Communication & Counselling Skills – 9. CUSTOMER SERVICES PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES
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LESSON CONTENTS — 14 SECTIONS
APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF CUSTOMER CARE IN DELIVERING QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Learning Objectives
- Explain customer relationship management and Describe principles of customer care
- Demonstrate positive attitude to client
- Explain the techniques used in providing quality customer care
- Respond to client enquires and complaints
- Describe the importance of first impression customer service
- Prepare a plan for good customer service to clients
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
It combines practices, strategies and technologies that combines use to manage and analyze customer.
CRM system compile data from a range different communication channels, including a company website, telephone, email, live chat, marketing materials and other social media.
Principles of customer care
There are four key principles of good customer service: It’s
Personalized,
Competent,
Convenient, and
Proactive
These factors have the biggest influence on the customer experience. Other principle are
Have Your Agents Practice Active Listening Skills.
Empathy
Ability to Communicate Clearly With the Customer.
A Positive Attitude.
Positive attitude to client
Means happy customers which in turn means success for the company.
Can be shown by being kind and understanding.
Attitudes of customer service
Be timely and responsive; being prompt and responsive to customer inquiries and concerns is a must for success of your business.
Be kind and understanding
Be proactive
Be open to feedback and suggestions
Be transparent and candid
Be inquisitive
Be knowledgeable
Techniques used in providing quality customer care
Politeness
Be proactive
More explanation
Use polite and clear language
Call customers by their names
Make sure there is clear understanding
Highlight advantages and disadvantages
Participatory should be involved
Summarize the conversation
How to Respond to client enquiries and complaints
Listen to the complaint
Apologize to the customer
Ask questions
Formulate a solution
Verify that the solution works
Thank the customer
Document the complaint
Importance of first impression customer service
It builds a good relationship and trust between you and your customers.
It help you establish and build your credibility
It lays the groundwork for all future experiences and gives you moment to cement trust and satisfaction in the customer’s mind.
Good impressions stay for long time in minds of customers.
Plan for good customer service to clients
Good customer service plan; an effective customer plan provides guidelines that help team members provide a consistent customer experience throughout every stage of the customer journey.
Also it is used to examine your expectations and perceptions of your company.
Steps to create an effective customer service plan
Create a customer service strategy
Setting the customer service goals
Create a customer journey and service design map
Analyze customer interactions
Create an action plan
Determine key performance indicators (KPIs)
Assess and build a customer service team
Establish how and when customer service team work cross-functionally
Innovate
Additional Study Notes
This section is separated from the source slides to make the lesson easier to revise.
Supplementary learning: Effective health communication requires attentive listening, clear language, appropriate non-verbal behaviour, empathy, respect, confidentiality and checking that the client has understood. Counselling should support informed decisions rather than forcing a choice.
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