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Episodes tagged “Sean Clayton”

The CX Conundrum of Benchmarking

The CX Conundrum of Benchmarking

Released: March 26, 2024 • Episode #309

What are some of the more common challenges you encounter with your CX program? Have you noticed a particular common problem among CX programs when you converse with fellow CX pros? Benchmarking is an often-tackled problem for customer experience professionals and is not as simple as comparing your numbers with another company's scores. This episode is the inaugural show of a new series we’re calling “CX Conundrums,” where we’ll address common CX challenges and possible ways CX leaders can address them. Host Troy Powell dives into this conundrum with two seasoned CX professionals that have a great deal of experience in benchmarking: Sean Clayton who has 20+ years working with a wide range of companies and James Bampos whose background includes CX at various tech firms as well as leadership on a recent benchmarking initiative with the XM Institute.

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Welcome to 2024

Welcome to 2024

Released: January 23, 2024 • Episode #300

That’s right - 300 episodes! Walker has been producing this podcast since January of 2018 and collected over 150 hours of content, discussed trends and events that included everything from COVID to artificial intelligence, and met some amazing customer experience professionals along the way. And at the beginning of each year we like to take a look at what to expect in CX over the next 12 months. Host Pat Gibbons welcomes Walker experts Sonya McAllister, Sean Clayton, and Tanner Smith, to reminisce on 2023 and make some predictions about trends moving into 2024.

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Life in the Fast Lane

Life in the Fast Lane

Released: January 31, 2023 • Episode #252

A common business adage states: “fast, cheap, or good – pick any two.” But in today’s world of same-day shipping and self-service technologies, customers are demanding speedy experiences and will not accept excuses for sacrificing quality or price. On the eighth and final episode of our series, “CX Now: Eight Essential Themes Driving CX Evolution,” host Steve Walker welcomes Sean Clayton for a discussion on why customer experience professionals should keep speed at the top of their list when optimizing their CX programs.

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Start Your Engines!

Start Your Engines!

Released: October 4, 2022 • Episode #236

In a special CX Day Celebration episode and playing of this year's theme "CX Drives Success," host Steve Walker welcomes experts Sean Clayton, Sheila March, and Jack Walker for a fun panel discussion on how racing shares similar traits with customer experience. CX Day is held every first Tuesday in October by the Customer Experience Professionals Association as a global celebration of the customer experience profession.

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It’s a Great Time to be a CX Leader

It’s a Great Time to be a CX Leader

Released: January 18, 2022 • Episode #200

In the 200th episode of The CX Leader Podcast, host Steve Walker and guests Sonya McAllister and Sean Clayton reminisce on how customer experience has evolved since the podcast began in 2018, how businesses' views and acceptance of CX have changed in those four years, and what customer experience will look like in 2022.

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Trends into 2021

Trends into 2021

Released: December 15, 2020 • Episode #146

2020 was quite the ordeal! It goes without saying that the number one influencer of how companies designed and executed their customer experience was the COVID pandemic, making 2020 a year that the world would look forward to leaving behind. Host Steve Walker welcomes Walker colleagues Sean Clayton, Ryne Fanning, Sonya McAllister, and Rahissa Winningham for a look at how the pandemic influenced CX in 2020 and what we have to look forward to in 2021.

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Being Innovative

Being Innovative

Released: March 20, 2018 • Episode #11

Disrupting the status quo can sometimes lead to innovative solutions when it comes to CX, and Steve discusses this trait with Walker senior vice president and customer experience professional Sean Clayton.

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