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Maximising Customer Satisfaction
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A Stakeholder Is...
... ‘an individual or group with an interest in the success of an organisation in delivering intended results and maintaining the viability of the organisation's products and services’.
Glossary of Terms at: www.ichnet.org/glossary.htm
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Stakeholders Can Include …
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• External customers• Internal customers (employees)• Owners/shareholders/investors• Suppliers• Partners• Government• Society at large
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Buckingham and Coffman
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• Identified four expectations
• Vital for customer satisfaction, retention and loyalty
• Must fulfil lower level expectations first
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Hierarchy of Customer Expectations
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Source: Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman First Break all the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently (Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 2001) pp 128 – 132.
Level 4: Advice
Level 3: Partnership
Level 2: Availability
Level 1: Accuracy
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Preventing Customer Dissatisfaction
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• Levels 1 and 2 are relatively easy to meet
• Only prevent customer dissatisfaction – they do not generate feelings of satisfaction
• Easy for competitors to replicate
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Customer Satisfaction, Loyalty and Retention
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• When levels 3 and 4 are met consistently, customers will feel positive and satisfied at a level that directly relates to loyalty
• Organisations that can retain and develop employees with an aptitude and talent for partnering, will not only enjoy high levels of customer satisfaction, but may well secure significant competitive advantage
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Think Like a Customer
• A technique to help you imagine what it feels like to be a customer
• Broadens perceptions
• Increases understanding
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Identify Customer Needs and Wants
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Depending on where emphasis of each word in a sentence is placed, the meaning takes on a different perspective
‘Get under each customer’s skin’ Be the catalyst; initiate questions using most appropriate medium.
‘Get under each customer’s skin’ Imagine what it feels like to be a customer. Try to experience being one of your customers.
‘Get under each customer’s skin’ Consider: do we see all customers as the same with the same basic requirements? What would the benefits be from offering a standard or customised product or service?
‘Get under each customer’s skin’ Consider existing, prospective and past customers as potential sources for creating additional products and services.
‘Get under each customer’s skin’ Look under the surface to identify what your customers might want and what they really think and feel.
Robert Craven, Customer is King: How to Exceed Their Expectations (Virgin Books, 2002), p 116.
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Exercise
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Think of a situation to step into a customer’s shoes. Maybe:
• a past situation to revisit from your customer’s perspective. Was the customer upset? Or explore what it might have taken to satisfy your customer, or go the extra mile?
• a current situation where you need to better understand the customer’s perspective. Has the discussion faltered? Or you know your relationship could improve.
• a future situation where you want to consider the effect of your actions.
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“We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.”
Anais Nin
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Think Like a Customer
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Break State
X
2ndAs CUSTOMER
3rdOBSERVER
1stAs YOU
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Learning Map
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• Combines both words and images to provide a powerful tool to enhance long-term memory retention
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Learning Map Benefits
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• Information condensed onto one page• Visual presentation means can be absorbed
immediately• Focuses on essential ideas and connections
between them• Cuts out irrelevant material• Create your own order to others’ ideas• Process of reworking a learning map reinforces
key learning points
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“As far as customers are concerned you are the company.
This is not a burden, but the core of your job.
You hold in your hands the power to keep customers coming back – perhaps even to
make or break the company.”
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Customer Facing Employees
Are responsible for:
• creating good impressions
• upholding values
• maintaining reputation of whole organisation
“Customers may forget what you said, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel.”
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Train Your Front Line Staff
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Important skills for dealing with customers include:• Courtesy• Listening• Responsiveness• Intelligent questioning• Conflict management• Non-verbal communication• Knowledge of customer and product• Written and telephone communication• Internal skills, e.g. teamwork and delegation
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However ...
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• Employee behaviour and whether they go the extra mile is predominately driven by motivation
CUSTOMER SATISFACTIO
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EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION =
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What Motivates Employees?
• Monetary rewards rarely enough• Genuine concern and respect for employees• Sense of control and ownership - feel valued and trusted• Regular feedback and appreciation for genuine
performance• Involvement in decision-making processes• Lead by example• Play to individual’s natural talents• Develop employees ensuring they grow • Fresh challenges • Improve processes – ensure smooth and efficient service • Encourage and listen to ideas and opinions –
use them to improve the service
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Empowering Employees
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• Generates positive emotions – people feel valued and trusted
• Ensures people can make decisions and take the necessary action to provide excellent customer service
• When necessary, deal with problems and complaints
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A Great Working Environment Will...
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• have a positive psychological effect on team members
• boost team confidence and motivation• reflect in all types of communication with
customers • help create a positive visual image of your team
for customers who visit your office
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Kaizen Culture Centred On …
• Quality
• Service
• Customer satisfaction
• Low cost
• On-time delivery
All of which can be delivered without significant capital investment
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Kaizen Results
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• Small incremental changes • Continuous, day-to-day steady improvement • Over time will result in significant improvements
to productivity, efficiency and delivery• Increasing customer satisfaction • Resulting in significant competitive advantage
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Involve and Empower Employees
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• Employees are brought together to examine their jobs, sections, and processes
• They decide:– which areas of the organisation require changes– what changes will be made– how they will be made – and subsequently how they will be measured
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Additional Benefits to Kaizen
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• Increased morale as employees are encouraged to make suggestions and are empowered to make changes in the way they work
• Once improvements have been made, they will also find their work easier and more enjoyable
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Implementing Kaizen in a Customer Care Context
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• Disregard the status quo
• Question everything
• Know the areas that require change
• Improve procedures
• Think of opportunities not problems
• Correct mistakes immediately
• Use experience and collective knowledge rather than capital investment
• Seek the cause of problems, not the symptoms
• Seek out as many different opinions as possible
• Generate innovative actions
• Eliminate waste (customers do not pay for non-value adding activities)
• Better to sacrifice quality if it means making a start sooner rather than later
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Shift and Share
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• What steps or actions can I or my team take to maximise customer satisfaction?
Technical People
Policies
Procedures
Processes
Right people
Right mindset
Well trained
Engaged
Transaction Relationship
Accurate
Timely
Meet/exceed needs
Mutual respect and trust
Collaborative
Attentive
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