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Exceptional customer Service. Greg Aikins Bill Bustard Karin Klein. Introductions. Greg Aikins Karin Klein Bill Bustard. Greg Aikins. Starting the organization Services provided. Customer Service Workshop LifeQuality International.
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Exceptional customer Service Greg Aikins Bill Bustard Karin Klein
Introductions • Greg Aikins • Karin Klein • Bill Bustard
Greg Aikins • Starting the organization • Services provided
Customer Service Workshop LifeQuality International
Building Relationships With Customers “To profitably grow your business today…you need a strategy based on customer value. That means understanding customer needs, not selling the product; developing customer relationships, not focusing on transactions.” -Kotler on Marketing By: Philip Kotler
Customer Service Introduction Summary • Excellent Customer Service is important to the success of any business. • Customers are Real People! • People are Different and have different styles. • Exceptional customer service requires an exceptional ability to Meet Their Needs. In this seminar we will give you the tools to effectively relate to your customer base.
Customer Service Changeable D I Supportive Challenging C S Unyielding
Customer ServiceCOMMUNICATING WITH THE HIGH “D” CUSTOMER What To Do Focus on: Objectives and actions. Spend time: To be efficient Provide: Options PRIORITY: To Be in Charge
Customer ServiceCOMMUNICATING WITH THE HIGH “I” CUSTOMER What To Do Focus on: Dreams Spend time: To listen Provide: Incentives PRIORITY: To Be Recognized
Customer ServiceCOMMUNICATING WITH THE HIGH “S” CUSTOMER What To Do Focus on : Relationships Spend time: To be personal Provide: Personal assurances PRIORITY: To Be Accepted
Customer ServiceCOMMUNICATING WITH THE HIGH “C” CUSTOMER What To Do Focus on: Principles and thinking Spend time: To be accurate Provide: Evidence PRIORITY: To Be Accurate
Customer ServiceSummary • Exceptional Customer Service requires • Understanding our customers. • Identifying their basic needs. • Communicating effectively with them. • Anticipate problems that could occur with our customers. • Using the DiSC Customer Service approach you will be able to meet all of the requirements for Exceptional Customer Service by ADAPTING YOUR BEHAVIOR to meet their needs!
Karin Klein • Starting the school • Services provided
Friends and Family Pizza Buffet Bill Bustard • Starting the business • “Friends and Family Enterprises
Five Keys of Exceptional Service Karin Klein • Reliability • Responsiveness • Assurance • Empathy • Tangibles
Customer Service – life lessons learned Bill Bustard • Going the “extra mile” • Exceed Expectations • Make every visit an “Experience” • Employee training
Recovering from a concern or complaint Karin Klein • Apologize and acknowledge our error • Listen, empathize and ask “open-ended” questions • Fix the problem • Follow up
Importance of conflict Resolution Bill Bustard • People Skills • Always end with a “win-win” • Angry Customers cost money
Non-verbal communication: What we say without using words Karin Klein • Environment • Kenesics (Body language) • Voice • Status and “Wait time” “When you give it away… you get it back”