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1) "Sales Training for Call Center Agents"

Good service is not enough to ensure long term business viability. You need to seize opportunities to up-sell and cross-sell products and services over the phone.

In this workshop, you will learn to:

  • Identify three key ideas behind a philosophy of "Sales through Service"

  • Transition from a service call to a sales call

  • Use questioning and active listening skills to determine the client's needs

  • State the benefits of your product or service from the client’s perspective, using key phrases that increase a caller's likelihood of buying

  • Handle objections and close the sale using a five step process

At the end of this training, your Agents will leave with the ability to spot sales opportunities. They will know how to upsell and rightsize callers on the most appropriate products and features to increase departmental revenue.

 

2) "Secrets of Successful Call Center Sales Coaching"

How many sales have slipped away because your Agents have not been coached and supported by their Team Managers on how to sell?

In this workshop, your Managers will learn how to:

  • Implement the best practices used by high performing sales call centers

  • Motivate their team through rewards and recognition

  • Overcome an Agent's "sales reluctance"

  • Observe and evaluate their Agent's sales skills

  • Use "60-Second Coaching" techniques to boost their Agent's sales performance

By the end of this workshop, Managers will be equipped to coach their Agents to improved sales performance and morale.

 

3) "Secrets to Effective Call Center Meetings"

This workshop is specifically designed to help Call Centre operations staff (Team Leaders, Supervisors, Managers) hold effective meetings that move your Agents to action.

This workshop covers:

  • The five most common mistakes people make when dealing with a Call Centre audience (even one of these mistakes will cause Agents to lose interest)

  • Five techniques for running a productive team huddle

  • Ten questions to stimulate discussions at meetings and create Agent buy-in

  • The five most common Call Centre audience objections and how to pre-empt them

  • How to handle a "Question and Answer" session so your Agents feel motivated

By the end of this session, Managers will be able to organize and facilitate effective, interactive, motivational team meetings with their Agents.

 

4) "How to Handle Irate Callers"

Designed specifically for inbound call centers, this workshop will help your team deal with irate callers and escalations more successfully.

In this workshop, your Agents and Managers will learn:

  • The emotional states of the caller and the Agent during an irate call or escalation

  • Three rapport-building techniques to calm irate callers

  • Five questioning skills that will gather more information, so you can resolve the client's issue and soothe hurt feelings

  • Active listening skills to make the client feel heard

  • How to re-direct a call tactfully when an Agent or Manager is unable to assist them

At the end of the session, you will leave with an implementable action plan to handle challenging situations as a good role model. You will be able to improve your team's performance right away - with the next irate caller

 

5) "Customers Come First: IT Help Desk Customer Service Training"

Designed specifically for IT Help Desks, this workshop will help your technical staff provide "people focused" phone support to their end users.

In this workshop, you will learn:

  • The three major "cultural" gaps between technically focused Help Desk members and end users

  • The three greatest challenges to delivering computer advice by phone and how to overcome them

  • The "ask, inform, confirm" model to politely and compassionately resolve a caller's issues

By the end of this workshop, your Help Desk team will be able to provide "people focused" service to their end users.

 

6) "Customer Service: The Moment of Truth"

Every time a client calls, your Agents and Team Managers have the opportunity to build client loyalty by providing exceptional customer service.

In this workshop, you team will learn:

  • The best practices used by high performing customer service call centers

  • How to “frame” the call to establish rapport and create a “Customer for Life” experience

  • Questioning and listening skills to diagnose your client’s needs so they can quickly resolve their issue

  • Key phrases to use to provide a great customer service experience

  • Key phrases to avoid if they want to retain customers. (Do any of your team members use these phrases on their calls?)

 

Testimonial for Mike Aoki's Workshops:

"Mike has a deep understanding of the opportunities and constraints that exist in delivering training for results in a Call Center environment.

I knew Mike as an inspiring leader, facilitator and business partner who is passionate about the work he does (it shows) and focused on bottom line results."

Kim Katz,
Director, Client Care, Telus
www.telusmobility.com

These workshops can be booked as either a half-day or full-day training session.  The full-day session allows more time for participants to practice their new skills.

These workshops can be customized for your organization and held at your location. The suggested class size is 10-20 participants to allow maximum interaction.

We can also custom-design a workshop for new product launches, new hire training and call quality contact standards.

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