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Simplifying the business model leaves us with just two objectives. The goal of any business is to attract and keep customers. The goal of management is to attract, keep, and engage talented people that can do that.
A customer-centric organization realizes that success requires more than customer satisfaction or even loyalty. The customer experience must exceed the customer expectation to such a degree that not only will the customer return (loyalty) they will regularly recommend the business to others. Customers must be transformed into Customer Advocates.
Only a work environment where people are treated as partners (not employees) can accomplish that. In addition, their hearts and minds have to be engaged; their passions have to be released. Their work must have meaning. They must understand their purpose. Employees must be transformed into Purpose-Driven Partners.
Work groups, no matter how talented or passionate, can not achieve excellence when they are not reading from the same playbook. Talents and strengths must be recognized and appreciated and these talented individuals must be placed in the right roles. Vision and strategy must be aligned. Corporate strategy must be broken down into effective tactics. Work groups must be transformed into High Performance Teams.
Only the right kind of individual, properly trained and developed, can create that kind of environment; managers that understand the role that leadership plays in the management process. Managers like this lead their team not only to places they would not go alone, but also to places they may not want to go - but should be. While they focus on people, relationships, and values, their business outcomes are regularly better than the managers whose primary focus is 'making their numbers.' These managers make miracles happen: the top line grows, strategies are executed, profit increases, and customers are won and kept for life. These humble leaders create lasting and meaningful change. To achieve this kind of result, managers must be transformed into Transformational Leaders.
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