Doing CX Right: Scaling Business Revenue & Winning Customer Hearts

Episode first aired in 2024. The actionable recommendations apply even more today! What if your team took full accountability for every customer experience? Could shifting from blame to ownership be the key to lasting loyalty? In this episode of Doing CX Right℠, host Stacy Sherman engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Robert J. Hunt, a leader with extensive experience in running CEO peer groups. Together, they dive into the intricacies of accountability and its pivotal role in enhancing customer experience. What You Will Learn: Understanding one's purpose is essential for creating a vision and driving intentional actions. Crucial distinction between responsibility, which involves completing tasks, and accountability, which focuses on ensuring customer satisfaction. Empowering employees to make decisions independently while providing clear guidelines on when to seek leadership input fosters a sense of ownership and accountability. Communication goes beyond words; it involves conveying the purpose and values behind actions. Silos within organizations can hinder accountability. Implementing metrics to measure how well employees are empowered to solve problems can drive accountability. The discussion highlights the importance of accountability in delivering exceptional customer experiences. By empowering employees, fostering effective communication, and breaking down silos, organizations can cultivate a culture where accountability thrives. This approach not only enhances customer satisfaction but also contributes to a more engaged and motivated workforce. Download The Distinctive Business Advantage research report to discover exactly what top-performing companies are doing to drive customer loyalty and sustainable growth, and what you can do as well. Bring these insights to your company. Stacy Sherman is available to present the findings and proven strategies at your events, workshops, podcasts, and training sessions. Contact her now.

Episode first aired in Dec 2025. The actionable recommendations apply even more today! What's the best leadership advice you've ever received or given? For her 200th episode of Doing CX Right, host Stacy Sherman shares a curated collection of the most memorable and actionable leadership wisdom from the show's renowned guests. Consider this a masterclass in leading with influence, featuring insight you can apply immediately to boost both your business growth and your personal development. You'll hear powerful lessons from leaders like Seth Godin, Daniel Pink, Jeanne Bliss, Fred Reichheld, Shep Hyken, Daniel Goleman, Mark Schaefer, and many others. Their brief insights here reveal the advice that shaped their success and their approach to supporting every person on their team. Inside this special episode, you'll gain The crucial mindset shift that catalyzed their biggest career growth. The essential principles they pass on to rising talent. The game-changing perspective they wish they had adopted sooner. The practical steps they use daily to create a supportive team environment. There are countless more actionable strategies shared beyond this show! While this episode is packed with wisdom, the full stories and in-depth advice are in the past 199 shows. Listen and take notes, as you'll find incredible wisdom you can apply today. Also, subscribe on your favorite channel to get notified of NEW episodes that will give you even MORE strategies to elevate your business and personal career too! This episode is also available to watch on YouTube. Featured guests in this episode: Listed in the order they appear so you can follow the voices as you listen. Seth Godin • Shep Hyken • Daniel Pink • Wally Feresten • Jay Baer • Fred Reichheld • Rob Markey • Bob Burg • Greg McKeown • Eileen Brenner • Sam Brenner • David Avrin • Mark Sanborn • Brittany Hodak • Joe Calloway • David Singer • Jeannie Walters • Colin Shaw • Kerry Bodine • Jeanne Bliss • Lisa Ford • Mark Schaefer • Joe Pine • Bill Price • Katie Webb • Brian Elliott • Scott McKain • Jackie Yeaney • Josh Bersin • Tiffani Bova • Wendy Smith • Stephen Shedletzky • Sylvie di Giusto • Bill Staikos • Neal Schaffer • Daniel Goleman • Patrick McCullough • Dennis Snow • Neil Hoyne • Simon T. Bailey • Mauro Porcini • Laurie Guest • Cindy Gallop • Zach Picon • Nir Eyal • Sean Albertson • Neal Topf • David Allen • Blake Morgan • Marcey Rader • Michael B. White • Max Ball • David Wachs • Sean Hawkins • Jacqui Brassey • Michael Brenner • Sharon Weinstein • Miya Gray • Joel Block • Mark Stern • Catherine Sugarbroad • Dave Seaton • Jon Picoult • Greg Kihlström • Eric Skeens • Ryan Estis • Ian Golding • Jeff Toister • Matt Dixon • Annette Franz • Stan Phelps • Jim Tincher • Joey Coleman • Dan Gingiss • Miika Mäkitalo • Greg Melia Download The Distinctive Business Advantage research report to discover exactly what top-performing companies are doing to drive customer loyalty and sustainable growth, and what you can do as well. Bring these insights to your company. Stacy Sherman is available to present the findings and proven strategies at your events, workshops, podcasts, and training sessions. Contact her now.

