“The greatest barrier to customer centricity is the lack of a customer-centric organisational culture. A company must have leaders who deliberately cultivate the necessary mindset and values in their employees.”
Harvard Business Review, Oct 2018
Organisations often refer to themselves as “customer-centric”. But what does it really mean to put customers at the centre?
It’s about making customer centricity a real mission – and not just paying lip service to it. And part of this is ensuring that business leaders are authentically customer-centric.
If organisations adopt a truly customer-centric mindset, the experience for the customer will be easier and more enjoyable. Customers of today have greater choice and higher expectations than ever before. If a company doesn’t fulfil a customer’s needs, the customer will go elsewhere, and they’re likely to spread the bad news too!
We can advise you on how to make a greater shift in mindset towards customer centricity. During the UNDERSTAND phase of our approach, we’ll assess where you’re currently at in terms of customer focus. And, we’ll find out how customer centric your front-line teams are. Are they really “thinking customer” every step of the way? And if not, why not?
We’ll use this insight to shape your customer experience strategy and build bespoke training programmes for your employees.
One of the critical skills involved in customer centricity is understanding your customer. The customer is constantly evolving, therefore the efforts to understand your customer need to be dynamic and ongoing. Technology, such as Voice of the Customer platforms can play an effective role in capturing insight and innovation from your customers.