{"id":2038,"date":"2017-05-23T10:04:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-dc.azurewebsites.net\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2023-03-17T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:12:29","slug":"customers-first-last-and-at-the-center-of-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.vantage-dc.com\/fr-ca\/2017\/05\/23\/customers-first-last-and-at-the-center-of-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Les clients d'abord, en dernier et au centre de tout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lessons learned on the journey from promising upstart to wholesale data center leader<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Discovery first<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While in the thick of it, it was sometimes hard to see the forest for the trees. But going through that experience taught me that ultimately you do<\/em> need to step back to diagnose a situation carefully. You need to pivot, and refocus, and quickly make changes where it makes sense. And interestingly, what I saw in Vantage was similar to some of the experiences at Level 3. The reason Vantage in 2013 wasn\u2019t quite performing up to its potential or capability was very similar to some of the things Level 3 faced following the dot-com crash\u2014namely, an early focus on technology and vision, to the detriment of customer service.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Where we were vs. where we wanted to be<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For my first 90 or so days at Vantage, it was a voyage of discovery. I met with as many employees one-on-one as I could\u2014not just management but people in every area of the company.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I also met individually with each customer. What I discovered was that while they were very happy with the campus-style facilities Vantage had built, and all the amenities surrounding the data centers, the customer experience at times was less compelling. Vantage at that time was focused on the building world-class data centers, but was not as focused on operational excellence. For example, some maintenance activities were disruptive to customers. Also, there was a lack of transparency and openness to addressing customer feedback and in working to quickly address problems as they arose.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I remember vividly that one customer at that time was particularly vocal regarding unhappiness around certain operational issues. And that customer was vocal not only with us but in the marketplace, too\u2014which, all other things being equal at the time\u2014made it more difficult for Vantage to sell data center services to new customers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A strategy for accelerated growth<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Those conversations led to a breakthrough. We understood that the ticket to growth, success, and longevity as a business was tied to our ability to drive the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty. So we pivoted in 2013 in the direction of centering everything we do around our customers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We fundamentally retooled our approach to operational processes and customer experience from initial sales pursuit through the customer lifecycle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On the front end, Vantage worked to develop relationships through our sales organization and executive team, and we worked collaboratively with our customers around solving for their business needs. Previously, the mentality of many companies in the wholesale data center industry had been like the original Model-T Ford: \u201cYou can have any color you like, as long as it\u2019s black.\u201d Services were 100% predefined; the only real decisions customers were able to make were around how much capacity they wanted to buy\u2014as opposed to what<\/em> they were buying. Vantage differentiated its service offering on a number of different dimensions, including redundancy, power density, flooring, electrical distribution, customer self-service, customer amenities, and so on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Once a customer was onboarded, the focus became and continues to be on providing the very best service. The Vantage team is responsive and transparent, and focused on maintaining and operating highly reliable data centers. The Vantage team also bends over backward to take care of customers as issues or needs arise over time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In other words, priming around the customer experience starts at the very front end of the sales cycle and continues all the way through the lifecycle of the relationship.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Getting the team on board<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Obviously, a pivot as significant as this one wasn\u2019t a one-person effort. In 2013 and 2014, we recruited a team of experienced executives and key employees, all sharing this customer mindset and with a proven track record of delivering for customers. We needed to have the alignment of the right sets of skills, capabilities, and personalities around the table from a leadership perspective, so that we could execute not only on the customer experience but also on continuing to grow and expand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Beyond that, a major priority for us was on internal communications. As you might imagine, when all these changes were coming down the pike, communicating to all employees was critical. Many of them had been a key part of the success of the company to date, and we wanted to be very transparent about the changes we were making, why we were doing it, and why it was positive. And, of course, we wanted everyone to be on that same page that going forward customer focus would be the most important priority.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Naturally, significant operational changes don\u2019t happen overnight. The first six months I was on the job (in 2013) was a difficult time. There was a lot to do, and we couldn\u2019t immediately demonstrate progress, because improvement initiatives were still in flight. It wasn\u2019t until roughly at about the six-month mark that we were able to start showing that the customer-centric transformation was yielding benefits. Our customer satisfaction was improving. Our sales and bookings were improving and even our sales pipeline was showing greater opportunity. It didn\u2019t happen all at once, but there was a drumbeat of positive developments that got employees more excited (i.e., buy-in).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The results are in<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

About a year and a half in, things really began to take off. Let\u2019s go back to the example of our most dissatisfied customer, the one that was hurting the company\u2019s reputation in the marketplace. We did with that customer what we did with most of our customers: During the second half of 2013, we made a checklist of all customer concern areas, and worked week over week to address each of the items to their satisfaction and communicate our progress regularly. Eighteen months after the new management team came in at Vantage, that particular customer signed a lease to triple the amount of capacity purchased from Vantage. Of all the things that we\u2019ve accomplished as a team, this is the one I\u2019m personally most proud of. We took a situation with an unhappy customer and turned it around to deliver the absolute highest quality of service, resulting in a tripling of business with Vantage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Now, almost four years into the journey, Vantage has a team, a platform, a strategy, backers with a large amount of financial dry powder, and a larger set of loyal customers that will enable us to grow, both in our existing markets and in new markets over time. Today, the company is recognized as a leader in the wholesale data center industry, with customer satisfaction and loyalty levels that are off the charts. Vantage operates data center infrastructure powering hundreds of thousands of servers that enable cloud and internet services for hundreds of millions of people around the world. And there\u2019s a lot more growth on the horizon.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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