Active Listening

Active Listening

Most us assume we are good listeners, but recent research shows that poor listening habits and skills effect more than 70% of all employees, resulting in misunderstandings, errors, missed opportunities, arguments, stalled projects and damaged relationships. Listening...
Understanding Customer Needs

Understanding Customer Needs

Every customer is a unique individual with specific needs and issues, so there are few hard and fast rules that can be applied with absolute precision to all of them. But here are five general guidelines to achieve and maintain consistent, high-quality service that...
Resolving Customer Conflicts

Resolving Customer Conflicts

When we’re faced with real customer conflict – with raised voices, red faces and high blood pressure – it’s easy to get carried away with emotions of anger, resentment and sometimes even fear. So it’s not surprising that many customer service employees have difficulty...