Peak Service Performance - A Complete Customer Service Solution
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Peak Service Performance offers all the
critical customer service skills needed to
achieve top service scores.

Additionally, Peak Service Performance
will motivate your telephone service associates
to make calls much more productive and
enjoyable for callers.




Do your telephone service associates give callers that "wow" feeling when they call in? If not,
customers will eventually call new suppliers. Research shows that only callers who have been
completely satisfied on the phones stay loyal to suppliers.


Peak Service Performance: A Complete Customer Service Solution

Today's Service Environment: Most organizations realize the need for strong customer
service fundamentals. Providing excellent service results in increased customer retention and
satisfaction, increased sales and much more job satisfaction.  Still, so many organizations
struggle with service quality levels and QA scores.

All customer service training programs are not equal.  Where most courses talk about
service conceptually, Peak Service Performance delivers proven skill sets. Peak Service
Performance is successful because the skills make sense, are easy to employ and can be
implemented quickly.  Associates do not have to figure out how they're going to apply the new
skills. In Peak Service Performance, they practice exactly what they will do on the phones with
callers.

Peak Service Performance is a Total Solution: Peak Service Performance includes every
important servicing fundamental needed in most telephone customer service functions, from
better greetings and rapport-building to one-call resolutions, effective holds and transfers,
handling irate callers and helping to build customer loyalty. Implement Peak Service
Performance today and watch your quality scores increase quickly.


Peak Service Performance will improve or eliminate the following:

  • Your CSRs (Customer Service Representatives) all handle their general servicing job
    functions differently.
  • Your supervisors have not managed your Customer Service Reps to a clear set of best
    practices.
  • Quality scores or customer satisfaction ratings are too low.
  • Service quality and performance are tied to compensation. Also, Customer Service
    Reps may not be meeting the bottom-line expectations in order to achieve their extra
    compensation.
  • Supervisors have difficulty finding the time to offer effective floor coaching to Customer
    Service Reps.
  • Customer Service Reps view angry callers as a hindrance to the job, or just too difficult
    to handle.
  • It takes callers too many calls to solve a problem.
  • Customer Service Reps don't have telephone greetings that sound genuine or
    welcoming.
  • Customer Service Reps don't transfer callers or put callers on hold effectively.

What Participants will Learn

Each module includes instruction, discussions, examples, trainer demonstrations, team
activities and lots of role-playing to make sure your telephone professionals can use their new
skills immediately.

Day One

The Role of Customer Service:

This module introduces the entire Peak Service Performance workshop. It also focuses on
Servicing in such a way that transitioning to Selling is just an extension of the role of Service.
The module puts to rest the myth that Selling must be an abrupt change in the call or a hurdle
that associates must jump to complete the call. This module offers a clear process that takes
the edge away from Offering.

Building Immediate Rapport:

Having a strong level of rapport with callers increases service levels and helps to increase
retention. This module illustrates the importance of rapport and offers extensive strategies and
techniques for building rapport quickly on every call. The module also introduces great ways to
greet callers.

Effective Holds and Transfers:

If a caller doesn't understand why she was just placed on hold, she will not wait patiently. The
same is true for transfers. In this module participants learn excellent techniques for both skills.

One-Call Resolutions:

Great servicing begins by fixing problems correctly on the first call. Participants learn how to
identify caller issues and solve them effectively. Participants employ the LEAD process for
handling most customer requests quickly and easily. Participants also learn the value of
taking Ownership and being Self-Reliant.

Day Two

Positive Attitudes/Positive Communication:

The rewards of being positive are enormous. This module shows participants how to stay "up"
both now and down the road and prevent negativity from creeping into their workspace.
Participants learn excellent strategies for staying motivated and proven methods of leaving a
positive memory for the caller. The module covers ways to sound great, even when associates
are tired or have just ended a difficult call.  

The Real Keys to Effective Listening:

Most courses have a Listening module, but few really change the way associates listen. In this
module participants first learn the causes of poor listening, and then learn proven methods for
effectively listening on each customer contact. Participants greatly increase their listening
proficiency by role-playing the Effective Listening Process.

Turning Irate Callers into Life-Long Customers:

Some callers are undoubtedly going to be hostile, and service associates may even
(unintentionally) contribute to their anger. In this module participants learn how to manage and
distill the caller's hostility so that he/she can calm down and let the associate fix the problem.
Participants have a paradigm shift as they learn that dealing with hostile callers isn't an
obstacle to their jobs. Rather, it is the most important reason for their jobs.  

Day Three

Building and Maintaining Customer Loyalty:

Companies invest millions of dollars in loyalty programs. This module helps senior
management teams convey the importance of Loyalty at every level. Participants learn how
important their role is and what they can do on each call to keep customers loyal to your
organization.

Retention: Saving Disconnect Requests:

Telephone associates can employ the skills from this module to keep callers from canceling.
Participants learn common reasons why customers typically cancel as well as proven
techniques to get to the root of their concerns quickly.

Final Role Play Activity:

Participants employ all their new service skills on simulated telephone call role plays. Prior to
this event, participants will have role-played each skill thoroughly. This exercise helps them
put everything together in a situation as close to the real world as possible.

Course Review and Goal-Setting:

The final module provides an extensive review and wrap-up of the key learning points of Peak
Service Performance. Additionally, participants build a blueprint for maintaining their new
service skills for when they return to the telephones.


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Additional Information about Peak Service Performance

Number of Participants:
We stress a maximum of twelve participants. This allows for the greatest interaction and
practice for each participant. We can add more participants, but the quality of the interaction
and the degree of learning will decrease.

Interactive Nature of the Training:
Long, tedious lectures bore us, too. All our training workshops are interactive, keeping
participants involved and learning throughout the session. We accomplish this by using both
discussion questions and quick questions that keep the training moving. The facilitation never
turns into runaway, time-robbing discussions, and everyone stays focused.

"No-Strings" License:
We can deliver Peak Service Performance with our instructors, or you can purchase the course
license and have unlimited use of Peak Service Performance. We offer a thorough, four-day
instructor certification as well as extensive support materials. These include a wide variety of
media, handouts, participant guides and the very best facilitator guide available. You also
receive a CD ROM with every file included so you can print additional materials for all your
future training courses. We have created everything in PowerPoint so your trainers do not have
to learn additional desktop publishing software like PageMaker or Quark Express. Once you
purchase the license you don't pay us even a penny more for the use of the course, ever.



If you are also interested in powerful selling skills designed specifically for call centers, read
about  
Telephones Sales Mastery. This program shows telephone professionals how to
maximize their sales opportunities by utilizing a unique sales approach when speaking with
callers.

Want more Information on this program? Phone us at 940-725-0057 or Email Us
Customization

We start with proven
best practices and
then customize your
training to fit your call
flows, industry and
company culture. You
get the convenience of
off-the-shelf training
without sacrificing
applicability.  
Call Center Training that Works!
From Kathi McMullan
Senior Manager
WorldCom

'No matter who I send to
your training, they come
back raving. The
reputation my group has
established within
WorldCom is, in large
part, due to the training
you've done for each
member of the team.'


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has been Delivered in
hundreds of organizations
including but not limited to:

ADT Security Systems
Austrian Airlines
AT&T Communications
American Express
AvMed Health Care
Bank Atlantic
Bell Atlantic
British Airways
Cathay Pacific Airways
Cable & Wireless
MediaOne
Dean Witter Reynolds
Gruntal & Company HBO
Lucent Technologies
Lufthansa Airlines
Medimmune Inc.
Fleet Bank
QANTAS
Sprint Canada
Sprint
SmithKline Beecham
Swissair
USAirways
Verio
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