This pathway of 12 videos will help improve your customer service skills.

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  Attitude (10 min)

  This 10 minute video details how you can use your attitude to the best possible advantage. Having a positive attitude is in your control and impacts positively on all those around you. You will learn about ways to improve attitude, dealing with change and motivation factors.

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  Customer Service Excellence (10 min)

  In this 10 minute video version, we explain the importance of delivering excellent customer service. There are a number of things every person in the organisation can do to provide great service. It is not just the responsibility of the customer service team or receptionist. every one in the business should be looking to provide great service to all customers - external and internal.

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  Communication Skills (10 min)

  This 10 minute video explains about communication, tone, modulation and body language.

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  Listening Skills (10 min)

  In this video, we explain some important aspects around communication and in particular how to listen more effectively. Reflective and active listening are great ways to help ensure you communicate well and help to make sure there is a shared understanding between those communicating. The workbook for this video can be found on the welcome page of the module with same name.

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  Questioning Skills (10 min)

  In this 10 minute version, we examine the main questioning skills and how to use them for effective conversation control. Open, closed, leading, echoic, rhetorical and clarifying questions are all explained. The workbook for this video can be found on the welcome page of the module with same name.

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  Showing Empathy (10 min)

  Showing empathy is a key skill to develop in a customer service, sales or leadership role. This video details ways to show empathy and how to more clearly understand it. Use the workbook to help complete the questions and empathy plan.

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  Being Assertive (10 min)

  In this 10 minute video we explain what assertiveness is and how you can be more assertive.

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  Positive First Impressions (10 min)

  This 10 minute video explains in detail how you can create a positive first impression of your business to customers. You will learn some key techniques that will be easy to apply in phone and face to face situations.

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  Handling Difficult Customers (10 min)

  Difficult Customer Techniques - This 10 minute video outlines ways you can deal with difficult customers and how you can calm them down. You should download the workbook that accompanies this video so you can complete the questions and the plan. The Glad>Sure>Sorry technique as shown in part in this video is the intellectual property of Mary Gober International. Used with permission. www.marygober.com.

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  Keeping your Customers Informed (10 min)

  This 10 minute video helps to outline the reasons why you should keep customers informed and always contact them to update with information and stay in touch. You will learn some key tips on why to keep customers informed and how to do it. There is a workbook for this video.

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  Fix the Customer First (10 min)

  In this 10 minute video you will learn how to put the customer first and sort out the problem or issue later. We will cover examples to follow, company rules to be aware of, what hold ups do to customers and benefits of understanding and using this principle of putting the customer first.

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  Advanced Customer Service (10 min)

  This 10 minute video covers some advanced techniques and ideas for providing excellent customer service. You will learn more about moments of truth with customers at various touch points, more on internal customer service for your organisation and customer needs and expectations.