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Dealing with Angry or Rude Customers
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Develop the tools for managing stressful interactions with difficult customers in positive and effective ways

Summary

Price
£19 inc VAT
Study method
Online, On Demand
Duration
1.2 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

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Overview

If you work in customer service in any way, then, from time to time, you are going to have to deal with angry or rude customers. This course will help you manage those stressful situations and support the customer as best you can.

Curriculum

1
section
11
lectures
1h 10m
total
    • 1: Anger as an Emotion 06:49
    • 2: Your Objectives When Dealing with Anger 04:47
    • 3: Poor Customer Service 09:05
    • 4: Preparing Your Organisation 09:00
    • 5: Warning Signs and What NOT to do 05:48
    • 6: The 12 Steps of Dealing with Anger 10:10
    • 7: Example Scripts for Angry Customers 03:02
    • 8: Dealing with Rude Customers 07:36
    • 9: Dealing with Stress and Key Learning Points 06:40
    • 10: Helpful Questions when Dealing with Angry Customers 05:00
    • 11: ABC Co Policy for Dealing with Unacceptable Customer Behaviour 02:00

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Description

Anger is a normal and relatively common emotion caused by a perceived hurt or provocation. In some cases a customer’s anger or rude behaviour may be driven by the failings of your organisation or its products and services. In other cases, the problem may be outside your control but you still have to deal with the impact.

In this course we look at anger in a customer service situation and how to deal with it. We review the nature and causes of anger; we look at how poor customer service can cause anger and what you can do to prepare your organisation to deal with anger. We cover the warning signs for anger and present a 12 step approach to dealing with an angry customer. We cover questions and short scripts that can help you start a discussion with an angry customer, and we consider why customers might be rude. Finally we look at managing the stress of dealing with an angry customer and finish the course with a review of the key learning points.

Key Learning Points

On completion of the course, delegates will be able to:

  • Understand the nature and causes of anger as an emotion.
  • Consider their objectives when dealing with an angry customer.
  • Help prepare their organisation for dealing with angry customers.
  • Identify appropriate customer service metrics
  • Work through a series of steps to deal with an angry customer.
  • Use questions and short scripts to try to help a customer bring their anger under control .
  • Consider why a customer might be rude, and how to deal with that rudeness.
  • Understand how to manage the stress of dealing with angry or rude customers.

Curriculum

L1: Anger as an Emotion

L2: Your Objectives when Dealing with Anger

L3: Poor Customer Service

L4: Preparing your Organisation

L5: Warning Signs and What Not to Do

L6: The 12 Steps to Dealing with Anger

L7: Example Scripts for Angry Customers

L8: Dealing with Rude Customers

L9: Dealing with Stress, and Key Learning Points

Who is this course for?

Anyone who has to deal with angry customers, or those who manage a customer facing team

Requirements

There are no pre-course requirements

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