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... in your office. The system must be accurate, infallible, and easy to use. All Articles by CompleteMarkets Editor Comments (0 ) The Management Puzzle: Some Assembly Required This content has not been rated yet. CompleteMarkets Editor 8/24/2016 12:00:00 AM I think of management as a puzzle: Put the pieces together in the right order, and you have a beautiful picture ? jumble them, and you have a pile of pasteboard. In this document, Mike Manes offers guidelines that will help you assemble a masterpiece. All Articles by CompleteMarkets Editor Comments (0 ) x No Thanks Loading.. Loading.. x No Thanks Loading.. ...

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... &# 160 As a boy, more than anything else I wanted a horse. In my fantasy world, I'd be Roy Rogers on Trigger, a jockey aboard Man of War, or a pioneer driving a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail. I got my wish (watch what you pray for!) . Suddenly my fantasy world collided with reality. My horse, Sham, was a beautiful animal. He was young, spirited, and impossible to ride. His first evening at the farm foreshadowed his style and our relationship. He went through a corral to visit with an old blind mare that roamed free. We attempted to curb his spirit by limiting his manhood. Watching this procedure hurt me, but it didn't calm Sham. I thought that a horseback ride was the ideal ... organizations than I did over Sham. They hold the reins of their companies. They have an organizational chart that illustrates their control. Unfortunately their reins' don't control the animal they ride. More often than not, the organization takes them where it wants to go. Most leaders realize that today's world is different and that their organizations must adapt. Consumers are in charge. They're sophisticated and can shop from unlimited sources. Consumers don't care about organizations — they care about themselves and their needs. To survive and prosper, an organization must develop customer intimacy and deliver what customers want and need. It can't maintain the status quo and expect to attract and retain new business. The company must change. It wasn't easy for me to trade Sham. I loved that horse. I wanted to ...

... " to an old "Mo Fo" who's trying to buy from your company. The essential questions in each relationship are: Who is this customer? What do they want and need? How do you profitably deliver it at a price they are willing to pay? Success in customer service does not come from on high (Harvard Business School, business books, or seminars) but, like beauty, "lies in the eye of the beholder (customer) ." Customer service is a "bottom up" activity. Part of your challenge is that customers differ, not only as a niche of one, but in their demands for individualized service. Some customers want "high touch": a relationship that they can trust, while others need "high tech": a seamless ... your wants, and your needs. They'll then convert what they've just learned and their knowledge of their products and services into solving your problem or satisfying your expectations. Most important, when they commit to doing something, they do it — when, where, and how they promise! It's difficult to quantify bad examples because there are so many experiences to choose from. Some examples include a monogram shop that promised me four shirts with my company logo on a certain day. For the next month after the promised delivery date, I called to check on the order more than 17 times. Finally the owner "fired" me as a customer for being unreasonable. A CPA firm sent me a letter threatening to charge me double their usual fee if I didn't deliver my tax information by a ...

...for a long-term relationship. The beauty of this activity is that almost all s...