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Improving Daily Service Skills. Miche Grant. Verbal Interaction. 85% non-linguistic Vocabulary Sensory Rapport Pacing. Why Should You Listen. What’s in it for you? What’s in it for your firm? What do you know about listening? The joy of small change.
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Improving Daily Service Skills Miche Grant
Verbal Interaction • 85% non-linguistic • Vocabulary • Sensory • Rapport • Pacing
Why Should You Listen • What’s in it for you? • What’s in it for your firm? • What do you know about listening? • The joy of small change
Four Key Elements of Good Listening • How to be a good listener • Hear the message • Interpret the message • Evaluate the message • Respond to the message
The first 3 seconds How to manage the first 3 seconds
Facts on face to face • Proximity • Eye contact • Silence • Gestures • Facial expression • Physical contact • Smell • Overall appearance
A professional image • Clothes • Hair • Vocabulary • Stature
Non-verbal Communication Skills • Body language • Tone of voice • Spatial relationships • Reading customer cues
Giving the customer an appropriate greeting • Acknowledge the customer’s presence. • Project a professional and friendly image. • Create an opening for discussion. • Be reassuring, not pushy.
Surroundings make first impressions too • Hours of service. • Cleanliness • Directions/signage. • Welcome sign. • Create an atmosphere. • Create an image.
Conclusion • Customers are satisfied when the service received meets their expectations. • Good skills take practice. • Every encounter requires excellence. • We are customers to each other. • Negative feedback is valuable!