Course details
Love the phone or hate it, it is becoming clear that it is the way to do business and it is here to stay. As the telephone is now widely used in business, it is important that we excel in areas of telephone communication. So being able to handle telephone calls efficiently and effectively will let you go a long way to enhance not only your own image but also the image of your organisation.
How Will You Benefit?
After the workshop, you will be able to:
- determine how callers measure your service and what it takes for you to do your job professionally
- demonstrate the 2Vs to project a professional image of yourself and enhance the caller's confidence in you
- say the four phrases in a telephone call
- apply the techniques to handle different difficult caller situations
- demonstrate proper telephone etiquettes to enhance your image and that of your organisation
What You Will Learn
Customer Service Basics
- Understand what it takes to do your job professionally
- Service as defined by customers
You As The Communicator
- Managing your voice
- Use professional service language
- Use of questions
- Use of empathic listening - levels of listening
The Structure of a Telephone Call
The 4 phases of a telephone call
Develop Telephone Etiquette to Project a Professional Image
- Announcing yourself
- Put customer on hold
- Making an outgoing call
- Terminating a call
Techniques in Handling Different Difficult Situations
- The approach to dealing with angry/irate callers
- Ways to interrupt a talkative caller to refocus them back to the issue
- The different methods of saying "No" when it is just not possible to accede to their requests
- Ways to get callers to work with you towards your proposed solutions
- Role Play
Course Location
- Dealing with Difficult People and Situations Certificate New Skills AcademySGD 32
SGD 399Duration: Upto 7 Hours - SGD 65Duration: 1 To 2 Months