5a. Culture and Accountability - Part 1 Flashcards
Many reward, recognition, and incentive programs focus only on individual accomplishments, causing companies to miss which of the following?
A) Celebrating the company locations that excel
B) Recognizing the management team that produces high quality
C) Celebrating the individual that collectively demonstrates excellence
D) Celebrating the teams that collectively demonstrate excellence
D) Celebrating the teams that collectively demonstrate excellence
Which of the following MOST impacts customer retention?
A) Current market trends in technology
B) Customer engagement
C) Price of goods or services
D) Quality of goods or services
B) Customer engagement
Which of the following should be central to the framework of company reorganization?
A) Analysis and insight
B) Operating model design
C) Strategy
D) The customer
D) The customer
Sometimes employees seem to be resisting change when the real problem is [xxxxxxxx]?
A) They don’t understand what is expected of them
B) They don’t understand the company brand
C) They don’t understand the overall vision
D) They don’t understand the interaction points of employees
A) They don’t understand what is expected of them
Once employees know what they are supposed to do to transform the customer experience they can be motivated by?
A) Understanding what’s in it for them
B) Knowing how the competitors are doing
C) Reading customer experience principles in corporate communications
D) Seeing regular celebrations of customer-centric employees
D) Seeing regular celebrations of customer-centric employees
Which of the following BEST defines “emotional intelligence”?
A) Emotional responses that are instinctive, such as fear or joy
B) Quality emotional responses, such as empathy and authenticity
C) The ability to elicit emotions from other people
D) The lack of ability to read emotions in other people
B) Quality emotional responses, such as empathy and authenticity
Case analysis: A customer visits a retail phone store and inquires about prepaid phone plans. The employee does not know much about prepaid plans, which makes the customer feel like he is not getting the best deal. Which of the following root causes BEST explains how this resulted in a negative customer experience?
A) Customer experience will improve once wait time is eliminated to embed the closing procedure with customer focus
B) Lack of appropriate and consisting training across all sales employees
C) Process not being adhered to or misalignment of process with customer-centric culture
D) Service operating model does not allow optimal customer service flow
B) Lack of appropriate and consisting training across all sales employees
The following are strategies to energize employees EXCEPT:
A) The power to grow a company
B) The power to help someone
C) The power to make people’s lives easier
D) The power to solve problems
A) The power to grow a company
Which of the following customer experience components is often the most powerful of all the components of CX?
A) Customer experience strategy
B) Customer-centric culture
C) Experience design and improvement
D) VOC, customer insight, and understanding
B) Customer-centric culture
Companies that design cross-functional working & accountability into their core business processes establish all the following EXCEPT:
A) Establish authority and governance
B) Establish clear ownership
C) Establish increased customer churn
D) Establish performance expectations
C) Establish increased customer churn
Companies should modify their old training programs to include content specific to delivering which of the following?
A) Their new delivery policy
B) The new customer interaction incentive
C) Their new intended experience
D) Their new intended concept
C) Their new intended experience
When people are trusted to do their job and are given clear expectations rather than an instruction manual, they feel [xxxxxxx]?
A) More valued
B) More complete
C) More competent
D) More reliable
A) More valued
All the following are part of Employee Engagement EXCEPT:
A) Inform employees
B) Inspire employees
C) Instruct employees in the desired outcomes
D) Insist they do what you say without question
D) Insist they do what you say without question
Which of the following is described as the inspiration behind the customer experience movement?
A) Budgets
B) Empathy
C) Roadmaps
D) Technology
B) Empathy
Which of the following motivates employees to go above and beyond the call of duty to provide a memorable customer experience?
A) Motion
B) Method
C) Morale
D) Money
C) Morale
Which of the following motivates employees greatly?
A) Feeling connected to other employees
B) Feeling understood by management’s vision
C) Feeling connected to the brand promise
D) All the above
C) Feeling connected to the brand promise
Explanation: B is the option that is not true, as management’s vision is about a shared idea about winning customers.
