I was speaking recently with Rashid Velemeev, CEO of Sindbad Travel, one of Russia’s biggest online travel booking agencies based in St Petersburg. We were discussing customer-centric leaders and he mentioned that he believed an important characteristic is that they feel internal pain.
They can’t accept the way things are and they must change it to relieve their pain. It may be an experience of very poor service or of a product that does not work properly or an experience with people in a company who just don’t care. It creates a burning desire to do something about it.
When we think about this we realize that many businesses are started today because the founder has had a very poor customer experience and feels compelled to fill the gap created in the marketplace. It becomes a passion to make things right and if implemented well becomes a very good business.
Are you a leader that feels pain because things are not done right in your business to consistently deliver customer satisfaction? Do you feel the pain personally with each customer complaint?
If so you can relieve that pain by learning to implementing some of the ideas in our book: The Customer Culture Imperative.
…AND now you can learn how to in our MarketCulture Academy
Thank you for delving into the motivations behind customer-obsessed leadership. Your insights shed light on the driving forces that lead to a customer-centric mindset among leaders. A thought-provoking read that encourages a focus on customer satisfaction and success.