“We’re trusted advisors to our clients.”
That’s a phrase I hear a lot in professional services. It’s an admirable and healthy business goal.
The term “trusted advisor” comes from the book The Trusted Advisor. One of the co-authors of that book, David Maister made very clear statements around the importance of trust. It is pivotal to the success of any business relationship, he tells us, but how do we know if our clients trust us?
How we know if clients trust a firm
Well, what we do know first and foremost is the existence of trust or lack thereof, as the case may be, has an immediate impact on bottom line. Data proves that if your clients trust you, their desire to work with you goes up, therefore it has an immediate bottom line impact.
At Beaton, we are now in a position to work with our clients to demonstrate through data the extent to which their clients do indeed trust them or not.
Using David Maister’s framework of trust, we are now in a position to gather data and share that with our clients to demonstrate very clearly the evidence that will enable you to say we are indeed trusted advisors to our clients.
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