vtg f&i focus on the fundamentals
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F&I meeting - St. Louis - August 18th, 2010TRANSCRIPT
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Focus on the Fundamentals
John Spence
The Van Tuyl Group
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A few of my clients:
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What does this mean to me?
How can I use this idea?
What can I do right away?
I am NOT a guru…
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Our Goal for the next three hours…
• Share with you a wealth of highly valuable information .
• This information has been gleaned from leading research, benchmarking studies, executive surveys and interviews at more than 3,000 top organizations.
• Your challenge is to look for the big ideas you can take and implement right away.
• Take this seriously and be ready to offer opinions or ask questions at any time.
• Take lots of notes – you will need them today -- but I will give you all of the slides.
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How are you viewed ?
Not honestManipulativeTrickyPushyTake advantageLack of disclosureIntentionally confusingNot here to help me
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The goal is the opposite:
• Honest
• Straightforward
• High Integrity
• Fair
• Customer Focused
• Professional
• Caring
• Well prepared
• Respectful
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(T + C + ECF) x DE = Success
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Talent
T = Talent
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Anne MulcahyCEO of Xerox and the third most powerful woman in the world!
1. Build a network of great relationships with people who want to see you succeed.
2. You don’t have all of the answers, so ask for help and advice from the smartest people you can find.
3. Learn to be a learner.
4. Listen intently to your employees and to your customers.
Some really great advice…
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How do you define talent?
• Highly Competent
• Impeccable Character
• Excellent Communicator
• Positive Attitude
• Creative /Innovative
• Risk Tolerant
• Strong Drive
• Solid Team Player
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• Lack of TRUST
• Lack of candor
• Lack of commitment
• Lack of accountability
• Lack of results
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Source Credibility
C x R x I SO
= Trust
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Competence
RespectDistrust
Affection TRUST
HIGH
LOW
LOW HIGH
Concern
The 4 C’s of Trust
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The Foundation of Building Trist
I am good at what I do…
and I do it because I care about you.
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John Spence High-Performance Team Model
• D
• M
• C
• C
• M
• D
irection – vivid, clear, inspiring --- shared
easurements – specific, observable, focused
ompetence – very good at what they do
ommunication – open, honest, courageous
utual Accountability – all team members
iscipline – do this every day
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Ground Rules for a Professional Organization
• Staff agrees to be managed and coached to strictly enforced standards of performance and quality work.
• Teamwork is mandatory, not optional.
• Excellence in customer satisfaction is an enforced standard.
• Personal and professional growth is a nonnegotiable minimum standard.
• All team members must show a sincere interest in the customer and a sincere desire to help them.
• The primary focus must be on delivering quality work and building strong customer relationships.
• Demand excellence and refuse to tolerate mediocrity.
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11 Key Team Competencies:
1. Setting clear, specific and measurable goals.
2. Making assignments extremely clear and ensuring required competence.
3. Using effective decision making processes within the team.
4. Establishing accountability for high performance across the entire team.
5. Running effective team meetings.
6. Building strong levels of trust.
7. Establishing open, honest and frank communications.
8. Managing conflict effectively.
9. Creating mutual respect and collaboration.
10. Encouraging risk-taking and innovation.
11. Engaging in ongoing team building activities.
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Best Practices: Talent• Create a pipeline of talent into your
company.
• Hire for attitude – train for skills.
• Train people how to interview.
• Use team interviewing.
• Use a focused competency model.
• Use numerous types of testing.
• Do a thorough reference check.
• Make sure they really want to work for you.
• Hire slow – fire fast.Make “Hiring Right” a core competency!
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Workshop
• What are three things you can do to improve the teamwork on your team?
• And three things to improve you teamwork with other teams in the organization?
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C = Culture
Business Side• Innovation
• Accountability
• Execution
• Customer Focus
• Ownership Mentality
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The Four Pieces of Paper…
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The key elements of a winning culture: Employees
Fun
Family
Friends
Fair
Freedom
Pride
Praise
Meaning
Accomplishment
1 -10
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The level of highly satisfied and engaged EMPLOYEES in your business.
The number one factor in increasing the level of highly satisfied and
engaged CUSTOMERS in your business is…
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Key Drivers of Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty
Financial Performance
Quality P&S&
Customer Relationship
EmployeeSatisfaction
Empowerment High Standards
Long-termOrientation
Enthusiasm, Commitment,
Respect
Training &Development
Fair Compensation
CR= 104.12% increase in profits
CR= .404
CR=.334
CR=.277
CR=.275CR=.249
CR=.280 Coaching
CR=.285 CR=.371 CR=.365 CR=.191 CR=.247
TolerateNothing
Less
From: Practice What You Preach by Maister
Global study:16 countries529 companies15,589 respondents
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Best Practices: Culture
Make hiring “right” a core competency
Manage the corporate culture as a key asset
Establish a clearly communicated vision for success
Focus on employee satisfaction and engagement as a strategic objective
Set high standards and hold people accountable to those standards
Refuse to tolerate mediocrity
Be a fanatic for training, coaching and mentoring across the organization
Empower your people to go out and “wow” the customer…
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• What are three specific things you can do right away to improve the culture on your team and/or in your overall organization?