Companies often focus on designing logical, frictionless transactions, but customers base their loyalty on emotion. This fundamental disconnect is driving customer loss. The latest data proves it, and this episode reveals exactly what to do to shift the trend at your workplace. Across the U.S., customer experience scores recently hit historic lows after four straight years of decline. While 2026 shows a marginal increase, only 26 percent of companies have actually made progress, with the vast majority remaining completely flat. Forrester's Customer Experience Research Leader, Rick Parrish, joins Stacy Sherman to explain the underlying reasons behind this multi-year decline. They discuss what the top-performing companies are doing differently and how to use concrete data to convince budget holders to fund crucial CX initiatives. Inside this episode, you will learn: The Frictionless Trap: Why making an interaction incredibly "easy" still won't guarantee your customers come back. The "Delight" Backfire: Why the popular goal of surprising and delighting your customers is usually the wrong target, and which subtle emotions you should be designing for instead. Creepy vs. Helpful: The single "inside-out" mistake executives make that instantly turns a personalized experience into a liability. The ROI Paradox: The bizarre reason leadership teams routinely dismantle CX programs that are actively generating a positive ROI. The Reporting Structure Reality: What a year-long study reveals about where CX leaders actually get the most done and why the most coveted seat in the C-suite can actually delay your progress. Scaling the Voice of the Customer: An emerging technological approach to qualitative research that lets you multiply your customer listening without adding a single new staff member. Download The Distinctive Business Advantage research report to discover exactly what top-performing companies are doing to drive customer loyalty and sustainable growth, and what you can do as well. Bring these insights to your company. Stacy Sherman is available to present the findings and proven strategies at your events, workshops, podcasts, and training sessions. Contact her now.

Did you know there's an international Customer Experience (CX) Day and Customer Service Week dedicated to celebrating the people who create great experiences? Many companies overlook them or treat them as simple gestures, but they can be powerful opportunities to unite teams, build loyalty, and strengthen company culture through meaningful, practical actions. In this episode of Doing CX Right®, Stacy Sherman shares 8 ways to turn these events into year-round habits that keep employees engaged and customers coming back. And even if you're hearing this episode after CX Day or Customer Service Week, the lessons still apply because appreciation and connection must not end when the calendar says the celebration is over. Stacy speaks from experience. When she introduced these events to companies that had never celebrated them before, what started as a small initiative quickly grew into an annual tradition. Employees who once felt isolated began to see their work as part of a much bigger mission. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: How to unite every department around the customer, not only frontline teams Low-cost ways to make employees feel recognized and valued How to turn customer stories and feedback into loyalty that lasts all year Download The Distinctive Business Advantage research report to discover exactly what top-performing companies are doing to drive customer loyalty and sustainable growth, and what you can do as well. Bring these insights to your company. Stacy Sherman is available to present the findings and proven strategies at your events, workshops, podcasts, and training sessions. Contact her now.

John Sileo lost his entire net worth and software business after his partner stole his identity, a devastating betrayal that inspired the Hollywood movie Identity Thief. While I sat in an audience of 1,000 people, he accessed my phone in under three minutes, proving how quickly human psychology can be manipulated to bypass security defenses. When protection fails, or identity verification feels painful, people experience immediate anxiety, fear, and frustration. How clients feel during these vulnerable moments defines their total impression of your brand. Preserving personal details is not a back-office technical task; it is the highest-stakes emotional experience in the entire customer journey. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN The $25 Million AI Deepfake: How criminals are cloning executives' faces and voices on live video calls to trick employees into wiring millions of dollars. The $5 Billion Human Error: The single forgotten button that caused the massive UnitedHealthcare breach, and why your biggest threat isn't technology—it's your people. The Airplane Hacker: Why opening your laptop in an aisle seat allows the row behind you to zoom in and steal your passwords and corporate spreadsheets. The "BS Reflex": The one critical instinct only 1 in 1,000 companies teach their customer service teams that stops hackers in their tracks. The Cybersecurity Data Trap: Why everything you type into AI platforms is being indexed, and the default privacy settings you must change today. TIMESTAMPS 0:35 The Identity Theft Story That Inspired a Movie 1:12 Framed by a Best Friend: The Insider Betrayal 3:13 Default AI Settings and Data Exposure Risks 4:41 Impersonation Scams and Live Video Deepfakes 6:29 Doing CX Right®: Why Safety and Customer Feelings Are Connected 9:29 Corporate Breaches: Human Decisions vs System Failures 13:27 Security Protocols: Protecting Clients Without Creating Frustration 17:04 Customer Anxiety: Managing Risk to Prevent Flight 19:30 Stage Demonstration: Accessing My Phone in 180 Seconds 23:00 Instant Image Manipulation and Fake Media 25:26 The Verification Reflex for Customer Service Teams 26:57 Visual Privacy and Travel Security Risks 31:08 The File Metadata That Proved Innocence 34:55 Practical Daily Defense and Values-Based Leadership Download The Distinctive Business Advantage research report to discover exactly what top-performing companies are doing to drive customer loyalty and sustainable growth, and what you can do as well. Bring these insights to your company. Stacy Sherman is available to present the findings and proven strategies at your events, workshops, podcasts, and training sessions. Contact her now.