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Module 1: Customer

Relationship Management

Nirupama Vaishnav Jina


Training & Development
IMA
Session 3-Customer Service Management

Learning Objectives
 Understanding what is customer service?
 What are the skills required to provide excellent service?
 What are the 5 dimensions to provide excellent service?
 Defining personality types of a customer and best practices to handle
them
 Understanding different types of communication styles of customers
 Understanding different types of listening styles of customers
 Avoiding barriers for effective communication with the customers
 The keys to effective listening
Satisfying customer is often
more challenging

Understanding customer needs image 6


What is “customer service”?
Customer Service is the ability
to fill customer orders for
production or services
accurately and expeditiously,
delivering them at the time
and in the condition needed to
meet customer requirements
- at a price that is competitive
or consistent with customer
expectations.
Why is Customer
Service important?
 Customer expectations of service are not
consistent.
 Expectations are influential.
What are the skills
required for managing
customers and provide
excellent service?
Skills:
 Rapport Building
 Good Interpersonal Skills
 Effective Listening Skills
 Telephone Courtesy
 Handling Angry Customers
 Complaint Managing
Rapport Building
Why customers do not come back
 68% quit because of poor service
 14% are dissatisfied with the product
 9% leave for competitive reasons
 6% develop other relationships
 3% move away, discontinue business, etc

Note: A recent Master Card survey showed that 62% of customers left a store
without buying an item because a sales clerk wasn’t available.
Good Interpersonal Skills

 The communication that takes place and results in


a belief that the sender is genuinely concerned
about the receiver’s needs.
Effective Listening

 Offer feedback
 to prompt speaker to continue
 to summarize ‘to show” you were listening
 Block out barriers such as culture, education, and
psychology.
 Practice, Practice, Practice
Telephone courtesy

 Maintaining professionalism on the call


 With perfect voice quality
 Able to take call control
 Managing different types of customers and
scenarios on the call
Handling difficult customers & to
manage complaint
 Empathize with your customer.
 State your company’s equal concern.
 Present a plan of action.
 Ask for your customer’s thoughts.
How can one be
prepared to better serve
customers?

A: Understanding the 5 dimensions


of customer service
5 Dimensions of Customer
Service
1. Professionalism
2. Speedy Responses
3. Accurate Information
4. Genuine Concern
5. Reliable Follow-through
5 Dimensions

 Professionalism - use thank you and please, don’t


use office-specific jargon or acronyms when
communicating
 Speedy Responses - predict follow-up time, don’t
pad conversation with idle chatter with any kind of
transactions committed to the customer
5 Dimensions (Con’t)

 Accurate Information - use easy-to understand


examples, don’t blame others, don’t use outdated
information
 Genuine Concern - use empathy, don’t judge
customer’s feelings, don’t let one negative call
“bleed” into another
 Reliable Follow-up - responsibility to carry out
promised action
Positive Attitude

The Engine that drives


excellent service
forward.

The key ingredient in providing the


5 Dimensions of Customer Service.
Advantages of a Positive Attitude
1. Creates goodwill with caller
2. Reduces the potential for irritating the
customers
3. Lessens stress for you
4. Helps you enjoy your job more
5. Creates a more productive work environment

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