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Complying with regulation?

Regulation can add hundreds of pounds and hours of time to every major transaction. It's little comfort to know that your rivals are in the same boat. We aim to turn the headwind into a following wind.


1. Expectations

You invest heavily, and you reorganise to keep things simple, so you should get:

  • A rich sales process
  • A productive sales force
  • Low error rates
  • Sales which are demonstrably compliant
  • A good reputation with the regulator


2. Typical issues

In reality, you may find;

  • Staff lose confidence
  • A tick-box mentality replaces judgment and initiative
  • Management disengages
  • Decisions get bogged down in departmental back-covering
  • The business is criticised for not treating customers fairly


3. How we help

  • Circuit test your sales process
  • Circuit test your complaints process
  • Choreographing the customer experience
  • Training for change
  • Lifting operational efficiency


Feature Case Study

 

 

Challenge: To certify mortgage advisers more quickly and reliably so as to improve their availability to interview customers.

Solution: Rethink the definition of an observation. Identify five "non-negotiable" compliance imperatives. Recalibrate supervisor observation and coaching.

Result: Faster certification, increased interview capacity, and a culture, which emphasises developing people rather than ticking boxes.



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Lloyds TSB

The extra load of compliance costs looked in - escapable. The figures for opening new current accounts, were very worrying:

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