Start with the Customer, 1st edition

Published by Pearson Business (September 3, 2025) © 2026

  • Peter Cross
  • Jo Causon
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Title overview

This is a book for anyone in the service of customers.

In a changing world, where everyone claims to be customer-centric, what does it really take to grow a business with customers back where they belong?

Written by one of the foremost authorities on customer behaviour, Start with the Customer will reframe your understanding of the modern customer, guide you through the forces shaping their behaviour, reveal the golden rules and cardinal sins of service and help you build a world class service culture, fit for whatever you're selling and wherever you're selling it.

Table of contents

  1. The end of happy - from customer service to lip service
  2. The new consumer mindset
  3. Creating a listening culture
  4. The eternal power of human needs
  5. Your team are your first customers
  6. Know your eggs
  7. The customer may not always be right but they must always win
  8. Meet the customer of the future

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