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LinkedIn Learning

Develop a Service Orientation

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn if service orientation is right for your organization, and discover how to shift to a service-oriented sales culture.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Service orientation matters
1. What Is a Service Orientation?
  • Definition of a service orientation
  • When and why to invest in a service orientation
  • Recognizing a product or cash flow orientation
  • What it means for product, sales, and support
  • The metrics of service
  • NPS and the most important question
2. Successful Service Orientation
  • Service legends
  • How to hire service-oriented employees
  • Find a service-oriented company to work for
  • Change the company culture toward service
  • Make the case for a service orientation
  • Tips to establish a service orientation from the start
3. Types of Service Orientation Selling
  • Service in non-luxury brands
  • Sell the software as a service (SaaS)
  • Service orientation when selling just services
  • Service orientation when still selling stuff
4. Challenges of Service Orientation
  • Risks of moving to a service orientation
  • Stay service focused through a crisis
  • When meeting needs means missing revenue goals
Conclusion
  • Taking action toward a service orientation

Taught by

Robbie Kellman Baxter

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