Achieving Absolute Quality: Focus on the Customer

Designed to be both management-led and customer-oriented, this dynamic, customized program establishes/enhances core values while enforcing excellent customer service practices. Company values, culture, and standards are the backbone to defining and achieving absolute quality. Participants gain the necessary tools and techniques to meet and exceed customer expectations and to adapt to a variety of customer service situations.

Workshop Objectives:

  • To establish customized standards and core values
  • To determine measurements to ensure accountability
  • To impact awareness of customer service excellence
  • To provide the tools to attract and retain customers
  • To enhance problem solving techniques
  • To improve processes ultimately impacting the bottom line
  • To improve the ability to understand and relate to customers’ needs
  • To increase the ability to properly communicate with customers

Topics Covered:

  • Maintaining a strong value system
  • Visualizing success and striving for continuous improvement
  • Acknowledging and stretching comfort zones
  • Learning why service makes the difference
  • Creating seamless service cycles
  • Understanding the “quality pays” equation
  • Making a connection and communicating with customers
  • Recognizing the wants and needs of the customer
  • Adjusting your behavioral style to that of your customer
  • Discovering how to uncover customer needs
  • Learning and listening techniques
  • Eliminating process complexity and variation
  • Defining the problem-solving cycle
  • Presenting creative solutions

Workshop Format:

  • Establish/Enhance Standards and Core Values by assessing needs, defining the implementation process, and establishing the timelines of the program.
  • Core Values and Standards reinforces the established values and standards, beginning with Department Heads and then continues to each department.
  • One-on-One Follow-up Consultation Sessions are held with each Department Head several weeks after the program to reinforce concepts.
  • Optional “Checkpoint” ongoing assessment programs are available.
 
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