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Customer Service

Bad customer service stays with you, and that goes for your customers just as much. In this in-company workshop you learn to provide proactive service, show empathy and deal with angry or upset customers. The workshop consists of 2 half-days for 6 to 12 participants, in Dutch, English or French.

Customer Service
Customer Service

Do you recognise this?

A customer calls for the third time about the same delivery. Your colleague sends her to you, you send her to the department next door, and meanwhile her voice sounds sharper and sharper.

Nobody in the team wants this, yet it happens regularly. You feel the tension when the next call comes in and you do not quite know how to calm an angry customer without becoming defensive yourself.

Customer service is more than a job title. Every team member touches the customer before, during and after delivering a product or service. Yet you notice that:

  • not everyone sees service as a priority;
  • customers are sent from department to department;
  • your team does not know how to deal with angry or upset customers;
  • customers with different behavioural styles and needs do not get the service they expect.

A positive customer experience is indispensable for every company. Sometimes obstacles stand in the way.

Why does customer contact sometimes feel so heavy?

Anyone who does not quite know how to deal with an upset customer goes into every difficult conversation with a knot in their stomach. That costs energy, even after the phone is put down.

Customers who are sent from desk to desk do not feel heard, and colleagues who keep passing on the same problem get tired of it. The trust between customer and team seeps away, and the work becomes less fun for everyone.

It does not have to stay this way. Good service is not an innate talent, it is a way of dealing with people that you can practise.

How do you turn every contact into a good experience?

Providing service, showing empathy and handling an angry customer are skills. Your team learns them, with the same language and the same approach for everyone.

Our coaches know the moment when a conversation threatens to derail, and they know how you steer it back. In 2 half-days we work on proactive service, empathy, different customer behavioural styles and techniques for angry customers, always with situations from your own work.

This way a team grows that does not pass customers on but really helps them, and that stays calmer itself.

What you can do after the workshop

After the workshop you can:

  • apply proactive ways to provide good service to customers;
  • align the language of service with the values of your company;
  • use strategies to show empathy;
  • address different customer behavioural styles and needs;
  • use techniques to deal with angry or upset customers;
  • learn from excellent examples of customer service in other sectors.

This is how we approach it

We work in two half-days and practise with situations from your work.

The programme

  • Proactive customer service: discover ways to provide good service to your customers;
  • Service language and company values: align your service language with the values of your company;
  • Empathy in customer service: learn strategies to show empathy;
  • Different customer behavioural styles: adapt to different customer needs;
  • Techniques for angry customers: learn how to deal with angry or upset customers.

Afterwards you keep practising

Every training is extended in the THOC Leerruimte. Your material remains available and you get an AI Coach who knows the lesson.

We work in an experience-oriented way: you immediately get to work with the material in exercises that resemble real situations.

Who gives this training

Our coaches can give this workshop. Are you an HR employee, L&D manager, supervisor or business leader and do you want to improve the customer service in your organisation? Then we will gladly organise the workshop for your team.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the Customer Service workshop for?

For everyone in your team who comes into contact with customers, not just for people with customer service in their job title. Also HR, L&D and supervisors who want to improve the service in their organisation.

Do we learn to deal with angry customers?

Yes. A part of the programme is about techniques to deal with angry or upset customers, alongside empathy and dealing with different customer behavioural styles.

How many participants do you work with and in which language?

With six to twelve participants per group, in Dutch, English or French. The workshop consists of 2 half-days.

How much does the workshop cost?

Every training is tailored, so we work with a quote after we have heard your question. You can also request a tailored training.

What happens after the workshop?

Your material remains available in the THOC Leerruimte, together with an AI Coach who knows the lesson. You can continue to practise there at your own pace.

Practical

  • Formula: In-company training
  • Languages: English, Français, Nederlands
  • Half-days: 2
  • Participants: 6 to 12

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