Which of the following steps of using mobile banking will BEST enable the experience of a unique or optimized functionality?
A) Awareness
B) Consideration
C) Enrollment
D) Usage
D) Usage
Which of the following strategies for Embedding Customer-Centricity into Your Organization BEST describes creating customer profile data that allows the company to gain deep insight into the varying needs of the different customer segments?
A) Engage the back office
B) Feedback drives continuous improvements
C) Understanding your customer
D) Visible customer-focused leadership
C) Understanding your customer
Which of the following is the BEST definition of a “formal recognition program”?
A) One that clearly defines employees’ roles and responsibilities and upholds a customer-centric culture
B) One that has a structured nomination and selection process with defined criteria linked to organizational values and goals
C) One that measures the employees’ efforts and rewards based on customer satisfaction
D) One that prizes employee motivation and customer satisfaction over profits
B) One that has a structured nomination and selection process with defined criteria linked to organizational values and goals
Which of the following is essential when building the right company culture?
A) It must adhere to the core values.
B) It must be authentic.
C) It must be inclusive.
D) All the above
D) All the above
The following are increased by companies that do not deliver excellent customer journeys, EXCEPT?
A) Company cost
B) Complaints growth
C) Employee satisfaction
D) Employee attrition
C) Employee satisfaction
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between good customer experiences and employee engagement?
A) Good customer experiences have fewer engaged employees
B) Good customer experiences have more engaged employees
C) Poor customer experiences have more engaged employees
D) There is no measure between customer experiences and engaged employees
B) Good customer experiences have more engaged employees
When organizations motivate employees to change their behaviors, and in order to make it happen provide customer-centric communications and training, it is referred to as which of the following?
A) Secure executive support
B) Build a customer experience team to lead the transformation
C) Create a shared understanding of the intended experience
D) Rally and align all employees to the cultural transformation
D) Rally and align all employees to the cultural transformation
Company C holds employee meetings and shares customer-centric success stories. Which of the following descriptions does Company C exemplify?
A) Alleviating top-down management approaches
B) Building a company culture
C) Creating hostile competition
D) Negotiating employee standards of practice
B) Building a company culture
Which of the following Employee Engagement principals is reflected when a company provides employees the information they need to understand the organization’s vision
A) Instruct
B) Inform
C) Involve
D) Incent
B) Inform
Companies should find the employees who share their values and then do which of the following?
A) Teach them values
B) Teach them the skills they need to know
C) Teach them proper behavior
D) Teach them about profit-sharing
B) Teach them the skills they need to know
An app based customer experience strategy must answer all the following questions EXCEPT:
A) When are we building a mobile app?
B) How best are we going to build an app in terms of cost-effectiveness, productivity, and profit?
C) Will our customers stay or leave for our competitors?
D) Are our customers’ goals better supported with a mobile site or a mobile app?
C) Will our customers stay or leave for our competitors?
All the following are key factors that determine rewards programs effectiveness EXCEPT:
A) Cost
B) Data
C) Dividends
D) Program Evaluation
C) Dividends
Which of the following BEST describes “churn”?
A) When engaged customers buy more products or services
B) When engaged customers convert potential customers to switch
C) When engaged customers give more feedback to the company
D) When disengaged customers leave a company
D) When disengaged customers leave a company
During a service interaction, an agent notices a customer buys airline tickets frequently. As a result, the agent highlights the free access to airport lounges the customer may take advantage of in the future. Which of the following techniques has the agent used during the interaction?
A) Active listening
B) Upselling
C) The profitability matrix
D) Ease of use
A) Active listening
Which of the following strategies best motivates employees to increase profits for their organization?
A) Hiring employees who understand profit margins
B) Inviting employees to be shareholders
C) Making promotion of employees contingent on sales
D) Training employees effectively
B) Inviting employees to be shareholders
Employees need a constant flow of communications about company priorities and what’s expected of them. Which of the following is NOT one of the INFORM EMPLOYEES best practices?
