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In our customer service training programs, participants learn to have more effective engagement with customers.

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Delivered by Kelli Oberndorf, MHA, CPC, CPF

Every company that is client/customer facing wants to deliver exceptional customer service and ensure each customer is happy when working with your organization. However, conflict with customers can derail goals, productivity, and team morale, and impact your reputation. Understanding the dynamics of customer conflict, how to communicate with upset customers, and find practical resolution can get projects back on track can improve both the customer and team experience.

In this training, we will dive into conflict resolution strategies by giving your team practical tools that will help them:

  • Identify customer issues;
  • Address the issues in a positive, productive, and professional way;
  • And shift from a Problem-Oriented perspective to a Solution-Oriented one!
Delivery

In-person or virtual for your organization’s group.

Suitable for:

Groups of 5 – 25 participants. Larger groups can be accommodated.

Length

Two hours to half day.

Location

If delivered in person, the training will be held at your site or a venue rented by your organization.

Delivered by Kari Knutson, MA

Effective customer service in any line of work comes from engaging with an organization’s customers in an authentic way. Building relationships is at the heart of engagement and leading-edge organizations understand that superior customer service increases brand loyalty, organizational growth, and the likelihood of meeting financial objectives.

In this presentation participants will learn how to create personalized, responsive relationships, take ownership and responsibility for their words and actions, and utilize the power of intention to have more effective engagement with customers.

We will address a number of common issues in this presentation including: how to improve communication, tips to enhance relationships through using emotional intelligence, utilizing your natural abilities and talents in more authentic ways, ideas for handling conflict and difficult customer interactions, tools to combat stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue, and best practices to increase customer engagement.

Participants will leave with practical ideas that they can take back and start using immediately.

Delivery

In person or virtual for your organization’s group.

Suitable for:

Groups of at least five participants; no maximum size limit.

Length

Two hours, half day, or full day.

Location

If delivered in person, the training will be held at your site or a venue rented by your organization.

Delivered by David D. Knapp, PhD

As the world becomes more complex, the ability to negotiate effectively is no longer a luxury – it is a necessity. Consequently, individuals at all levels of their organizations must be able to engage in principled negotiations that lead to win-win agreements, while effectively balancing the engaged parties’ dual concerns of relationship and outcome. To that end, this highly interactive session introduces participants to best practices in the field of negotiation skills – then gives them ample opportunity to apply those best practices during focused role plays and case studies.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the key differences between positional bargaining and principled negotiation
  • Recognize the importance of both developing a strong BATNA (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement) and accurately identifying the other party’s BATNA
  • Leverage your individual negotiation style strengths, while compensating for your individual negotiation style weaknesses, as identified by the Negotiating Style Profile assessment
  • Apply proven negotiation strategies and techniques
  • Engage in effective communication skills during negotiations – including dealing more effectively with impasse
Delivery

In-person or virtual for your organization’s group.

Suitable for:

Groups of 5 – 25 participants. Larger groups can be accommodated.

Length

Two hours, half day, or full day.

Location

If delivered in person, the training will be held at your site or a venue rented by your organization.

In our customer service training programs, participants learn to have more effective engagement with customers.

Click on each title to view details.

Delivered by Kari Knutson, MA

Effective customer service in any line of work comes from engaging with an organization’s customers in an authentic way. Building relationships is at the heart of engagement and leading-edge organizations understand that superior customer service increases brand loyalty, organizational growth, and the likelihood of meeting financial objectives.

In this presentation participants will learn how to create personalized, responsive relationships, take ownership and responsibility for their words and actions, and utilize the power of intention to have more effective engagement with customers.

We will address a number of common issues in this presentation including: how to improve communication, tips to enhance relationships through using emotional intelligence, utilizing your natural abilities and talents in more authentic ways, ideas for handling conflict and difficult customer interactions, tools to combat stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue, and best practices to increase customer engagement.

Participants will leave with practical ideas that they can take back and start using immediately.

Delivery

In person or live webinar for your organization’s group.

Suitable for:

Groups of at least five participants; no maximum size limit.

Length

Two hours, half day, or full day.

Delivered by Randy Bauer, MBA

This program will help participants more effectively identify customer/client needs and concerns, better handle angry and demanding customers (particularly in situations where the representative must deliver potentially negative information), and present an image to the customer which commands courtesy, trust, and respect.

A combination of lecturettes, small group discussion, and group exercises makes this a meaningful, productive and exciting learning experience for all participants.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the needs and concerns of the customer
  • Understand and manage angry and demanding customers
  • Present an image that commands courtesy, trust and respect
  • Use skills needed to stay calm under pressure
  • Better understand the customer’s point of view
  • Help the demanding customer find satisfaction
  • Defuse potentially explosive situations
  • Turn an angry customer into a responsive customer
Delivery

In-person for your organization’s group.

Suitable for:

Groups of 5 – 25 participants.

Length

Half day or full day.

Delivered by Randy Bauer, MBA

Participants in this workshop will learn specific techniques and strategies that can be used to provide truly outstanding customer service. Everyone will be actively involved in the learning process to assure that skills gained can be put to immediate use.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Identify their real customers
  • Determine their customers’ needs
  • Understand what they can do to improve their customer interactions
  • Align their processes, structure, people, information, decisions, and rewards with customer needs
  • Effectively handle upset and demanding customers
  • Stay calm when a customer is being abusive
  • Give appropriate personalized service
  • The most effective ways to use courtesy and tact
  • Utilize the best ways to build trust and rapport
  • Understand how to earn true “world-class” status in the eyes of their customers
Delivery:

In-person for your organization’s group.

Suitable for:

Groups of 5 – 25 participants.

Length:

Half day or full day.