Shortages in Manufacturing:**
One significant challenge in the manufacturing industry today is the talent shortage. Nate's company tackles this head-on by offering a unique, hands-on learning experience tailored for Generation Y and Generation Z.
- **Future of Immersive Training with Apple Vision Pro:**
Looking ahead, Nate shared his excitement about the potential of Apple Vision Pro in creating fully immersive environments for training and entertainment. He believes this cutting-edge technology will soon become the preeminent tool for training and enablement, eventually leading to extended reality through smaller, more accessible headsets or glasses.
Nate Henderson is chairman and CEO of BILT Incorporated, a SaaS company he co-founded in 2015. Under his leadership, BILT has grown from an idea to improve assembly instructions into a user experience revolution fundamentally changing the way professional technicians and consumers interact with the brands and products they buy.
BILT’s 3D Intelligent Instructions® transform paper manuals and videos into fully manipulable immersive guides. Hundreds of brands and manufacturers deliver next-generation training on BILT for the assembly, installation, and maintenance of thousands of products.
BILT is proven to reduce errors, rework, and calls to support while improving efficiency, productivity, and user sentiment. The award-winning BILT app is available worldwide in 12 languages on iOS, Android, Microsoft, and now visionOS for Apple Vision Pro.
Prior to BILT, Nate spent 17 years at SAP where he filled various roles in product management, consulting, sales, and innovation programs. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in manufacturing engineering technology and the Thunderbird School of Global Management with an MBA in international business.
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CX leaders are faced with one of the most difficult challenges in their organization. They have small teams and limited positional authority and therefore need the support of others to make progress.
Patty Soltis, CCXP, shares her wisdom from decades of experience leading change in great brands like Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, The Moffitt Cancer Center, and now in her role as a Senior CX Manager at Upwork.
In this episode:
Leading with Empathy
The Role of Emotions in Decision-Making
The importance of Detailed and Granular Information
Servant Leadership
Navigating Organizational Success
Learn how to treat your employees like your customers to improve the experience for your customers.
This episode is filled with practical tips and wisdom from a CX thought leader who has been there and done that and is still making a difference!
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Do we make buying decisions as individuals or individuals who are part of a group?
The answer may surprise you.
Gary David, PhD is a Professor of Sociology and Experience Design at Bentley University. Dr. David has been researching sociology and its intersection with the business world for several decades.
His findings challenge the status quo when it comes to drivers of consumer behavior and how CX leaders should think about engaging customers.
We discuss how consumers perceptions of their social identities impact their brand loyalty, and ultimately, bottom line results.
In this episode we explore:
👉 How social identity impacts buying decisions
👉 How to design experiences that connect with consumers social identity
👉 Where most companies get it wrong
👉 Strategies on how to understand social identity and design experiences that earn customer loyalty
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The Science of Brand Love
What makes brands like Apple and Nike not just recognized, but truly loved.
Dr. Ahuvia’s book, The Things We Love, explains the psychology behind brand love, and it has been named by Amazon as a “best business book.” He conducted the first scientific studies of brand love some 30 years ago and continues to lead research on this topic. His research on dating sites led to an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show.
On this episode of 🎙🎙🎙The Delighted Customers Podcast we explore the science behind “brand love” and strategies companies can use to drive customer advocacy.
Highlights of this episode include:
👉 Understanding Brand Love**: Learn how 'brand love' evolves from mere satisfaction to deep emotional connections, much like human relationships. It's not just about the quality of products but how brands make consumers *feel* that determines loyalty and advocacy.
👉 Strategies to Cultivate Brand Love**: Discover actionable strategies such as anthropomorphism (think Siri or Alexa), connecting brands to relatable personalities, and aligning with universal values to foster a closer bond with your audience.
👉 Impact on Financial Performance**: Grasp the clear correlation between brand love and profitability. Brands that achieve emotional resonance with their consumers typically see enhanced financial outcomes.
