9945 Personal Development courses

Call escalation is including others in facilitating the resolution of a customer request. It may take place in person, on the phone, or through electronic communication. We will show you four steps in handling customer issues and call escalation. Learning Objectives Explain when call escalation is appropriate, Apply CORE™ steps for effectively facilitating an escalated call Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

Understand the importance of holding the receiver properly to maintain energy and vocal quality and how to vary your rate of speech to maintain listener interest. Adjust your voice to match the purpose of the call. Lowering your vocal range sends a more controlled image. Listen to learn the purpose of the call. Don't interrupt. Ask questions to clarify understanding. Learn how to flawlessly place calls on hold or transfer like a pro. Your customers will appreciate you! Learning Objectives Apply guidelines for physically handling the telephone, Implement voice guidelines, Apply effective telephone greetings, Transfer calls to make great first impressions Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

Customers with complaints want to be seen as right, feel special, treated fairly and be taken care of. We will show you how to ask questions and listen to fully understand the complaint. Acknowledge and agree with the customer's right to be upset and that a resolution needs to be reached. Learning Objectives Describe the special needs of customers with complaints, Apply four tips for managing customer complaints Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

The Primacy Effect influences lasting impressions, determining the quality of the relationship in the future. Moments of Truth are 'touch points' in time that a customer evaluates when giving you a service 'score.' Understand the ten tips for great greetings and introductions. Choose your opening words wisely and we will show you how to balance professionalism with 'personalism.' Learning Objectives Explain the Primary Effect's influence on first impressions, Apply 10 tips for great greetings, Identify how to use name tags and professional greeters when appropriate, Implement effective greeting words choices Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

While having the right resources is important, often it's other people who can help us most. Anyone with whom you communicate knows something that you don't. We can all learn from and help each other create a continuous learning path. Learn how you can actively mentor those around you. Share knowledge, experience and insights with those around you. Are you ready and willing to mentor? We will share the characteristics of effective peer mentors and teach you eight types of peer mentoring. You will also understand what behaviors to avoid such as criticizing, giving advice and rescuing. Learning Objectives Assess your mentoring readiness, Identify the characteristics of effective peer mentors, Implement three steps for formal peer mentoring Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

The mission of every business is to create and retain customers. Understand the ten ways to create brand loyalty and implement the six F's strategy to exceed customer expectations. Learning Objectives Apply ten ways to create brand loyalty, Identify the six F's for exceeding customer expectations Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

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, 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

Customer Experience Management is the process of strategically managing a customer's entire 'touch point' of experiences within an organization. Discover the dangers of ignoring Customer Experience Management and five areas of analysis to enhance your customer service. Learning Objectives Ask questions to identify customer buying paths, Identify four vital dangers of ignoring CEM, Implement five focus areas of customer relationship management Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

There are many challenges to getting the right help, most of which are our own mental self-doubt that gets in the way. We will teach you the guidelines for getting the right help. The one technique for getting help is to ask for it in the form of a statement. We will show you how to ask for the detail, be specific and thanking your helper. You will understand the benefits of a buddy system approach and group brainstorming. We will guide you on certain areas you need to be sensitive when asking or giving help. Learning Objectives Explain the challenges of getting appropriate help, Apply guidelines for getting help, Describe working with gender style differences Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams

Understand the five C's for diamond-grade email etiquette. These include content, concise, clarity, color and carat. Identify the top ten spam filter mistakes to ensure successful delivery, avoid complaints, and improve response. Discover the ten power words to improve customer response rates. Learning Objectives Identify the Five C's to email etiquette, List the top ten words to avoid spam filters, Apply the top ten 10 power words to improve your response rate Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams