Introduction:
- Underpin practical tools and collaborative, practical nature of the day. Emphasis on application of tools and interactive, participatory nature of the day (not a lecture)
- Why we need effective customer care & communication skills
- Why customer service matters
- What do our customers expect from us?
- How does your organization shape up against customer service expectations?
Why we need Demand-Led Customer Service:
- Demand-led ‘v’ Supply-led approaches to Customer Service
Excellence & Quality in Customer Service:
- What do we mean by ‘excellence’ and ‘quality’ of service?
- Placed within the Organizational Context.
- Quality & Attention to detail
- Tangible & intangibles of quality approach
Benchmarking:
- EFQM as a benchmark. How FM staff fit into the matrix.
- Customer-facing roles and stakeholder mapping exercise to know my ‘customers’
Stakeholder Mapping:
- Identifying all our stakeholders.
- Determining their expectations.
- Implications on exceeding expectations.
- Customer relationship management
Customer Service Team Cohesion:
- Belbin Team roles…..what is my role(s)?
- Team Task Exercise (Helicopter Model Build).
- Controlled exercise and team debrief.
Forum Theatre & Case Study:
- Forum Theatre (role play)
- Case Study around client facing interaction. Facilitator plays role of customer / stakeholder and groups experiment in forum theatre style interacting with character played by facilitator using CRM techniques from earlier in the sessions.
Seven reasons for Failure:
- Understand why change is difficult to implement & what to avoid when moving the team towards a customer service change approach (reference for delegates)
Overcoming Resistance:
- Understand what motivates people and how to overcome inevitable team member resistance to customer service change. Managing staff through the change curve.
Road to Success:
- Tool for leading their teams through CRM change and building sustainability into the process for better improved service support
CRM Tools:
- Overcoming cognitive dissonance among clients and customers
- Measuring customer satisfaction using qualitative / quantitative metrics (Moments of Truth).
Listening to Customers:
- 80: 20 Ratio
- Active Listening Skills – 3 x Levels of listening
- Building relationships
- Diagnostic Listening
Effective Customer Communicating:
- Effective written communications to customers
- The Readability Index
Assertiveness and Good Service:
- Dealing with customer complaints
- Diffusing anger and creating damage limitation