NLP coaching for retail

How is it possible that consumers get such poor service from brands of all tiers despite all the coaching for retail store managers and sales associates with and without NLP these days?

The standard of service doesn’t reflect the amount of coaching in retail

Any store manager will highly likely tell you that s/he and his or her sales team get a lot of coaching. Much of the coaching happens at their stores. And more coaching periodically comes from the head offices of the brands… Yet sales staff very often doesn’t seem to know even the basics of communication with people. I’ve listed common mistakes of professionals in retail banking in this article. And I’ve also written about how even high end retail brands often display incongruence in their integrity. Due to the amount of coaching that retail staff gets it would be logical to conclude that the standard of service to consumers will climb. But it isn’t so. And I speak from experience as a mystery shopper and NLP coach in retail.

How NLP coaching adds value in retail

Retail is most certainly detail. And so is neuro-linguistic programming. NLP coaching in retail studies the process of serving a customer. Mystery shopping – market research – does the same thing. How a sales associate times and delivers a greeting when a customer enters a store. Or what language the associate uses to sell us a product. And also whether the language fits with the image, environment, and clientele of the brand. How the sales associate addresses a client’s objection to a product. Or how – or if – the sales associate informs the client about the services that the brand offers. And what mistakes so many sales associates make at the end of a customer’s visit. All this is the detail of retail. And all this is what the detail of NLP coaching for retail can directly influence and significantly improve.

I’ve been a mystery shopper…

…hence learnt to notice the detail of retail far more than any other consumer ever will. Any other consumer who doesn’t have to write a report on the sales associates’ performance after he visits a store will most probably take the prevalently poor service on a face value. And very unfortunately accept it as the norm. And this is exactly where the standards slide with every generation. They slide despite the fact that brands spend crazy money on heightening their image and position on the market. Brands want to differentiate themselves in the eyes of consumers, but their sales force so very often lets them down. This is where NLP coaching can tremendously help in retail. I have the unique combination of knowing how to use the tools of NLP and observe the aspects of service that market research companies ask about in their reports.

NLP coaching on accessibility in retail

I was born with cataract in both eyes and operated for it at six weeks of life. One eye is now fully blind, the other has weak vision. Hence as an NLP coach, mystery shopper in retail, finance, hospitality in London UK and Toronto Canada, proofreader of texts of any nature in English, and a partially sighted person I have the perfect mix of skills to coach retailers on how they can improve stores for people with low vision and other faculties. And thereby how retailers will make the shopping experience clearer and more pleasant for customers with fully functioning faculties too.

My low vision makes me notice what can be improved in stores. NLP coaching makes me organize the information. Proofreading sharpens my ability to communicate the right information in the fewest words to be clearly understandable. And mystery shopping makes me notice how staff acts and where it can improve its acts.