A) Follow a thorough communication plan
B) Create opportunities for customers to provide suggestion to best develop interactions
C) Create opportunities for employees to hear from customers
D) Communicate across multiple channels
B) Create opportunities for customers to provide suggestion to best develop interactions
Which of the following is described as the MOST CURRENT economy?
A) Agrarian economy
B) Experience economy
C) Industrial economy
D) Service economy
B) Experience economy
Studies have shown performance discrepancies between employees and customers are a result of which of the following?
A) Ideological differences between employees and customers
B) Different interpretations of the customer experience
C) Strict rules created by company policies
D) Substandard products being offered
B) Different interpretations of the customer experience
Employees need to know what they need to do differently in order to do which of the following?
A) Be helpful
B) Be encouraged
C) Be paid
D) Be aligned to the change
D) Be aligned to the change
Which of the following is an example of a “recognition scheme”?
A) Giving employees prizes
B) Identifying company weaknesses
C) Redesigning customer experiences
D) Retraining managers
A) Giving employees prizes
All the following are best practices for helping employees feel respected EXCEPT:
A) Being transparent
B) Getting rid of bad managers
C) Recognizing employee contributions
D) Reprioritizing the company’s mission statement
D) Reprioritizing the company’s mission statement
The owner of Company C raised prices on products, in some cases doubling them, and still, the sales volume increased. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be a contributor in this scenario?
A) The company celebrated the success of each employee
B) The company offered a quality product
C) The company’s customers were delighted
D) The company’s employees were inspired
A) The company celebrated the success of each employee
Improved customer experience from engaged employees drives all the following EXCEPT:
A) More sales and more recommendations from customers
B) The bottom line because they are less likely to take a sick day
C) More likely to recommend a friend to apply for a job
D) More customer diversity and cultural interactions
D) More customer diversity and cultural interactions
Companies have to influence, shape and galvanize all of the following, in order for employees to deliver the desired experiences to customers, EXCEPT:
A) Emotions
B) Cognitions
C) Behavior
D) Culture
C) Behavior
Explanation: Options A, B and D are what the company need to influence - this will be resulted with C (Behavior) that is the correct answer
Which of the following chain behaviors BEST reflects increased employee safety?
A) Higher engagement; committed employees; lower voluntary turnover
B) Higher engagement; increased discretionary effort; improved client service; better customer experience
C) Higher engagement; lower absenteeism and higher focus
D) Higher engagement; more focus; fewer mistakes
D) Higher engagement; more focus; fewer mistakes
When employees fail to understand the intended experience they should deliver, it is referred to as which of the following pitfalls to customer centricity?
A) Loss of interest
B) Lack of clarity
C) Misinformed vision
D) Failure to buy-in
B) Lack of clarity
Which of the following strategies for Embedding Customer-Centricity into Your Organization BEST describes utilizing social media channels and listening to customer opinion?
A) Empower the frontline
B) Engage the back office
C) Feedback drives continuous improvements
D) Metrics that matter
C) Feedback drives continuous improvements
Which of the following is a key component of success in companies integrating their customer experience principles into corporate communication?
A) Consistency and balance
B) Consistency and effort
C) Consistency and repetition
D) Consistency and alliteration
C) Consistency and repetition
Customers’ contacts to a company may become spam if which of the following occurs?
A) Not enough market competition
B) Not enough touchpoints
C) Too many touchpoints
D) Too much internal siloing
C) Too many touchpoints
Which of the following is a smaller, more informal way to increase in-person accessibility of senior executives ?
A) All-day seminars
B) Hour-long employee roundtables
C) Live satellite feeds
D) Virtual meetings
B) Hour-long employee roundtables
If employee engagement is important to the growth of the customer experience program, then companies need to do which of the following?
A) Measure it
B) Enhance it
C) Memorialize it
D) All the above
D) All the above
Since not all lessons can be taught in centralized classrooms, companies deliver high-quality training to employees where they are and when they need it using which of the following?
A) Easy-to-use modules
B) Easy-to-digest modules
C) Easy-to-deliver modules
D) All the above
D) All the above