Customer understanding is a source of sustainable growth.
This focus needs to be driven by the leadership team to be part of the company culture, mission and values.
It is then cascaded down to engage and most importantly empower employees, creating value in their interface with customers.
Only then, actions such as mapping the customer journey, marketing retention and save tools can be created and measured
4. Outcomes
• Ac3vely
listen
to
customers
for
ac3onable
insights
• Adjust
your
company
culture
&
align
employees
• Create
strategic
and
tac3cal
tools
–
from
Customer
Journey
to
prac3cal
tools
• Monitor
with
dashboard
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11. The
cost
of
ignoring
your
customers
An
average
company
loses
between
10
and
30%
of
its
customers
annually.
89%
of
customers
switched
to
a
compe3tor
following
a
poor
customer
experience.
It
cost
£30K
to
replace
an
employee.
29%
of
customers
will
share
a
bad
experience
on
social
media.
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12. The
reward
of
caring
about
your
customers
Increased
reten/on
rate
by
5%
increases
your
profit
by
at
least
25%.
The
probability
of
selling
to
an
exis3ng
customer
is
60
to
70%.
The
probability
of
selling
to
a
new
prospect
is
5
to
20%.
Happy
customers,
who
get
their
issue
resolved,
tell
4-‐6
people
about
their
posi3ve
experience.
More
than
50%
of
customers
will
look
at
other
customer
comments
before
buying.
Engaged
employees
are
87%
less
likely
to
leave
the
organiza3on
than
the
disengaged.
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14. About
them
…
“The
non-‐stop
customer”
• Informed
and
powerful
• Best
deal
/
VFM
/
Service
• A
unique
rela3onship
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15. About
them
“The
non-‐stop
customer”
• Informed
and
powerful
• Best
deal
/
VFM
/
Service
• A
unique
rela3onship
Not
you
• Listen,
understand
and
act
• Recognise
&
Care
• Be
transparent
and
honest
• Value
=>
the
emo3onal
experience
• Be
on
brand
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23. 4
fundamental
ques3ons
Why
are
you
in
business?
Where
is
this
value
created?
Who
is
crea3ng
this
value?
What
is
the
manager’s
role?
⇒
To
create
value
⇒
In
the
interface
btw
employees
and
customers
⇒
Employees
⇒
To
encourage,
infuse
and
enable
employees
A
Business
Strategy
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25. Customer
Sa3sfac3on
Customer
Reten3on
Customer
Loyalty
Customer
Advocacy
How
sa3sfied
are
you?
What
else
would
you
like
to
buy?
Upsell
&
Cross
sell
Basics
&
emo3onal
engagement
Would
you
recommend
us
?
From
Apathy
to
Recommenda3on
Fans
Would
you
forgive
us
?
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E
M
O
T
I
O
N
30. “70%
of
complaining
customers
will
do
business
with
you
again,
if
you
resolve
their
complaint.”
Source
:
Lee
Resource
Inc
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31. Welcome
Complaints
A
powerful
save
tool
• Easy
to
reach
you
• The
right
aqtude
-‐
be
on
brand
• The
right
processes
• The
right
culture:
– A
Save
tool
box
– Empowerment
&
Accountability
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32. “96%
of
unhappy
customers
don’t
complain,
however
91%
of
those
will
simply
leave
and
never
come
back.”
Source
:
1st
Financial
training
services
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37. Conclusion
• There
is
no
silver
bullet
• Start
with
your
customers
and
employees
• Mix
of
cultural,
strategic
and
tac3cal
decisions
across
the
en3re
business
• Small
changes,
big
impact
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44. Main
Sources
• Accenture
• McKinsey
• Seth
Godin
• Beyond
philosophy
• Employees
first,
customers
2nd
–
Vineet
Nayar
• You3lity
–
Jay
Baer
• Frank
Sonnenberg
• And
More
….
45. Chris
King
–
Sainsbury
customers
representa3ve
answers
:
Thanks
so
much
for
your
lener,"
he
wrote
last
June.
"I
think
renaming
3ger
bread
giraffe
bread
is
a
brilliant
idea
-‐
it
looks
much
more
like
the
blotches
on
a
giraffe
than
the
stripes
on
a
3ger,
doesn't
it?”
King
then
explains
the
reason
behind
naming
the
bread
so
was
because
the
first
baker
who
made
it
a
"looong
3me
ago
thought
it
looked
stripey
like
a
3ger.
"Maybe
they
were
a
bit
silly."
He
also
encloses
a
£3
giv
card
for
the
store
and
signs
the
lener
"Chris
King
(age
27
&
1/3)