First in customer experience to gain City & Guilds “Assured” status 

Published date: 02 Mar 2023

Global skills development leader City & Guilds welcomes TribeCX as the first customer experience programme to gain approved “Assured” status.

Customer Experience practitioners can now obtain globally recognised programmes from TribeCX, a customer experience business that helps top brands globally define and deliver their CX ambition to customers.  

The Masterclasses and CX Sprints offered by TribeCX are now formally assured by City & Guilds.  

Assured is City & Guilds global quality benchmark that demonstrates that the way in which organisations plan, design and deliver their learning programmes meet world-class quality standards.   

Accreditation gives the external recognition of high-quality CX coaching and learning for our training programmes.

Mark Harrison
Mark Harrison, TribeCX CEO

TribeCX CEO Mark Harrison says:  

“90% of CX talk is exactly that – it’s just talk. We learnt that the hard way, so you shouldn’t waste your time on it.

We are proud to have our CX programmes recognised by City & Guilds. And will continue to invest in and provide the highest quality learning to practitioners and organisations. This enables them to define, deliver and scale their CX ambitions in support of meaningful business impact and bottom-line results.” 

TribeCX Design Masterclass and CX Sprint programmes teach practical and applied CX approaches that can be used consistently and scaled throughout the organisation. 

City & Guilds research shows that investing in external recognition of training programmes adds value to a business’s talent retention, attraction, and cost savings. 

David Phillips, Managing Director at City & Guilds said; 

“We are thrilled to see TribeCX gain Assured status with their CX training programme.  Showing a commitment to quality within learning and development sends a positive message to staff and external clients that your training is fully optimised to create better outcomes for clients and learners alike.  We are delighted to work with TribeCX in particular as we know how critical customer experience is to organisational success.” 

Mark added: “When CX practitioners sign up for our programmes, we want them to feel confident they’re getting the best training and skills on offer to build strong capability within the business.  And be recognised by their peers and the market globally. 

“From motivating and retaining employees, prioritising and working with agility, setting key and measurable metrics to build and improve in the future, this strategy drives success and growth.” 

All Masterclass graduates, from beginners to advanced, will be equipped and empowered to continue to lead customer-centred change, with a globally recognised certification at the end of it.  

Find out more about our assured customer experience programmes here

About TribeCX: 

TribeCX, a tribe of experienced practitioners who have led CX for some of the world’s largest brands, builds customer experience capabilities that improves results from CX by equipping teams with practical tools, and coaching them to apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills in their roles. 

About City & Guilds  

City & Guilds, a leader in global skills development, offer City & Guilds Assured recognition which allows companies to have their own training programmes externally benchmarked and recognised, providing they adhere to a specific best practice framework, criteria and core components.