CAN YOU PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU DID WITH CLIENTS TO ‘‘WOW’’ THEM?
Basically, it’s how we try to encourage outrageously positive behavior in a very genuine way. About 18 months ago, I was visiting our London operations meeting with a variety of clients. British Petroleum (BP) is one of our clients in Europe, not a client here in the United States. I met with some of their HR folks and introduced myself as the new CEO. I talked about POS and how we were trying to change the culture of our company. I said that we wanted to engage them and learn from them. It was a great meeting. Then, about three or four weeks later, the Deep Water Horizon oil spill occurred with the unfortunate loss of a dozen or so lives and one of the largest environmental spills in history. You could read and see on TV that the folks at BP were being blasted in the U.S. and throughout the global press regarding their reaction times, what they were doing, what they were not doing, and so forth. The folks at BP were feeling pretty bad about all this.
So I called up the senior HR person whom I knew, and I said, ‘‘Listen, I can see what’s going on in the States. I’m sorry that this is happening for you. I understand you’re trying to move a lot of people into the Gulf area to deal with this crisis. I know you have vendors there probably helping you, but we are a relocation company. I would like to offer the services of our company to you, free of charge, for the duration of the crisis.’’ He said, ‘‘Why would you make such an offer?’’ ‘‘The very simple answer is that we all have a responsibility for what’s going on in the Gulf. We all need to try to help in ways large and small. This is the best way that I can think of to help you. It’s a sincere offer. If you’d like to take us up on it, great, if you don’t, that’s fine. I certainly understand.’’ About two days later I got a call back from the folks at BP. They said, ‘‘Well, first off, thank you so much for calling. There have been a number of vendors that we currently do business with throughout the world. Many have called offering their services. You were the only one that offered to do it free of charge. We probably won’t take you up on the offer, but we very much appreciate the gesture.’’ I said, ‘‘That’s fine. If you change your mind, we’re happy to do whatever we can to help. Again we’re all responsible here, and we just want to be helpful.’’ Well, sure enough, about six months later they decided to go out for an RFP (a request for a proposal) for a new vendor for relocation. We were invited to be one of the participants. Of course, the end of the story is not yet written. We don’t know how it will turn out. But, we use this example with our associates to encourage them to be positively outrageous. It’s okay to help others and not expect anything in return. When we do that, fabulous things can happen.
คุณสามารถแสดงตัวอย่างของสิ่งที่คุณทำกับลูกค้า ''ว้า '' พวกเขา โดยทั่วไป วิธีเราลองส่งเสริมพฤติกรรมบวกกลางคืนในลักษณะของแท้มาก ประมาณ 18 เดือนที่ผ่านมา ฉันถูกเยี่ยมชมการดำเนินงานลอนดอนเราประชุมกับลูกค้า บริติชปิโตรเลียม (บีพี) เป็นหนึ่งในลูกค้าของเราในยุโรป ไม่เป็นลูกค้าที่นี่ในสหรัฐอเมริกา ฉันได้พบกับบางคนของ HR และแนะนำตัวเองเป็นซีอีโอใหม่ ฉันพูดคุยเกี่ยวกับ POS และว่าเรากำลังพยายามเปลี่ยนแปลงวัฒนธรรมของบริษัท กล่าวว่า เราต้องการให้มีส่วนร่วม และเรียนรู้จากพวกเขา มันเป็นการประชุมที่ดี แล้ว เกี่ยวกับสาม หรือสี่สัปดาห์ การรั่วไหลของน้ำมันระดับน้ำลึกเกิด มีการสูญเสียโชคร้ายของโหล หรือเพื่อให้ชีวิตและหนึ่งรั่วไหลสิ่งแวดล้อมที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในประวัติศาสตร์ คุณสามารถอ่าน และดูในทีวีที่ถูกการทำลายคนที่ BP ในสหรัฐ และข่าวทั่วโลกเกี่ยวกับเวลาปฏิกิริยาของพวกเขา พวกเขาได้ทำอะไร จะได้ไม่ทำอะไร และต่อ ๆ กัน คนใน BP กำลังรู้สึกไม่ดีนักเกี่ยวกับทั้งหมดนี้ So I called up the senior HR person whom I knew, and I said, ‘‘Listen, I can see what’s going on in the States. I’m sorry that this is happening for you. I understand you’re trying to move a lot of people into the Gulf area to deal with this crisis. I know you have vendors there probably helping you, but we are a relocation company. I would like to offer the services of our company to you, free of charge, for the duration of the crisis.’’ He said, ‘‘Why would you make such an offer?’’ ‘‘The very simple answer is that we all have a responsibility for what’s going on in the Gulf. We all need to try to help in ways large and small. This is the best way that I can think of to help you. It’s a sincere offer. If you’d like to take us up on it, great, if you don’t, that’s fine. I certainly understand.’’ About two days later I got a call back from the folks at BP. They said, ‘‘Well, first off, thank you so much for calling. There have been a number of vendors that we currently do business with throughout the world. Many have called offering their services. You were the only one that offered to do it free of charge. We probably won’t take you up on the offer, but we very much appreciate the gesture.’’ I said, ‘‘That’s fine. If you change your mind, we’re happy to do whatever we can to help. Again we’re all responsible here, and we just want to be helpful.’’ Well, sure enough, about six months later they decided to go out for an RFP (a request for a proposal) for a new vendor for relocation. We were invited to be one of the participants. Of course, the end of the story is not yet written. We don’t know how it will turn out. But, we use this example with our associates to encourage them to be positively outrageous. It’s okay to help others and not expect anything in return. When we do that, fabulous things can happen.
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