Course Content

Each of the following courses gives an overview of the objectives and learning that’s covered.

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Customer Service Courses

Excelling at Customer Service

Telephone Techniques

  • Required standards of customer service
  • Ways to Approach and Acknowledge
        customers
  • Questioning techniques, identifying
        customer requirements
  • Stages of the Sale
  • How to maximise the sale
  • How to close the sale
  • How to overcome customer objections
     
  • Customer expectations over the phone
  • Professional telephone behaviour
  • Questioning techniques
  • Dealing with complaints
  • Taking messages and transferring calls
  • Professionally Selling with Confidence

    Handling Customers Professionally

  • Understand customer expectations and
        perceptions
  • Identifying and matching the needs of
        the customer
  • Talking in terms of benefits to the
        customer
  • The influence of body language in a
        sales situation
  • Dealing with difficult customers
  • Communication skills
  • Adding value to the customer
  • Develop closing techniques
  • Setting the correct sales objectives for
        the customer
  • Acknowledging the causes of conflict;
        what triggers us into aggression?
  • How to manage the ‘gap’ between what
        customers expect and what can be delivered
  • How we communicate - voice, tone, the words
        we use
  • The attitude and behaviour cycle
  • Building rapport and trust, using empathy
  • Techniques to take the emotion out of the
        situation
  • Using cushion phrases, clarifying and
        agreeing a solution
  • Identifying when communication starts to
        break down and why
  • Handling complaints assertively, working
        towards a solution
  • Management Skills Courses

    Appraisal Workshop

    Performance Management

  • Purpose of Appraisal
  • Preparation for the meeting
  • Structuring an appraisal meeting
  • Dealing with Awkward Situations
  • Creating a Training Plan
     
  • When to use performance management
  • The Four Stages of performance
        management
  • How to review performance
  • Dealing with continued under performance
  • Assertive Behaviour

    Presentation Skills

  • What Assertive Behaviour looks like
  • Benefits of using Assertive Behaviour
  • How to change behaviour for the future
     
  • Plan and prepare presentation content
  • Structure presentations for impact
  • Deliver with confidence and professionalism
  • Coaching Skills

    Stress Management

  • Nature and Behaviours of Coaching
  • Using coaching to develop teams and
        individuals
  • How to improve Performance using
        Coaching
     
  • What is stress
  • How does stress occur
  • How to manage stress in the workplace
  • Communication Skills

    Time Management

  • How do we communicate
  • How effective are you at communicating
  • Creating Positive Rapport
  • The 4 Principal Methods of Communicating
  • Team Communication
     
  • How to manage your time effectively
  • How to delegate
  • How to prioritise tasks
  • Improve planning and organisation
  • Recruitment and Selection Workshop

    Train the Trainer - 2 Days

  • The Legalities
  • Identifying the right type of person
  • Developing competency based questioning
  • Interview process
  • Assessment/Follow up
     
  • Learning Styles
  • How to plan, conduct and follow up training
        sessions
  • Giving Feedback
  • Identify where different training methods are
        required
  • Coaching to improve performance
     
  • Influencing and Decision Making

    Management Styles

  • Examine models for Influencing and
        decision making
  • Use Positive Influencing behaviours
  • Apply models to your role
     
  • Difference between a manager and a leader
  • X,Y,Z Management Theories
  • Management Behaviours and how to change
  • Leadership and Motivation - 2 Days

    Managing People

  • Identify your leadership style
  • Examine different Leadership Styles
  • Learn to evaluate members of your team
  • Discover how to motivate each team
        member
  • Analyse which style to use and when
  • Learn how to impact team performance
  • Introduction on how to manage
  • Managing with Flexibility
  • Communication
  • Goal Setting
  • Recognition
  • Performance Management
  • Teamwork
  • Downloads

    A free ten minute training session which covers the basics of performance management.

    A very useful sheet with 10 tips to improve your time management.

    4 ways to make selling less frightening! Sales tips to improve your confidence when selling.