This is the second in a 5-post series, “How to Deliver World-Class Customer Experiences – Leading the Starbucks Way." In this installment, we continue to explore business concepts in my book Leading the Starbucks Way: 5 Principles to Connect with Your Customers, Your Products, and Your People.
When sitting across from Howard Schultz (the former CEO of Starbucks) it doesn’t take him long to get to the heart of leadership excellence which explains why I titled a Starbucks business principle “Love to be Loved.”
From Howard’s perspective, much of leadership comes down to three traits: “Take love, humanity, and humility and then place them in a performance-driven organization. Those humanistic elements in performance may seem in conflict to the naked eye. But I believe performance is significantly enhanced by human-centric leadership. I am convinced of it because we have become more performance-driven than at any other time in our history and the values of the company are at a high level. If we can infuse love, humanity, and humility on a global basis and build it into a performance-driven organization, we are unbeatable.”
In what ways are you managing through the lens of humanity while still maintaining high-performance expectations?
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PODCAST - Was Your Mother Right? Classic Wisdom at the Heart of Customer Success
PODCAST - How to Spark EI and CX - Igniting Empathy and Emotional Skill
PODCAST: Make Customer Breakdowns into Breakthroughs - How to Embrace Service Shortcomings
PODCAST: Choose your Attitude, It’s Showtime - How to Actually Care for Every Customer
PODCAST: How to Actually Show Gratitude - The Lost Art of Appreciation
PODCAST: Why Send Customers Away - The Art of Building Trust and Loyalty
PODCAST: How to Crush Signature Moments - The Art of Subtly Delighting Customers
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PODCAST: Being the Ritz Carlton of Your Industry: How to Deliver Delight
PODCAST: Are You Catching the Big Fish? Colorful Ways to Delight Every Customer
PODCAST: One of the Most Asked Questions: How Customer Experience Leaders Really Win
PODCAST: Behavior vs. Score - How to Track What Actually Matters
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PODCAST: Customer Psychology - How to Enhance Experiences and Boost Sales
PODCAST: Do You Want People to Repurchase? Become a Confidence Building Business
PODCAST: Ten Ways to Keep Employees - Fundamentals for Robust Engagement
PODCAST: Know Your Customers - How to Seize Opportunities and Engage Loyalty
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