How to outperform your competitors by 85% in sales growth.

Several years ago, I was looking into ways to elevate the guest experience in our 4 restaurants. We generally had good service experiences, reinforced by service review ratings in the high 3’s to low 4’s. But I felt there had to be a better way to kick up our service. As usual, when I want to learn something, I look for the expert in a particular field or strategy.

My search led me to the Disney Institute at Disney World in Florida. Disney Institute provides training on Disney brand competency’s such as The Disney Approach to Quality Service and the Disney Approach to Employee Engagement. I attended the Quality Service course and it was here that I was exposed to what I call the “85% Advantage”.

According to Disney, organizations that optimize their customer connection outperform competitors by 85% in sales growth and 26% in gross margins. This customer connection can be improved by defining a “Common Purpose”, which is the feeling a business is looking to impart to their customers.

When I returned from Disney, we realized we were at our best in our restaurants when we “Create Belonging”, a place for our guests to call home. And we began to look for ways to “operationalize” this feeling in everything we do.

We started by holding workshops with our managers and team members on the importance of interacting with the guest with sincere concern for their experience. We created an Interview Guide for our managers to help choose service team members with a passion for hospitality. We developed a Training Guide to help our key trainers focus on the guest with our new hires. Overall we used 10 unique strategies to operationalize Create Belonging in our company.

Our results from this initiative were immediate and significant! Sales trends improved by 7% and our review scores (Yelp, Google, Facebook) improved from the high 3’s to 4.3 company overall. Most importantly, Create Belonging became our focal point and the foundation for our teams. 

Tony Robbins says, “People Buy Feelings, Not Things”. We can help your business define the unique feeling you wish to evoke, and operationalize with your team.

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