“Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success" by R. Edward Freeman, Jeffrey S. Harrison, and Andrew C. Wicks is a comprehensive examination of stakeholder theory and its application in modern business. The book argues that organisations should prioritise the interests of all stakeholders—not just shareholders—to achieve long-term success and sustainability. This approach, known as stakeholder management, involves identifying, understanding, and balancing the needs and concerns of various groups that are affected by or can affect the organisation.
A Complaint Is a Gift: Recovering Customer Loyalty When Things Go Wrong by Janelle Barlow and Claus Moller is an insightful book that challenges the traditional view of customer complaints and presents a new perspective on how organisations can leverage complaints to build customer loyalty. The authors argue that complaints should be seen as valuable feedback and opportunities for improvement rather than as negative incidents to be avoided or ignored.
In Dealing with Difficult Customers: How to Turn Demanding, Dissatisfied, and Disagreeable Clients into Your Best Customers, author Noah Fleming provides valuable insights into how to effectively handle challenging customer interactions. The book is divided into three sections, each focusing on a different aspect of dealing with difficult customers.
Customer Satisfaction Is Worthless, Customer Loyalty Is Priceless: How to Make Customers Love You, Keep Them Coming Back, and Tell Everyone They Know by Jeffrey Gitomer is a book that challenges the traditional notion of customer satisfaction and highlights the importance of building customer loyalty. Gitomer argues that customer satisfaction alone is not enough to create long-term success for businesses; instead, organisations should strive to cultivate customer loyalty, which leads to repeat business, positive word-of-mouth, and sustainable growth.
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink is a book that challenges the notion that sales is the domain of a select group of individuals with a specific set of skills. In fact, Pink argues that we are all in sales, as we spend a significant amount of our time trying to move others to our way of thinking, whether we are convincing our boss to give us a raise or persuading our children to clean their room.
Customer Centricity: Focus on the Right Customers for Strategic Advantage by Peter Fader is a comprehensive guide to understanding and leveraging customer data to drive business success. Fader argues that the traditional approach to customer service, which treats all customers as equal, is outdated and ineffective. Instead, he advocates for a customer-centric approach that focuses on identifying and targeting the most valuable customers to drive revenue growth.