Raising customer satisfaction to record levels

The problem

Anglian Water serves around four million customers and invests heavily in service quality, with performance tracked through customer satisfaction surveys run by the regulator  Ofwat. The client faced the challenge that satisfaction scores do not always reflect the full reality of service delivery, because customers tend to judge experiences based on a standout moment and how that interaction ends. The organisation needed a way to improve how customers experienced and recalled service interactions, so that day-to-day operational effort translated more reliably into stronger satisfaction results.

The Solution

INFLUENCE AT WORK worked with managers and supervisors to identify the specific moments within customer interactions where small changes would have an outsized impact on customer memory and overall satisfaction. Team leaders were then equipped to deliver a practical workshop programme and supporting tools, rolled out to more than 400 engineers and customer service colleagues, helping staff consistently create stronger high points and better endings in real customer journeys.

The impact

The workshops and tools improved customer interactions and translated into stronger customer satisfaction performance. The first quarterly service results following rollout were the highest that  Anglian Water had ever achieved.

“We got our Quarterly Service results back today for this year. They are the best results we have ever had. Based on the last quarter they will put us at first place in the industry! My team plays a lead role in the operational response for the company and packed with INFLUENCE AT WORK insights! Thank you. I can’t tell you how much these results mean to the company.”

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