Customer Service Skills

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Course benefits:

Business thrives when the culture is customer oriented. When this culture also applies to the internal customers of the business, support and management processes are accomplished effectively and with less stress for the customer, the team and the individual.

This course examines the role of customer service and helps people and organisation to develop in two distinct ways. Firstly by enhancing the skills of the individual and secondly by promoting and encouraging a more process oriented environment.

Who should attend:

Anyone who works in a service oriented environment and who has a responsibility to deal with customers in a professional and courteous way. This course is not for badge wearers looking for anecdotes and amusing stories. This course is about introducing deep-rooted changes in the attitude of the attendee.

Prerequisites:

No prior experience is required.

What you will learn:

On successful completion of the course, attendees will be able to

• Provide a professional, courteous and effective service to customers
• Exhibit a clear understanding of what constitutes good customer service
• Communicate more effectively
• Apply techniques to solve problems
• Behave assertively when handling difficult situations

When you implement what you will learn, you will be able to make a positive contribution to your team's development as a customer focused organisation.

What you will cover:

• Customer Service - principles of a customer oriented organisation; what customer service is; the effects of good and bad customer service; being professional, some simple but effective rules; class voting on aspects of the work and assessment of current levels of skill; team exercise on who the customer is and what service they require; class exercise to define current feelings about the customers and their perception of the support they receive
• Communication - how we communicate; how to communicate in different situations; engaging with your customer in meetings, when on the telephone and through the written word; active listening; body language and positive posture; choosing the most appropriate medium, particularly when and when not to use e-mail; class exercise to describe the skills most needed when answering the telephone; team exercise to describe the process for handling a call
• Problem Solving - understanding what the problem is; taking ownership of a problem; keeping the sufferer informed; choosing the most appropriate course of action; planning and implementing the change; the process used
• Handling Difficult Situations - understanding why customers complain; how complaints arise and develop; handling complaints; understanding why customers are, or appear to be, difficult; influencing and assertiveness; determining urgency and importance; arriving at a win-win situation; team exercise to define what it is that makes a situation difficult; class exercise to employ a process for reducing tension and bringing together the parties involved

How you will learn:

Multiple exercises and simulations make this a stimulating day where the problems of handling customers can be explored in a safe environment for the attendee.

Duration and availability:

One day. Public and in-house.