👉 Warnings of reaching too far** - when deploying brand love strategies
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In today's fast-paced networked economy, professionals (especially CX pros) must work harder than ever to maintain and improve their business skills and knowledge. But technical mastery of one's discipline is not enough and that’s why Charles H. Green co-authored the Trusted Advisor (and the recently published the 20th Anniversary edition).
The key to change leadership is the ability to earn the trust and confidence of key stakeholders.
The stakes are even higher for CX leaders who typically have constrained budgets, small teams and limited positional authority.
Charlie returns to the show and shares some fresh insights that leaders can use immediately to boost their impact on change on this episode of The Delighted Customers Podcast.
Highlights include:
Why trust and trustworthiness are critical to any change leadership role
How trust plays into the decision-making process
Busting myths about trust - like it must take time to build or rebuild
Lessons from Lincoln: The strategic importance of perception
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Lessons from Taylor Swift About How to Create Superfans with Brittany Hodak
Have you ever wondered why some celebrities create a swarm of superfans that become lifelong advocates for them (and others, not so much)?
My guest on this episode of the Delighted Customers Podcast worked her way up from radio station mascot to the head of a marketing agency that promoted the biggest name stars from Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Dolly Parton along with some of the biggest brands like Walmart, Amazon, and Disney.
Now an author and speaker, Brittany Hodak and I explore her book, Creating Superfans: How To Turn Your Customers Into Lifelong Advocates.
Highlights from the show:
What lessons can leaders take from Taylor Swift’s incredibly loyal fanbase?
The power of “common lessons”
How to cultivate customer loyalty
Understanding personal brand influence
And much more…
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Jennifer Ashman is a CX thought leader and experience design expert. She has been in the field for over two decades and is a Professor of Practice at Michigan State University, where she teaches Experience Design in the Master's Degree program in Customer Experience Management.
Jennifer shares some real world examples to help make the conversation easily relatable.
Content Highlights:
- **Deep Dive into Qualitative Research**: Jennifer unpacks the myriad ways this research method informs decision-making to avoid costly missteps and enhance customer engagement.
- **The Art of Human Interaction**: Discover the irreplaceable value of human-led research methodologies in drawing out the rich, personal details that AI tools often miss.
- **Journey Mapping Mastery**: Learn about the art of crafting journey maps from the customer's perspective with actionable insights, as Jennifer shares her hands-on approach to customer-centric problem solving.
- **Real-World Impact**: Be inspired by stories of organizations that transformed their practices and customer relationships through the actionable intelligence gained from qualitative research.
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You’ve just been hired as the Chief Experience Officer to run a financial services firm. What are the keys to driving sustained success?
Join CXO Eric Smuda share his insights on the keys (and the challenges) to leading successful change by driving outstanding customer experiences.
My favorite quote from Eric? “If you’re not using CX as your growth engine, what are you doing???”
Some of the key lessons for this episode of The Delighted Customers Podcast (link in comments below):
'CX and Profit': Good customer experience merges business benefits with customer satisfaction. 'Interaction ROI': Show return on investment in CX by linking experience improvements to CX Suite imperatives such as enhancing acquisition, retention, customer lifetime value, and lowering service costs. 'Digital Impact': Enhance digital CX to increase conversion rates and decrease abandonment, demonstrating clear benefits. 4. 'Relationship Building': Build strong relationships by learning about colleagues' business areas and contributing to shared goals.And lots more gems.
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How can you design experiences to drive customer loyalty?
Kevin Budelmann is an Experience Design expert, a professor at both Michigan State and Northwestern Universities, and authored Brand Identity Essentials.
He brings over a quarter-century shaping design, strategy, and brand experience. We explore the converging paths of behavioral economics, design thinking, and customer experience—all through the lens of his extensive expertise. On this episode of the Delighted Customers Podcast.
