Doing Customer & Employee Experience Right

Doing Customer & Employee Experience Right

The Doing CX Right Podcast is a resource for businesses striving to increase revenue, reduce costs, and achieve sustainable competitive differentiation. Companies often pursue these goals ineffectively. This podcast challenges conventional thinking through innovative customer experience (CX) strategies. Each episode offers expert advice, blending human-centric approaches with the latest technology to solve business challenges. The show emphasizes that everyone has a CX role, regardless of job title or function, and provides actionable tactics for a unified effort. Beyond business strategies, you’ll hear inspiring life lessons and personal triumphs, transforming organizations by capturing customer hearts and wallets. This approach results in a win-win-win: delighted customers, empowered employees, and a thriving business.

Episodes

September 15, 2025 33 mins

Are you facing challenges in achieving optimal team performance and creating memorable customer experiences? Do your leaders leverage emotional intelligence to cultivate a thriving work culture?

Listen to this episode of Doing Customer Experience (CX) Right, where host Stacy Sherman is joined by renowned expert Daniel Goleman. Together, they explain how emotional intelligence is crucial for maintaining a p...

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Are you struggling to prove the business value of your customer experience initiatives? What if you could demonstrate how service interactions directly impact revenue and loyalty?

In this episode, Stacy Sherman and Neal Topf explain the mathematics of customer experience and reveal why 74% of customers switch to competitors after one challenging service interaction. Learn practical strategies for calculating customer lifetime value...

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It is no secret that your technology team  (IT) is a huge contributor to company success. They impact customer experiences (CX). But how? What are common challenges? How best to achieve cross-department strategic alignment to ensure customer needs are met?

Featured guest, Michael Buckham-White, Global Technology Managing Director at Deloitte Information Technology Services (ITS), shares leadership best practices and effective ways ...

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Many companies claim to put customers first. Yet when teams and technology don’t work together, customers get bounced between departments, forced to repeat themselves, and often leave without answers. The result: frustration, lost trust, and profitable customers choosing competitors.

In this episode of Doing CX Right, Stacy She...

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A growing number of AI startups and tech companies are adopting a grueling 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six-day work schedule and calling it the new formula for winning. But what does this mean for the employees expected to sustain that pace and for the customers who depend on their service quality, empathy, and problem-solving?

In this episode, Stacy Sherman examines the facts behind this extreme approach, shares her...

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Is customer experience (CX) the NEW marketing? Or has it always been?

Marketing gets people in the door. Customer experience decides if they stay. Every ad, every touchpoint, every promise—it's all CX. So why do so many companies still treat them as separate?

In this episode of Doing CX Right, Stacy Sherman and Nicole Donnelly challenge this outdated mindset. They discuss why great marketing f...

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How does employee experience impact customer referrals and brand reputation? Disgruntled former employees sharing negative experiences can deter potential customers, causing revenue loss and reputational damage.

This insightful episode uncovers the critical connection between employee treatment and customer advocacy. Stacy Sherman and employee advocate Dan Goodman reveal s...

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Stacy Sherman and psychometrician Joe Folkman dive into the crucial topic of measuring trust in business and leadership. They reveal an innovative approach using anonymous 360-degree assessments to accurately gauge trust levels. Learn why self-perceptions often differ from others' views, and how gender and organizational roles impact trust ratings. Discover t...

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Are you focusing on the right customers? Is your culture creating consistent customer value?
Are you leading in ways that actually drive results? In this episode of Doing CX Right®, Stacy Sherman shares five standout takeaways from her conversation with marketing legend Seth Godin. Most brands get customer experience wrong. S...

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Are your customers truly delighted, or are company silos preventing your understanding their unspoken desires? How can you transition from providing adequate service to delivering exceptional, memorable experiences through effective design?

Stacy Sherman and featured guest Katie Webb, Head of Transformation and Innovation at Aflac, share strategies to help you understand customer needs, the power of experience design, and ways to f...

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Many business leaders believe emotional connection is unquantifiable and too fluffy to produce real results. This episode of Doing CX Right challenges that view. Stacy Sherman and Patrick McCullough of Hallmark Business Connections reveal how emotional engagement directly influences revenue, retention, and customer loyalty. Listen to how a retailer’s handwritten card campaign to one million top customers outperformed a...

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What does it mean to be 'hooked on customers?' How does it propel businesses into action?  

Stacy Sherman and Bob Thompson, author, and CEO of Customer Think Corp, explore customer-centric businesses and examine how they execute strategies and outperform competitors that you can do too. Learn the five key habits of customer-centric businesses and why having a clear brand purpose is crucial for CX success. Uncover the truth about li...

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Are you struggling to navigate competing demands in your business and personal life? What if you could embrace both sides of seemingly contradictory choices? In this episode, Stacy Sherman and Professor Wendy Smith explore the power of "both/and thinking" to make more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions. Learn how to shift from either/or mindsets to a...

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Your customer says they’re “satisfied.”
So why didn’t they come back?

Stacy Sherman—a global keynote speaker and advisor with over 25 years of experience improving customer experience at leading B2B and B2C companies—challenges a metric many businesses still rely on: Customer Satisfaction (CSAT). 

She explains how CSAT became the standard, why it made sense in the past, yet no longer reflects ...

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Is customer experience still a true brand differentiator—or has it lost momentum? Across industries, customer experience (CX) is under pressure. While many companies claim to put customers first, the reality often tells a different story: broken systems, disconnected teams, and blurred ownership are hindering meaningful progress. Stacy Sherman and guest Sean Albertson take a direct look at what’s going wrong and offer ...

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Customer experience & customer service are important for long-term success, yet they are not interchangeable. Stacy Sherman and Max Ball, Principal Analyst at Forrester, discuss the differences and leadership best practices so you are doing both right. You'll also hear new trends to be mindful of and plan for, including gig CX, artificial intelligence, chatbots, and other technologies to solve customer needs versus cre...

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Imagine if your business could create the same unforgettable experiences as Disney.

In this episode, Stacy Sherman uncovers Disney’s customer service strategies with Dennis Snow, a 20-year veteran of Walt Disney World. Discover how to delight your customers beyond mere satisfaction. Learn to design processes from the customer's perspective, create memorable "wow" moments, establish nonnegotiable behaviors, authentically empower you...

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Executive escalations are becoming more frequent—and damaging. In this episode, Stacy Sherman exposes the hidden patterns behind these high-impact customer moments and why they’re often signs of deeper issues across teams, systems, and culture. She shares practical strategies to prevent escalations before they start, drawn from her own leadership experience and an eye-opening conversation with Pablo Payet, Customer Exp...

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What if the way you measure customer support is setting your team up to fail? What if prioritizing speed is costing you real relationships? And what if the real customer experience (CX) advantage isn’t more tech, but a culture where teams are actually happy to help? In this episode, Stacy Sherman and Priscilla Brooke share bold strategies to move beyond reactive service and redefine it as true customer success. You’ll ...

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We’re bringing back one of our most popular episodes—and for good reason. This conversation struck a chord with so many of you, and its insights are just as relevant today as when it first aired.

Regret is one of the most intense and universal human emotions. It often comes with guilt, remorse, or shame—b...

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