Monday, 4 February 2013

Customers Rule OK!



Please don’t kid yourself, 2013 is going to be a challenging year, while at the same time some massive opportunities for growth are staring us in the face by taking market share.  Customers are now in charge and RULE OK...  

There is nothing to fear if you are part of or powered to influence behavioural change. The challenge here is to be truly customer led.  Very few business models even understand what customer led means, let alone practicing this culture.  I think everybody knows that in order to get behavioural change you firstly have to get attitudinal change and this starts with the leaders, managers and executives then to cascade through every part of a business.

I am now old enough, wise enough and fortunate enough to have learnt from cleverer people than me how to win in a stagnant or recessional marketplace.  Simple really, if your industry, products and services are mature and there is little or no growth ‘nick business from your competitors. What do you need? Desire, determination and the courage to invest just a little in your people (£500 per person will do nicely) and see a 20 times return.


Unleash the power of your people in up-skilling, training and learning, helping them to deliver what your customers want but will not get from your competition.

1.    Value for money products or services (customer led)
2.    Excellent customer experiences
3.    Supported by motivated, positive people

Yes of course I have a vested interest here, but I guarantee everyone of you reading this know in your heart of hearts that it’s right and just downright commonsense and do you know -  a bit of commonsense is always a winner.
 
It’s so blindingly obvious that only a very few will actually do it!  

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