🔑 **3 Key Takeaways**:
**Trust & Emotion in Branding**: Kevin illuminates the critical role of emotional connection and trust in shaping the brand experience - imperative in an era where customers' decisions are heavily influenced by both. **Understanding Beyond Surveys**: We explore they why and how of recognizing customers’ deeper needs and desires, which often go unspoken, to excel in tailoring your product offerings. **Impactful Design Decisions**: Discover how design touches our everyday experiences, sometimes subtly, other times overtly, but always with the potential to create a strong impression – and why this matters to your brand.Resources
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Dr. Judy Wolfe, who still practices as an ER doctor, talks about the transformative power of patient experience in healthcare. We dive into the critical role of trust, and how reimagining job titles and communication training can revolutionize caregiver-patient interactions. Dr. Judy highlights the urgency of embracing change management and the dire consequences of stagnation in patient care. Dr. Judy prescribes helpful tips from "shift hacks" to loyalty driver tips to "teach backs." Tons of gems in this episode from one the top medical care facilities in the world.
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Keith Ferguson brings his wealth of experience as an entrepreneur along with his career in academia (MSU and FSU) to share his wisdom on customer advocacy. Keith defines customer advocacy and then we talk about the financial impact of having customers who truly advocate for your brand. Keith shares some common mistakes about consumer behavior through a visualization of the customer lifecycle and provides 3 actionable steps leaders can take to create more advocates for their business.
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Joe Pine is on my Mount Rushmore of Customer Experience. He shares the exact moment, quite by accident, that the concept of "experience" as the next economy after the service economy was hatched. In 2020 Mr. Pine and his partner James H. Gilmore re-released in hardcover The Experience Economy: Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money featuring an all-new Preview to their best-selling 1999 book The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage. Joe believes that goods and services are no longer enough; what customers want are experiences—memorable events that engage each individual in an inherently personal way. Join me on The Delighted Customers Podcast as Joe shares a vision for business—a world focused on human flourishing, where individuals become better people and achieve their goals. Discover how understanding your customers' wants, needs, and desires can help you create greater value and make a positive impact. Joe shares practical insights and real world stories of how you can drive business outcomes. Here are some highlights:
The concepts of mass customization and the experience economy Creating robust, cohesive, personal, dramatic, and transformative experiences Comparing work to theater and the importance of intentional and engaging experiences Changing the world of business to focus on human flourishing The importance of not wasting customers' time and aligning value with what customers value The concept of "customering" and the individualization megatrendResources
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Pink Zebra Moving: Differentiating on CX for Explosive Growth with CEO, Ron Holt
I can’t think of a better illustration of how to prove the ROI of Customer Experience.
Ron Holt sees opportunities in bad customer experiences.
In fact, he built a successful home cleaning based on disrupting a legacy industry by differentiating the experience his customers receive.
The model allowed him to scale a one-store cleaning business into a $40M nationally-recognized brand with 90 locations across the country.
Ron shared his entrepreneurial journey and the compelling story behind his company, Pink Zebra Moving. It’s more than just a business success story - it's a masterclass in innovation, customer experience, and entrepreneurial spirit in the home services industry.
🔥Here are 3 key takeaways from our conversation:
- **Innovate With Customer Experience in Mind:**
Ron emphasizes the importance of making the moving process fun. By focusing on building personal relationships and creating memorable experiences for customers, Pink Zebra Moving stands out in the highly competitive moving industry.
- **Cultural Fit is Key When Scaling:**
As the company expands, Ron is careful to maintain its unique ethos. Selecting franchise owners who genuinely share the company's mission is crucial for preserving the brand’s vision and ensuring consistent, high-quality service across all locations.
- **Fail Forward and Commit to Your Vision:**
Ron's honest reflections on the challenge of scaling a business and transitioning between industries reveal that perseverance and a clear vision are essential. Embracing mistakes as learning opportunities is a part of the entrepreneurial path toward success.
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What’s the Pioneering Edge for Today’s CX Leaders according to NPS Creator, Fred Reichheld?
