/ Industry Expertise / Financial Services / Banking Banking Understanding customer expectations is the key to customer acquisition and loyalty. The best way to grow deposits is improving the ease of the customer experience. Changing regulations, tighter margins and increased consumer demand could threaten your revenue potential. And while technology may be changing the playing field, it’s not what will keep your customers loyal. Now more than ever, your greatest opportunity lies in how your people create value for your customers. Your differentiation comes from human interaction – going beyond traditional, reactive customer service and being able to anticipate customer needs and solve for problems both stated and unstated. To improve your bank’s performance in a more challenging and competitive environment, customer-facing organizations need to view selling as a higher level of service, listen to understand customer wants- and know that what the customer asks for may not be entirely what they really need. Proactively engage customers in deeper-level conversations around their concerns, needs and goals. Banks need the mindset and skillset to be exceptional at building trusted customer relationships that drive greater value. Your bank training programs need to meet this reality head on. And managers must grow into more engaged, successful coaches who support their teams in maximizing their full potential. While every bank touts its core values, the ones that truly live them through their sales, service and leadership behaviors are the ones that will stand apart from the pack, exponentially increasing customer satisfaction, loyalty and success. We can help your bank live up to its promise to its customers while creating a more engaged, committed and inspired culture that will continually drive more growth. Isn’t it Time You Get Back to Relationship Banking? Improving the Banking Customer Experience 2:41 Bank Training Programs Our bank training programs build and sustain an ethical, proactive, value-driven banking culture that deepens customer engagement and loyalty. Integrity Selling for Banking Adopt a customer-needs focused process for establishing trust and rapport so customers become more comfortable discussing needs. Learn techniques for better listening and asking better questions. Transition from a transaction- to a customer-focused mindset. Integrity Selling for Call Centers Focus on the critical skills for building rapport and ethical sales behaviors designed to forge true customer loyalty. Adopt a positive mindset about service and selling. Recognize clues for communicating with different Behavior Styles. Integrity Coaching The skills to coach with integrity and nuance for different situations and styles and the will to make coaching a natural habit. Achieve long-term business outcomes by embracing your role as coach. Empower and equip your people to do great things. Integrity Service A comprehensive customer service training program that follows a process designed to help people understand what it means to be a truly customer-focused organization. Integrity Selling Refresh A simple and effective way for banking employees and their managers to keep previously-learned Integrity Selling principles front-of-mind within their daily workflow without interrupting their day. Integrity Selling Elevate For graduates of Integrity Selling, Elevate offers sustained, virtual sales training and coaching to deepen learning and speed results. CLIENT SUCCESS Prev Next First National Bank of Elk River Meeting Customers’ Needs Delivers Long-Term Customer Retention Read Full Client Study Prev Next Teachers Mutual Bank Recognized eight years in a row by Ethisphere Institute as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies 91.5 % 91.5% customer satisfaction rating Read Full Client Study Prev Next First Dakota National Bank Selling, service and coaching come together to help transform a culture, drive up success metrics and provide a superior customer experience Read Full Client Study TESTIMONIALS Shape Copy The course was engaging and compelling, not your stereotypical sales training. Both the coursework and instructor encouraged participation and interaction, which increased focus and engagement from employees taking part in the training. The weekly classes helped form habits and improved long-term retention of the curriculum. Jimmy Conyers Market President, Merchants & Marine Bank Shape Copy I have been involved in many training sessions throughout my career but never have I found a greater ROI than Integrity Solutions. It is a common-sense approach based on building relationships and adding value rather than product pushing. Integrity Solutions will be a strategic partner of our organization from this point forward because it is a natural fit with our culture and core values. Angie Simpson Vice President of Human Resources, Countybank Shape Copy You know, when you onboard something like this you hope to hear these stories over time- but to hear these success stories, in this quantity, with this level of success so quickly after beginning training is nothing short of exciting and inspiring. Exec. VP, Consumer Banking and Operations, major U.S. bank Shape Copy When looking for transformational leadership and building an integrity based sales culture the Integrity program delivered beyond expectations. I have found the Integrity Solution’s programs to be the most effective and influential in delivering customer-centric, integrity-based solutions which have resulted in increased sales volumes, improved customer satisfaction and staff engagement. Steve Nemeth Auckland Regional Manager, TSB Bank Shape Copy The proof is in the success metrics. Every metric – assets, loan volume, deposit volume, households and services per household – are up. Rob Stephenson President & Chief Operating Officer, First Dakota National Bank Shape Copy Integrity Selling…resonated with our own corporate values. Selling was not about forcing your products and services on customers, it was about genuinely trying to establish customers’ needs and wants and finding solutions for them. Peter Sullivan Former Managing Director, Morgan & Banks New Zealand A sample of who we work with Related Resources Blog Enhancing Banking Sales Strategies For Future Growth Banking sales strategies are being redefined: Here’s how to pivot your customer relationships. While every industry grapples with the volatility… Read More Article Getting Back to Relationship Banking Originally contributed by Donna Horrigan and Brian Snader for Bank Director Magazine Generative AI, digitization and other developments on the… Read More Article Are You Giving Customers What They Value? Blog How Banks and Credit Unions Are Getting Serious About Culture Change and Employee Engagement Blog Get to the Heart of the Sales Mindset and Increase Questioning Confidence Blog Can Better Questions Lead to More Wallet Share? At the end of the day banking is all about people helping people. We Understand Banking’s Most Critical Challenges. Let’s talk. Contact Us