driven from the top down

English translation: an approach in which the board decides what results are to be achieved and how, and passes the plan

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English term or phrase:driven from the top down
Selected answer:an approach in which the board decides what results are to be achieved and how, and passes the plan
Entered by: Hoang Bao Lan

08:57 Mar 29, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: driven from the top down
Hello everyone,

And the financial impact of a focus on customers is massive. A 5 percent increase in customer retention can boost profits by 25 to 85 percent. That’s not a new discovery; it was published in a Harvard Business Review case study in 1990.21 So we’ve known that a focus on customer experience makes sound business sense for twenty­-five years or more, but the companies that execute on it are still outliers. Why?

“You know how they say ‘The fish rots from the head?’ **Your customer journey is driven from the top down***. This is absolutely a cultural thing. There is not a problem in the world that can’t be solved technologically, but the best technology is going to do nothing for you unless you have a culture of customer excellence,” says Michael Maoz of the research and advisory firm Gartner.

Does "... driven from the top down" imply that customer service policy in the company is determined by its top management (including the CEO) and most likely by its founder/owner?

Thank you.
Mikhail Korolev
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An approach in which the board decides what results are to be achieved and how, and passes the plan
Explanation:
Top-down culture: To make it a priority to involve key influencers and stakeholders across the organization throughout customer journey mapping efforts.
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Hoang Bao Lan
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Local time: 11:50
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Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Hoang.
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5 +4An approach in which the board decides what results are to be achieved and how, and passes the plan
Hoang Bao Lan
4managed from the highest level of expertise and authority and passed down the organisation
AllegroTrans
4defined and oriented by the top level management
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An approach in which the board decides what results are to be achieved and how, and passes the plan


Explanation:
Top-down culture: To make it a priority to involve key influencers and stakeholders across the organization throughout customer journey mapping efforts.

Example sentence(s):
  • Top-down culture change is essential to create an efficient customer experience driven organization. It’s also challenging. Here’s a list of some common ways CX leaders such as Chief Customer Officers (CCOs), Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) and Chief Ma

    Reference: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/top-down.html
    Reference: http://www.tandemseven.com/journey-mapping/5-ways-customer-j...
Hoang Bao Lan
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Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Hoang.

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agree  MPGS: :-)
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managed from the highest level of expertise and authority and passed down the organisation


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defined and oriented by the top level management


Explanation:
driven from the top down => defined and oriented by the top level management

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