There’s so much to unpack in this episode:
Fred shares about a personal vulnerability
What’s the right way to listen to customers?
What is the huge mistake companies make relative to referrals?
How do you know if you’ve won or lost?
What is financial capitalism and why should it die?
What’s on the pioneering edge today for CX leading companies?
Will Southwest Airlines recover?
And a ton more!
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Someone once said Marketing creates the brand promise and CX delivers it. But too often there's a gap between the two that's eroding customer loyalty and business performance. Nick Zeisler is a Lean Six Sigma expert and Professor of Practice in Michigan State University's Customer Experience Management Masters of Science program. In this episode Nick shares some valuable insights including: - the significant concept of 'Brand Alignment' was introduced, highlighting the imperative of aligning a company's customer experience delivery with its brand promise. - the importance of continuous improvement in process engineering was emphasized, advocating for a customer-centric approach to Lean Six Sigma prioritizing projects based on customer impact rather than traditional resource-focused methods - loyalty as a process beyond the initial purchase was underscored, with the suggestion that it's influenced by the consistency of the customer experience and alignment with the brand promise.
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This episode features someone who has been at the forefront of the customer experience movement, tirelessly leading the charge in understanding how trust shapes our interactions: CX luminary Bruce Temkin.
Why the XM Institute declared 2024 as "The Year of Trust" the misconceptions CX leaders have about trust, and how can these potentially lead to ineffective customer experience strategies the connection between game theory and trust-building and how leaders can benefit by understanding that connection the difference between cognitive and affective trust Meyer Davis and Shorman's definition of trust is discussed and how does this definition informs our understanding of interpersonal and professional relationships How to repair broken trust A sneak peak about what Bruce has planned for the next chapter of his life
Bruce co-founded the Customer Experience Professionals Association and broke the news on this episode, that he will be transitioning as Head of the XM Institute (Qualtrics) to the next chapter of his life.
This is a very special episode because Bruce and I explore the critical importance of trust as it relates to CX and ultimately, generating positive financial results.
In this episode:Meet Bruce
Change creator, thought shaper, and movement maker who helps organizations become more human-centric. I help leaders gain clarity amid paralyzing levels of ambiguity, complexity, and uncertainty. I've advised many of the world's leading brands and hundreds of tech companies -- from start-ups to software behemoths.
I'm often referred to as the “Godfather of Customer Experience” for defining and propelling the disciplines of Customer Experience (CX), Employee Experience (EX), and Experience Management (XM). I've helped shape multiple industry mega trends, including: Internet economy, cloud computing, digital transformation, CX, EX, and XM. The core of my work is an ability to forecast technology-driven trends, anticipate their impact on human beings, simplify the complex, and provide clear and actionable advice.
I'm a builder who has led the creation of multiple global organizations. As an engineer at heart, I'm always intrigued by how things work. I study human behavior and how it is affected by different environments such as being a customer, employee, patient, fan, or senior executive. My advice always considers how different decisions will affect people, and how those moves will play out at scale and over time.
So what is my profession? I have no idea. All I know is that I'm on an ongoing learning journey, continuously looking for ways to improve the world through a combination of empathy, strategy, experience design, leadership, and organizational behavior.
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Every customer experience leader should know the basics of UX and how it fits into the overall CX landscape.
The parallel importance of CX and UX in understanding and improving customer experiences. How UX heuristics were applied to the Fathead custom decal upload process to reduce abandonment rates? intervention with a heuristic analysis at Rocket Mortgage serve as a case study for the immediate impact of UX on a company’s profit margin? the risks of implementing AI in UX design without a solid grounding in UX principles What he statistics from IBM, NASA, Coca Cola, Apple, and Whirlpool reveal about the return on investment and competitive advantage of being a design-led, UX-focused company
In this episode, I talk with UX expert Darren Hood, who has 28+ years of human-computer interaction, information architecture, and usability experience. He's a faculty member in the Masters of Science in Customer Experience Management at Michigan State University as well as several other colleges where he teaches UX.
