There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
Sam Walton, Founder of Wal-Mart
Caring for your customer is directly related to the success of your business. This course will give you a deeper understanding of how your service meets your customer’s needs.
You will learn skills of verbal and non-verbal behaviour and an empowering attitude that will ensure excellence is achieved every time.
Customer care is not always about the front line. Internal customer service is the way staff within your organisation respect each other and meet each other’s needs.
It is here where the culture of excellent customer care is created and developed.
This course will also explore the connection between your internal and external customers and how to balance their needs.
Using scenarios, you will experience both sides of the customer interaction and put into practice the techniques learnt in a safe environment.
Course Content
Defining customer care
Positive and negative customer service experiences
Who are your customers?
External and Internal customers
The customer experience
Creating excellent in customer service
What assumptions do you make about them?
Mapping the customer supply chain
Linking internal teamwork and the external customer
Managing expectations
Communication skills
Body language
Face to face customer contact
Telephone customer contact
Email customer contact
The ladder of loyalty
Customers as your adverts
How can you treat them better?
Trainer profile:
Melanie Windle is an experienced and creative personal development trainer and group facilitator whose methods and style of delivery empower individuals and groups to realise their potential. Melanie has been involved in developing people for over 25 years. Her specialist areas of training are the personal development skills required for managing ourselves, managing others or being managed. She works extensively across all three sectors – public, private and not-for-profit – both nationally and internationally.
Testimonias:
“Really productive, very good engaging trainer, who was able to put herself into our role, our experiences and apply the methods that we learnt to specific situations. I can’t wait for my next awkward customer, bring it on. Oh and thank you Melanie.” David Manchester City Council.