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What Customer-Centric Companies Must Do To Become Customer-Obsessed

Beyond Philosophy

In building relationships with customers, and value for them, my long-time observation is that most organizations tend to progress through several stages of performance as they are becoming truly customer-centric: a) customer awareness, b) customer sensitivity, c) customer focus, and d) customer obsession.

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4 Customer Support Myths to Avoid

Return Customer

A customer is more likely to agree to wait an additional day for resolution than dealing with false promises. Always Keep the Customer in the Loop. A customer would prefer to know their stage of complaint resolution than wait for the final resolution to magically show up.