The Secret to Successful Change Initiatives
Use the power of story to temporarily fast-forward to that happy ending and have them, from that safe, happy vantage point, look back at the precipice they’re standing on now.
Use the power of story to temporarily fast-forward to that happy ending and have them, from that safe, happy vantage point, look back at the precipice they’re standing on now.
“Gosh, we don’t know what’s going to happen this afternoon. We don’t know what’s going to happen this month. We don’t know anything.” How does a business plan for the unknown?
Your company may sell the finest products and services in the marketplace, but it’s how customers feel about your products and services that ultimately determine how successful your business will be.
Neuroscience tells us that when we slide down into survival mode that we aren’t able to maximize the use of our prefrontal lobe. This diminishes the quality of our decisions.
“Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.” So sayeth the late David Packard (he was the other guy in Hewlett-Packard). Was this a snarky dig at marketing? Or was Dave trying to get something else across?
The one thing customers are willing to pay for is peace of mind, even if they have to pay a little more for it.
Every customer who was going to buy from you, but who then decides to take his business elsewhere represents far more than a lost sale.
Have you ever found hiring a salesperson and hiring your next TOP PERFORMER are two very different things?