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The Delighted Customers Podcast with Mark Slatin

The Delighted Customers Podcast is about trust. Hosted by Mark Slatin, the show helps CX leaders become trusted guides—earning executive confidence, influencing decisions, and leading change that sticks. Episodes focus on turning insight into credibility, building CX roadmaps leaders support, and navigating the realities of organizational influence for experienced CX professionals.

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#84: Leading Change by Leveraging Trust with Charles...

The Delighted Customers Podcast with Mark Slatin ·

2024/05/16

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

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45:12

#83: Lessons from Taylor Swift About How to Create...

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2024/05/09

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

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40:36

#82: The Role of Qualitative Research in Experience...

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2024/05/02

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

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35:51

#81: Strategies for making cx your growth engine

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2024/04/25

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':

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46:15

#80: Designing Experiences that drive loyalty

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2024/04/18

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

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43:32

#79: Lessons from an ER doctor w/Dr. Judy Wolfe,...

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2024/04/11

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

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33:16

#78: Three Keys to Driving Customer Advocates

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2024/04/04

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. Resources The

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49:49

#77: Joe Pine: The Origin of "Customer Experience,"...

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2024/03/28

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

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51:09

#76: Pink Zebra Moving: Differentiating on CX for...

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2024/03/21

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

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49:08

#75: What’s the Pioneering Edge for Today’s CX...

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2024/03/14

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! Resources The

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32:42

#74: Closing the Gap Between Brand Promise and...

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2024/03/07

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

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46:27

Bruce Temkin's Blueprint for Fostering Trust in CX...

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2024/02/28

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. 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

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39:16

The Crossroads of CX and UX: A Conversation with...

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2024/02/22

Every customer experience leader should know the basics of UX and how it fits into the overall CX landscape. 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: The

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40:18

The Contagious Enthusiasm and Customer Intimacy...

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2024/02/15

Employee experience and customer experience outcomes are inextricably linked. 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,

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35:36

The 4 Keys to Leading CX Change with Patty Soltis, CCXP

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2024/02/08

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. If you're a CX leader looking to elevate your game, you'll hear useful tips and get a sneak peak at The Trusted

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50:00

5 Tips to Improve Emotional Intelligence for Better...

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2024/02/01

How would you rate your emotional intelligence? It turns out that the core of any successful customer experience initiative is deeply intertwined with the capacity and willingness of employees to communicate effectively. Emotional intelligence is a fundamental skill when it comes to communication. Sandra Thompson is an EI expert and ranks as a top 10 Emotional Intelligence leaders on LinkedIn. She joined me on The Delighted Customers Podcast to help leaders navigate EI and understand the very

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45:19

Leveraging Customer Referrals to Drive Exponential...

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2024/01/25

How could you leverage AI to earn growth from customer referrals? Andy Cockburn, CEO of Mention Me, took his knowledge and experience of working with Bain and with Fred Reichheld during the infancy phase of NPS's launch to create an AI tool that does just that. The Earned Growth Model, advocated by Reichheld in Winning on Purpose, posits a very specific point of differentiation from other growth models. It states that the customers who love you the most are where you can mine the most future

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45:30

The Power of Storytelling with Data with Leslie Pagel

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2024/01/18

Imagine a world where AI not only understands but acts on unsolicited customer and employee conversations, tapping into a treasure trove of data — from contact center chats to doctor's scribbles. Leslie Pagel is a CX thought leader who led organizations across industries in CX strategy during her 20 plus years at Walker. Now she's helping healthcare organizations provide better experiences by empowering them to tell stories with data. We talk about ways that AI can be used to tell stories that

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15:58

Rob Markey on Building Consistent Loyalty Through...

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2024/01/11

What are some of the most common mistakes that leaders make when it comes to customer loyalty? Join customer and employee loyalty expert, NPS co-inventor, co-author of The Ultimate Question 2.0, and world renown CX thought leader, Rob Markey in Part 2 of our conversation on value, loyalty, and loyalty programs. In this episode: - Common loyalty pitfalls - The impact of broken trust on loyalty - Where Southwest and Delta Airlines misstepped and broke loyalty - Link between rational,

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38:37

The 3 Dimensions of Customer Value Creation with NPS...

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2024/01/04

The Three Dimensions of Customer Value Creation Rob Markey ought to know a thing or two about customer loyalty. Rob was a CX expert and thought leader at Bain long before he and his colleague Fred Reichheld introduced Net Promoter to the world. He is a leader in Bain's Customer Customer Strategy and Marketing practice and the co-author of The Ultimate Question 2.0 with Fred Reichheld. This episode was originally intended as a deep dive on customer loyalty through the customer lifecycle for my

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