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CMCEF Webinar Series

CMCEF LOGO I am delighted to let you know about a webinar series that I am presenting in conjunction with the Canadian Mechanical Contractors Education Foundation (CMCEF) that I thought would be of interest to you.  The series is called Transforming the Service Experience.  The webinars are intended to help service companies in today’s highly competitive service environment create a highly valued service experience that distinguishes them from their competitors through the activities of their field service team.

The Transforming the Service Experience Series is comprised of three webinars as follows:

Tuesday, January 29th: Defining the Service Experience

Tuesday, February 12th: Creating the Service Experience

Tuesday, February 26th: Maintaining the Service Experience

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Transforming the Service Experience – 5 Dimensions of Service Quality

Jim Baston - customer service expertIf you want to transform the service experience you create for your customers to one that is valued and enables you to stand out from your competitors, then this will be of interest to you.  In this blog we are going to look at the 5 dimensions of service quality and examine how you can use them to define exactly the service experience you want to deliver.

In 1990, professors from Texas A&M University identified the dimensions of exceptional customer service in their book Delivering Quality Service[1]. They found that there were critical dimensions that defined service quality and from their work emerged a customer service model called RATER, which focused on five. Their research indicated that a service firm that can deliver on all five dimensions contained in the model can create an exceptional service experience.

The name RATER is an acronym with each letter representing the first letter of one of the five dimensions.  They are:

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Increase Revenues Generated by Your Service Techs

Do you want to increase Revenues Generated by your Techs?  Tell them to Stop Selling (and Start Serving)!

Our field service technicians represent a huge opportunity to generate revenues. They have a special relationship with our customers based on a high level of trust. Through that relationship, they have gained a unique understanding of our customers’ goals. They have a practical understanding of the latest in technology and they know our company’s capabilities. Who better than them to recognize and explore opportunities for your company to add more value through more services?

Despite this truth, we have found that most service firms are not fully capitalizing on the unique relationships that their service people have. This is unfortunate for both the service firm and the customer. When we do not fully leverage the special relationships that our service technicians have, we are missing a tremendous opportunity to grow our business, reduce competition and increase customer satisfaction levels. But there is more to it than that. The customer is being denied the opportunity to run their plant or facility better. The customer is not benefiting fully from the knowledge and expertise of our service technicians.

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Stop Maintaining Your Mechanical/Electrical Equipment

Imagine opening up a reputable trade magazine and reading an article that states that you should stop maintaining your mechanical and electrical equipment.  You read the following:

Engineers have just discovered that maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment is not needed to keep equipment running at peak performance.  “You’ll get better performance by ignoring the equipment altogether.  The equipment will run better and you will save money on not having to pay those service bills!”  This is great news for building owners and process managers.  They can now take a hands-off approach and while getting excellent performance from their equipment.

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Transforming Your Customer’s Service Experience

customer service expertWelcome to my new Baston’s Blog – Transforming the Service Experience!   Baston’s blog is a regular resource of ideas, tools and strategies to help you transform the service experience you are providing to your customers and reap the resulting rewards – rewards that include higher revenues and profitability and increased customer satisfaction and retention.

Thank you for signing up.  I understand that your time is precious and that there are lots of blogs out there to choose from.  My goal, therefore, is to make this a valuable and entertaining resource that you will look forward to receiving and hopefully pass on to your friends and colleagues.  Your input will help me keep on track and relevant to the challenges that you are facing at the moment. You will find the signup for the blog in the side widget to the right. Please make sure you follow the instructions carefully to ensure you receive your posts in your inbox.

I hope you find this blog of value and I look forward to your comments. Don’t forget to leave a link back to your own blog if you have one, via the commentluv feature you’ll find in the comment section.

Beyond GREAT SERVICE – The Technician’s Role in Proactive Business Growth

 “The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important – and then get out of their way while they do it.”

– Jack Welch

I wrote a book this year called Beyond GREAT SERVICE.  It is written as a fictional account about Charlie, a service manager, as he discovers the secret of successfully engaging technicians in conversations with their customers – a conversation that transforms the service experience and results in increased revenues and customer satisfaction.  Many people have asked me why I have written the book and, to answer that, I will need to take a small step back.

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