Customer satisfaction equals your performance, divided by customer expectations. Expectations change depending on the situation and customer conditioning. Discover how to manage product expectations and manage the four levels of customer expectations. Exceed customer expectations with the 6 F's. Learning Objectives Summarize a formula for improving customer satisfaction, Apply suggestions to manage product and process expectations, Identify the 6 F's for exceeding customer expectations, Describe how to manage expectations through communication standards Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
'Procrastination makes easy things hard, and hard things harder' - Mason Cooley. Learn how to avoid procrastination and finalize your tasks with ease. Learn how to apply the most effective guidelines for delegation and ensuring responsibilities get taken care of. You will learn how to get more done, in less time and we will teach you how to balance your precious home life with that of a stressful career life. Learning Objectives Control paperwork and emails, Demonstrate file organization, Effectively delegate work to others, Balance home and career Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Starting a project can be an intimidating prospect. Understand why it is important know the difference between a project and an assignment or program. We will help you to understand key definitions used in Project Management and the responsibilities and attributes of effective project managers. You will discover the four phases of project management that is vital to the success of any project. Learning Objectives Implement suggestions for successful project delivery, Apply the four phases of project management , Describe the responsibilities of a project manager, Assess outcome and how to negotiate for resources, Perform the project delivery and write final report Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Negotiation is a strategy for resolving differences. Discover what is required to collaborate, create win-win outcomes and when you should compromise. Understand the five levels of negotiations and how you can best be prepared for any negotiation. How can you use a variety of strategies to advance the conversation and follow the seven steps of effective negotiation? Learning Objectives Identify opportunities for negotiation, Explain the qualities of win-win negotiations, Prepare for a negotiation, Employ five negotiation strategies Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Understand how to choose the form of power that serves the greatest good. What is the difference between group power, persuasion, expert and incentive power? Discover how to empower influence by releasing decision-making power to others. Learning Objectives Understand the different type of power in an organization and as an individual. Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Your professional image should reflect not only your business's social norms, but also allow you the freedom to express yourself as a person. Understand the five professional image strategies and what makes each one unique. Discover how a professional image also includes good grooming, upright posture, being punctual, word articulation, effective listening, reliability, responsiveness, respect, and courteousness. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of projecting a professional image, Implement five strategies for professional dressing, Demonstrate behaviors and characteristics of professionalism Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Implement areas that could use improvement, based on your service assessment. Courteous behavior determines how customers perceive the quality of your goods and services. Understand how to apply the customer care courtesy model that includes being right, ready, recommending solutions, and resolving problems. Discover how you can go beyond the basics of courtesy behaviors. Learning Objectives Complete a courtesy self-assessment, Explain the impact of courtesy on your bottom line, Implement a powerful Customer Care Courtesy Model Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Productive and impactful meetings through proficient communication techniques is something we all want to improve. This involves mastering skills such as clear articulation, active listening, and concise summarization to ensure effective exchange of ideas and information among participants. By emphasizing techniques like agenda setting, time management, and fostering a collaborative atmosphere, the goal is to enhance meeting efficiency, maximize productivity, and strengthen team cohesion through effective communication practices. Learning Objectives The following are some of the key outcomes in this course: Discover the five steps to running meetings that are more efficient, more constructive, and more engaging for you and your team Develop an effective agenda that will give your team clarity, focus, and alignment Understand the conditions and steps involved in cultivating consensus as well as four strategies for reaching consensus faster. Reasons why conflicts arise and six strategies for resolving them Target Audience Young Professionals
Listening is challenged by attention and inference-making problems. Critical listening demands concentration, curiosity, and clarity with organization and evaluation. Discover how to increase understanding and what is the difference between people-orientated, action-orientated, content-orientated and time-orientated. Learning Objectives Demonstrate concentration, curiosity, and clarity as a critical listener, Explain how to give appropriate feedback, Identify five listening styles to meet different needs Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Understand the difference between direct and indirect communication. We communicate at our best when balancing directness with indirectness, being frank and diplomatic. Understand how to ask clarification questions to increase clarity and using the correct language with your customer. Learning Objectives Explain the difference between direct and indirect communication, Apply six tips for increasing listening clarity, Communicate in your customer's "language" Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams