Service Impact! Customer Service Series

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A new series of customer service videos, designed for today’s high-efficiency, money-saving training needs.

Service Impact!™ is a new series of training videos created by Service Strategies Corp., one of the top training, certification and consulting companies. You’ll benefit from Service Strategies’ decades of hands-on experience and expertise. Featuring engaging, lifelike scenarios and TV-quality production, training will be enjoyable – and highly effective. The Service Impact!™ series is highly versatile, designed to be used for meeting openers, training, and more! And with a feature-packed facilitators guide on CD-ROM, you’ll have all the tools you need to make training easy – and successful. Priced for today’s streamlined budgets, you’ll enjoy all these benefits while saving 60% off the typical price of a training program.

This series has 5 Videos

In Part 1, service representative Carlos violates every rule of handling an upset customer, from blaming the client to refusing ownership of the issue. The customer, Warren, quickly escalates from annoyance to frustration, then from infuriation to hostility. Carlos accuses Warren of being abusive, and ends the call. In Part 2, Warren calls back and Angela takes over. Calm and professional, she knows the four steps to calming angry customers: allow them to vent, empathize, refocus away from emotion and toward the issue, and use closed-ended questions to satisfy. She acknowledges Warren’s frustrations, but skillfully changes the focus to the issue. Angela turns conflict into collaboration, solves the issue, and profits from another satisfied customer.

In Dimensions of Service, you’ll discover the secrets of improving customer satisfaction by seeing all facets of the client experience. Larry is a manager facing declining customer satisfaction. He launches a new initiative to speed up response time – but satisfaction actually goes down. We see this happen when a customer, Justine, doesn’t receive a call back as promised, and is frustrated that her issue hasn’t been resolved. The service rep Stacy – who is proud of her job and always does what management asks – counters that she is doing her job: answering phones quickly.

In Part 1, service representative Valerie receives a call from Lois, a customer from another culture. Valerie speaks quickly and uses slang, frustrating Lois. Valerie is impatient with Lois’ accent and English, and belittles her, despite the fact that Lois has taken the time to learn Valerie’s language. Valerie insults Lois, and loses a customer. In Part 2, Valerie approaches the same situation differently, adapting to the customer’s unique needs. Valerie speaks slowly, clearly, and properly. When Lois uses unfamiliar words, Valerie seeks to reframe to understand her. Despite being challenged by the communication difficulties, Valerie takes personal responsibility, finds a solution, and ultimately triumphs with yet another happy customer.

In Part 1, an overwhelmed service representative, Terry, receives a call from a frustrated customer, Justine. When Terry realizes he forgot about Justine’s case, he tries to end the call before his manager finds out. He refuses to admit his mistake, then lies. When caught by Justine, he blames his company and reveals sensitive inside information. When Justine asks to speak with his manager, Terry lies about his name and hangs up, costing the company a valuable customer. In Part 2, Terry approaches the same situation differently. He promptly admits his mistake and apologizes. He takes responsibility and ownership, immediately schedules corrective action, and accommodates Justine. He solves the problem, and wins another satisfied customer.

In part 1, Carlos is an experienced rep – he knows the product backwards and forwards, and assumes everyone else does too. That’s his fatal flaw: he’s an unconscious competent: highly skilled, but doesn’t realize it. His customer Justine, in contrast, is a conscious incompetent: she doesn’t know the product – filling her with anxiety. So when Justine calls Carlos, he’s frustrated and Justine receives no useful help. Carlos’s co-worker Stacey, in contrast, is an unconscious incompetent: she’s clueless and doesn’t know it. So when a customer calls, she flippantly admits she doesn’t how to help him – making herself and the company look bad. In part 2, Angela is an experienced rep, patient and helpful with those new to the product. She’s a conscious competent: highly skilled and (humbly) knows it. Her customer Warren, in contrast, is having technical trouble – which makes him anxious about his job and reputation. Angela is instantly aware of Warren’s inexperience, puts him at ease, and solves the issue. New rep Mia, like Warren doesn’t know the software, and is painfully aware of the fact, afraid of how it makes her look on the job. So when Mia receives a call she doesn’t know how to handle, Angela recognizes the situation, puts her at ease, and effectively guides her in helping the customer.