Posts tagged soft skills
What frontline customer service staff fear most about 2022

It’s a new year but is anything different for our frontline customer service staff and what can you do to make 2022 better for you and your team? Read on for the 1 thing you can do that costs nothing and will help you sleep at night…or during the day, no judgement.

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3 things to do before engaging a customer service training provider

Finding an external training provider is not always easy. Infact, it can be time wasting, budget draining and soul destroying! Read on to find out the 3 things you can do to make the search for an external training provider be time, budget and soul friendly.

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The #1 problem when seeking new frontline customer service staff

As the old quote goes, we hire for skills and we fire for behaviours so if that is the case, wouldn’t it be more useful to know about the behaviours side of things before we hire? Read on to save time and money when seeking to hire frontline customer service staff.

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How to eliminate complacency from customer service teams

Ever thought this about customer service staff…“Why do I have to remind staff to arrive early enough to have a chat, grab a coffee and be ready to start on time and not rush in the door and still be fumbling around 15 mins into their shift?” OR ““My frontline team are split - some are great, some do only the bare minimum and some seem determined to undermine me at every step” Read on if this is you….

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The vaccine customer service staff must use now

Face to face interactions with customers during COVID19 is causing both staff and customers high levels of anxiety. The good news is that although we are having to wait for a vaccine for COVID19, there is a vaccine that has positive impact on staff and customers.

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Staying customer positive when you feel customer negative

The customers are raging, the photcopier doesn’t work, the phones are ringing off the hook…..and there’s no milk in the staff fridge. It’s the type of day that can make some customer service staff lose their smiles. But, there are customer service staff who remain unaffected by these challenges. What do they have that makes them smile when everyone and everything around them is giving them grief? Read on to find out…

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