The show is packed with useful insights and practical tips like:
Meet Darren
Darren is extremely passionate about all things UX, holding 28+ years of experience in the discipline. Darren’s professional footprint spans such organizations as Ford Motor Company, General Motors, DigitasLBi, MRM/McCann, Wunderman Digital, Bosch, Ryder, Rocket Mortgage, Omnicell, Cengage Learning, National Geographic Learning, Sherwin-Williams, Duracell, and USA Networks, to name a few.
In academia, he serves and has served as an adjunct professor, teaching UX-related courses at several universities including UCLA, Michigan State University, Lawrence Technological University, Brandeis University, and Kent State University.
Darren is one of the authors featured in the book “97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know.” You can also hear Darren on The World of UX podcast, available through a host of popular sources. Darren is currently a doctoral candidate, completing a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Northcentral University.
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Employee experience and customer experience outcomes are inextricably linked.
Defining and differentiating employee experience and engagement Avoiding Engagement Pitfalls: Learn how to navigate common mistakes like uniform incentive structures and insufficient listening channels that undermine true connection with your workforce. Building Virtual Bridges: In a remote work era, one-on-one meetings are more than just touchpoints; they are lifelines that foster support and connection amidst isolation. The Intimacy Factor**: Explore how trust and understanding in professional relationships enhance recognition and nurture a supportive work environment.
That data (going back to the Service Profit Chain) provides evidence of that correlation.
But there's a lot of confusion about the difference between employee experience and employee engagement and the impact that each has on CX.
Employee Engagement is too often overlooked in terms of it's importance to the customer experience and financial performance.
In this episode with Employee Engagement expert, Mary Poppen, President, Employee Experience Division, HRizons, and Professor of Practice, CXM Master's program at Michigan State University, unpacks how to get to the magical state where "contagious enthusiasm and customer intimacy live."
Also in this episode:Meet Mary
Mary Poppen is President of HRIZONS Employee Experience and
Professor of Practice at Michigan State University teaching in the
Customer Experience Management (CXM) Master’s Degree program. She
is also a CS Angel investor.
Prior to her current focus, Mary was Glint’s Chief Customer Officer at
LinkedIn and Chief Customer Officer for SAP’s Global Cloud business
before that. Mary holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial/Organizational
Psychology and has over 20 years of customer delivery, business
consulting and executive leadership experience. She is a well-recognized
customer and employee experience thought leader, speaking at global
events and authoring several publications in this space. She recently
published a book entitled “Goodbye, Churn. Hello, Growth!”
In addition to her current roles, Mary enjoys serving as a Board Advisor
and executive coach, and has a passion for giving back through female
mentorship programs. In her spare time, Mary enjoys traveling with her
husband and two sons, playing Pickleball, and wine-tasting with friends.
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Listen for some insights that provide a fresh perspective on how to overcome the challenges CX leaders face. We uncovered why being a trusted guide is more impactful than a heroic leader and how to prove your value through a winning CX roadmap. My guest, Patty Soltis, shared priceless insights on gaining influence, and I revealed my own journey of overcoming stakeholder resistance.
The roadblocks that impede and often derail customer experience efforts How lack of trust is a silent killer to real change Why some stakeholders may be resistant to your recommendations The 4 keys that help CX professionals and other change agents overcome common obstacles: Earning Trust Becoming a Guide Building Your CX Roadmap Proving the Value
If you're a CX leader looking to elevate your game, you'll hear useful tips and get a sneak peak at The Trusted Guide Roadmap™ Master Class.
In this episode, Patty Soltis, CCXP and I explore:Patty Soltis is a Senior Customer Experience Manager at Upwork, the world’s work marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent from across the globe.
Patty's experience includes a CX leadership role at The Moffitt Cancer Center, Neiman Marcus, Lord and Taylor and more.
Patty can be reached here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattysoltis/
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