Hug Your Customers: The Workshop
Jack Mitchell has partnered with a world class training organization - New Haven Consulting Group, Inc. (NHCG, Inc.) to provide expert facilitation of Hug Your Customers: The Workshop.
Now more than ever, brand experience and loyalty is defined by Customer Service. Customers are thirsting for relationship driven companies – those companies that realize customers, not product, are the most important priority. This business philosophy, based on Jack Mitchell’s best-selling book, Hug Your Customers, is foundational to impressing and highly satisfying each customer. The HYC workshop shows how any business can adapt this “hugging” philosophy to attract and retain customers, lower marketing costs, and maintain higher gross margins and long-term revenues.
Who Should Attend HYC?
HYC is designed to build and/or enhance the customer-centric culture, and as such, will be beneficial for all associates, managers and supervisors.
Topic Areas Covered in HYC
- Creating a proactive culture
- Developing very strong relationships with your customers
- Focusing on customer-led services
- Moving from satisfied customers to very satisfied customers and finally, and most importantly, to extremely satisfied customers
- Creating ways to exceed expectations and anticipate needs
What Are the Outcomes of HYC?
At the conclusion of HYC, participants will be able to do the following:
- Understand the benefits of a Customer-Centric Culture based on “Hugs”
- Understand the skills necessary to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty (from greeting to future interactions)
- Know the value and rewards of taking a personal interest in your customer
- Always have a “no problem” attitude
- Develop a forward thinking philosophy and anticipate needs
How is HYC Conducted?
HYC is more than just a workshop. It is a process from beginning to end to ensure the “hugging” philosophy is truly embedded in the organization. The HYC process starts with the Hug App – designed to inform, engage, and inspire attendees prior to the workshop. Participants are introduced to key program concepts through personalized video vignettes. Participants then choose “challenge” situations to develop unique hugging approaches to exceed customer expectations.
As part of the workshop Prework, specific chapters from Jack Mitchell's book, "Hug Your Customers" are identified for use as discussion points and activities during the workshop.
At the workshop, participants are involved in:
- Presentation/Discussions
- Video Vignettes
- Small & Large Group Activities
- Experiential Activities
- Case Study & Role Play Scenarios
- Simulations
After the workshop, the Hug App is used once again to “push” re-enforcement content to participants in the form of the “Hug of the WeeK” – real life Hugging situations that highlight the effective use of the Hugging philosophy. Over a 6-month period, graduates receive content reminders, case studies, and other relevant content to ensure they are on-board with the Hugging Philosophy. Should the client desire, additional time can be spent on using the Hug App to continue re-enforcement of the Hugging Philosophy.
Hug Your Customers: The Workshop is a truly unique and effective experience for any organization that wants to go beyond satisfying the customer to creating an exceptional customer experience!
To learn more about NHCG, Inc., please visit www.nhcg.com.