Workshop
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Some Tips on Empowerment and Coaching
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4-Level Decision Making
1. You own it.
2. Ask for input… you own it.
3. Team decision… I own it.
4. My call… I own it.
Information IS Power…
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Skills
CheerleaderDirector
Teacher Coach
HIGH
LOW
LOW HIGH
Desire
Situational Leadership
14
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Extreme Customer Focus
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A few good quotes…
• “We are not in the coffee business serving people… we are in the people business serving coffee.” Howard Schultz, CEO – Starbucks
• “We took our eye off the ball and it damn near put us out of business. We forgot that the customer pays ALL the bills. We are here to serve them, help them, support them. Not keeping that at the front of our minds almost cost us everything.” Lou Gerstner, CEO -
IBM
• “The very future of our company hinges on our ability to understand and serve our customers better than any other firm. It is all about customer service, the products are actually secondary.” Jeff Immelt, CEO – GE
• “The only critic whose opinion counts, is the customer” – Mark Twain
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Let’s look at your market: The bad news…
• Strong competition
• Difficult to differentiate
• Highly informed consumers
• Exceedingly high expectations
• Cost of acquisition of a targeted customer is high
• Cost to satisfy is higher
• Cost to replace is 5x higher
Good News: Value of a delighted customer… priceless!
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Customer Satisfaction Drives Customer loyalty… and Customer loyalty Drives Profitability
100%
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
Extremely Dissatisfied
SomewhatDissatisfied
SlightlyDissatisfied Satisfied
Very Satisfied
Zone of Defection
Zone of Indifference
Zone of Affection
Loya
lty
Customer Satisfaction
Terrorist
Evangelist
A 5% increase in loyalty among your best customers…
Can produce a profit increase of 25% – 85%
I hate you
I don’t care about you
I love you
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Increased employee engagement = 104% increase in profitability
Increased customer loyalty = 25 to 85% increase in profitability
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Fundamental Customer Expectations
• Reliability: The ability to provide what was promised, on time, dependably and accurately. (Honesty)
• Assurance: The knowledge and courtesy of employees, and their ability to convey trust and confidence. (Competence)
• Empathy: The degree of caring and individual attention provided to customers. (Concern)
• Responsiveness: The willingness to help customers and provide prompt service. (Attitude)
• Tangibles: The physical facilities, equipment, and appearance of the personnel. (Professionalism) 1 -10
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How do the Best Companies Deliver Superior Customer Service?
• From a study of more than 3,000 companies — narrowed down to the top 101 companies that profit
from customer care — here are the Top Six Factors that were the fundamental tactics used to build and manage extraordinary levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty.
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They listen to, understand, and respond (often in unique and creative ways) to the evolving needs and constantly shifting expectations of their
customers.
Own the VOC
1. Extreme Customer Focus
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They establish a clear vision of what superior service is, communicate that vision to employees at all levels, and ensure that service quality is personally and positively important to everyone in the organization..
2. Shared Customer Service Credo
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3. Process = Repeatable success
• They create systems, processes and protocols to ensure that service delivery is flawless… without stifling the creativity and initiative of their employees.
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They establish concrete standards of service quality and regularly measure themselves against those standards, guarding against the “acceptable error” mindset by establishing as their goal 100% customer satisfaction performance.
4. Clear Standards + Accountability
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Moments of Truth
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Clarifying expectations is critical…
OPUD vs. UPOD
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Measure & Post Create A Dashboard of Key Indicators
MPS Margin Per Sale
Talent
Customer Service
Customer Retention
CSI – MOT - VOC
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MOT = CSI
• Straightforward Communication
• Clear Expectations
• Concern
• Friendliness
• Integrity
• Professional
• Considerate
• Accurate
• Fair
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Workshop
• What are your top 4 Moments of Truth?
• Do you have a specific and clear process to ensure repeatable success on each of them? Y/N
• How could you improve the consistent flawless delivery of these Moments of Truth?
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They hire the best people, train them carefully and extensively so they have the knowledge and skills to achieve the service standards, then empower them to work on behalf of the customers, whether inside or outside the organization.
5. Customer Focused Employees
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They recognize and reward service accomplishments, sometimes individually, sometimes as a group effort, in particular celebrating the success of employees who go “one step beyond” for their customers.
Deal decisively with mediocrity
6. Reward and Celebrate Success
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Zappos Sales in 1998 = 0 Sales in 2008 = 1.2 Billion
Looking back, a big reason we hit our goal early was that we decided to invest our time, money and resources into three key areas: customer service (which would build our brand and drive word-of-
mouth), culture (which would lead to the formation of
our core values), and employee training and development (which would eventually lead to the creation of our Pipeline Team).
Even today, our core belief is that our Brand, our Culture and our Pipeline are the only competitive advantages we will have in the long run. Everything else can and will be copied.
Tony Hsieh – CEO Zappos
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SUMMARY of Key Strategies
1. Create a talent pipeline
2. Intensive hiring process = Hire Right
3. Company culture managed as a strategic asset
4. Customer service as a key strategic differentiator
5. Own the VOC
6. Set clear expectations – establish key processes
7. Nail the “Moments of Truth”
8. Measure – post – track – reward/punish
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THANK YOU
If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to send a note or call. My email address is: [email protected]
Also, you might find value in the ideas I share in my blog. You can sign up for it at:www.blog.johnspence.com
Lastly, these slides have already been uploaded to:www.slideshare.net/johnspence