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Weve rounded up six of the habits youll recognize time and time again.
According to Rob Rich, Managing Director, Insights Research, TM Forum,
These principles are common to customer-centric companies which are
leaders in satisfaction and loyalty. They must be built into your plan.
These principles also run throughout this years Customer-centricity and data
analytics summit at TM Forum Live!. The theme is identifying what it means to
be customer-centric and, crucially, what to do to actually make it happen. Rob
Rich will kick things o with an in-depth look at these six principles and
signpost some tools and best practices to help you get there.
Experts from companies like Wal-Mart, Comcast, AT&T and more will share
their experience with customer-centricity, and Catalysts such as the Pulse:
Creating and Building a Deeper Connection with the Small/Medium Business
Customer project will look at new and innovative ways to engage with
customers on a more emotional level.
In the meantime, heres a teaser so you can assess where you stand now and
make your action plan for progress at TM Forum Live! (Weve even mapped
out a suggested event journey to make it easy for you to choose the most
relevant sessions quickly.)
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Learn from the best: AT&T, Visa Europe, TurkCell AS, Hewlett Packard:
Customer-centric innovation in a digital world
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They recognize that customers needs change over that time, and they
respond to the change continuously, as it occurs. A good example of this
approach comes from Amazon.com, which combines customer purchase and
interaction experiences with those of similar customers to create customized
purchase recommendations.
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Learn from the best: Telekom SA: Measuring your customers experience
Measure it: TM Forum Customer experience lifecycle model
3. Empower employees at the point of interaction
Customer-centric companies endow their employees with the authority and
accountability to take action, and address customers needs at the point of
contact. This allows the employee to make judgments and quickly solve
problems within their specic context. This approach is exemplied by RitzCarlton whose motto, We are ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and
gentlemen, is supported by a variety of guidelines, daily contextual
evaluation and a focus on employees development.
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For service providers serving business customers this means building highly
trained, empowered account teams (or channel partners), and upgrading
customer support processes and tools.
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Learn from the best: Comcast: Shaping a customer-centric culture at
Comcast
How to: Shaping the T-team: Leading customer-centric transformation
4. Have ecient, tailored business processes
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engagement
Read examples of success from Sephora, Skype, Robi Axiataand even
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