Managing Customer Service

SKU: 1208357.0

The need to lead, model, and promote the organizational values within a customer service environment is essential for business success. This one-day workshop will provide participants with opportunities to explore their responsibilities within their role as a leader managing customer service.

Online Learning

If time, location, or anything else is getting in the way of your learning goals, our Online Learning is a flexible, convenient solution. Training is broken into easy-to-follow sessions that you can start, pause, and resume anytime, from anywhere. You’re in control—learn when and where it works best for you.

$199.00

Instructor-Lead Training

Live Training is our most popular format—whether on-site, virtual, or lunch & learn. It’s interactive, engaging, and tailored to your team’s specific needs. From one-day sessions to ongoing series, we customize every experience—no cookie-cutter programs here. With our free customization service, you get exactly what your team needs, not just “close enough.”
A Deeper Look

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this course you can expect to learn about the following.

This one-day workshop will teach participants:

  • Identify ways to establish links between excellence in customer service and your business practices and policies.
  • Develop the skills and practices that are essential elements of a customer service-focused manager.
  • Recognize what employees are looking for to be truly engaged.
  • Recognize who the customers are and what they are looking for.
  • Develop strategies for creating engaged employees and satisfied customers in whatever business units you manage.
What Will Be Covered

COURSE OUTLINE

A breakdown of each session included in this course.

The Six Critical Elements of Customer Service

The morning of the course will be spent exploring the six critical elements of customer service:

  • A customer service focus
  • Defined in your organization
  • Given life by the employees
  • Problem solving
  • Measure it
  • Reinforce it

Understanding Leadership

Next, participants will explore what leadership is all about. Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard’s Situational Leadership II® model will be discussed, as well as Robert Greenleaf’s concept of servant leadership. Techniques for managing performance and conducting onboarding and orientation will also be discussed.

Five Practices of Leadership

This session explores the five leadership practices developed by James Kouzes and Barry Posner in The Leadership Challenge.