Introduction
In this increasingly competitive world, customers are in a position to demand ever-increasing levels of service and quality. Rather than simply react to their demands, successful companies are proactive in the way they manage quality and continuously seek to improve levels of customer satisfaction. In this program, you will:
- Learn about Customer Service and Quality Management Tools
- Learn how to improve Customer Satisfaction
- Improve your people skills
- Learn how to proactively manage and control expectations
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- All business professionals in customer-facing positions or with specific responsibilities for Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction
- Personnel new to the role, as well as more experienced officers seeking to examine and enhance their service quality and customer satisfaction skills
Course Objectives of Certified Customer Management Specialist
- Describe how to use Quality Management tools and methods
- Build strong customer relationships
- Help influence and set customer expectations
- Measure their own degree of customer focus and be able to apply a variety of methods to get closer to the customer
- Implement improved people skills to enhance customer service
- Improve service to internal customers as well as external customers
- Use skills to build effective relationships
Course Methodology of Certified Customer Management Specialist
The program will be highly participative and will include a wide range of methods including presentations, discussions, videos, case studies, and exercises. Where appropriate, these will include real issues brought to the program by delegates.
Course Summary of Certified Customer Management Specialist
After completing the program, delegates will be equipped with the tools, models, skills, and confidence to improve and enhance current practices, develop new processes, and monitor their success.
This program will help delegates become customer service champions and equip them with the appropriate confidence, skills, and tools to turn any department into a world-class service provider and the envy of all other internal customers.
Course Outlines of Certified Customer Management Specialist
DAY 1 - Introducing Quality Management and Customer Services
- Introduction to Quality Management
- The history of Quality in business
- Basic Quality concepts
- What is it that Customers want
- How can we calculate the total cost of Quality
- Customer satisfaction is a perception and can be managed
- Setting customer expectations
- Changing internal perceptions
- Getting closer to customers
- Understanding customer needs and expectations
- Commitment starts at the top of the organization
DAY 2 - Service Quality - Tools and Techniques
- Five steps to Effective Quality Management
- Beginning with measurement
- Then we need methods of Control
- Continuous Improvement
- Service Quality Tools and Techniques
- Questionnaires
- Pareto Analysis
- Nominal Group Technique
- Cause and Effect Analysis
- Solution Effect Analysis
- Selection Grid
DAY 3 - Managing Customer Expectations
- Exceeding customer expectations every time
- Determining how to exceed expectations
- It’s the little things that matter - increased satisfaction at minimal cost
- Asking for feedback on performance
- Ongoing evaluation of effectiveness to ensure satisfaction
- Maximize the value you deliver
- Understanding different customer styles
DAY 4 - People Skills to Deliver Excellent Customer Service
- Back to basics - communicating with our customers
- Identify Listening Styles for you and your customer
- Building Rapport
- Influencing skills
- Persuasion techniques
- Dealing with Difficult Customers
- Understanding Customer Behaviours
- Understanding where Anger comes from
- Developing Emotional Intelligence
DAY 5 - Making it happen
- A look at Quality Management Systems
- ISO, Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma
- Producing a Plan of Action
- Improving Customer Satisfaction in 5 quick steps
About Rome
As cosmopolitan and diverse as it is rooted in its own history, Rome is one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. Featuring some of the best restaurants on the continent, some of the most iconic historic sites in Europe, the city is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and dynamic places to visit anywhere. The center of the Renaissance, the city houses some of the most famous works of art in the world and remains an important cultural hub to this day. Famous for art, fashion, it's delicious local cuisine, and superbly preserved monuments, Rome truly offers something for everyone.
Things to do and places to visit in Rome
When disembarking, the first thing that can prove pleasantly challenging is deciding on what to do first! An exceptional array of hotels and inns are available to any weary traveler, as are a superb range of restaurants for those wanting to relax surrounded by the hustle and bustle of Rome in the evening. You can spend the day walking streets steeped in history, visiting galleries that contain works by Caravaggio and Michelangelo or exploring the awe-inspiring Colosseum. The city contains many beautifully maintained parks and gardens, as well as a vast collection of beautiful churches and cathedrals, ensuring that a trip to Rome will be a memorable experience for anyone.
Things to do when taking flights to Rome include:
- Standing inside the magnificent Colosseum.
- Gazing in awe at the stunning Castel Sant'Angelo.
- Visiting the incredible Pantheon, one of the best-maintained buildings from the Roman era.
- Stopping at the center of the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most beautiful squares in Europe.
- Walking the beautiful gardens of Villa Borghese.
- Admiring the vast, intricately carved Column of Marcus Aurelius.
- Wandering the Forum Romanum, ruins from the Ancient Roman period.
- Exploring some of the greatest art collections in Europe.
- Crossing the river on the remarkably-constructed Bridge of Angels.
- Sampling the world famous local cuisine.