Public Sector Customer Service Course Programme

Duration

1 day

What is this course about?

This interactive one-day training programme has been designed specially for public services and government agencies, which are seeking to provide excellence in service delivery to all of their customers.

 

In light of the recent spending review and the continuing climate of Government cuts public sector organisations are undoubtedly going to face new pressures on their overall staffing levels and budgets.  Managers within the public sector have long been used to the idea of getting "more from less" whilst striving to maintain a high level of customer service and overall customer satisfaction.  However this is likely to intensify as the full impact of the spending review is felt.

 

The good news is the right training can play a vital role in arming organisations and their staff with the core skills they need to continually improve service delivery even in the face of shrinking resource.

GA Training's public sector customer service training programme addresses all the key things which make public sector organisations different from private sector companies.  However at the same time  the course draws on best practice from across all industries and sectors to provide a well rounded training programme which cherry picks the best customer service solutions and helps to apply them within your organisation.

 

This training course will ensure that you have all the necessary skills to meet the public sector challenge in the coming months and years and above all will enable you to over-deliver on solutions and services that are both results-oriented as well customer-focused.

The course will be tailored to meet your exact requirements and will use real-world examples from your customer service scenarios.

 

Who would benefit?

Anyone who interacts with customers in the public sector.

 

Objectives

At the end of this course delegates will be able to -

 

•          Define Excellence in customer service
•          Recognise what makes the public sector different
•          Identify ways to apply best practice from both the public and private sector
•          Listen completely, speak respectfully, and focus on the positive
•          Communicate confidently with all customers
•          Handle difficult situations and learn to say no constructively
•          Manage their own stress levels and care for themselves as well as their customers
•          Handle complaints efficiently and with empathy

 

Key topics covered

 

The following topics are meant as an indication of content at this stage and any course delivered would be designed to match your exact requirements.

 

1.      Introduction

•          What constitutes excellence in service delivery?
•          The public sector challenge
•          Best practice customer service from public and private sector

 

2.      Communicating with customers

 

•          Communicating with customers on the phone
•          Communicating with customers face-to-face
•          The importance of body language and other non-verbal communication (even on the phone)
•          The vital written skills of customer service
•          Positive communication (key phrases and useful language)
•          Exceeding your customer's expectations

 

3.      Knowing and Understanding your customers

 

•          What are their needs?
•          What have you learnt in the past that could help them?
•          Do they have an ideal outcome in mind and are you aware of this?

 

4.      Dealing with Difficult People

 

•          Sources of the difficulty
•          What makes customers difficult or demanding?
•          What makes dealing with them difficult for us?
•          What is the extent of the problem?
•          Dealing with behaviour
•          When the customer goes too far

 

5.      The often overlooked art of listening and displaying empathy

  

•          Active listening
•          Listening and responding with empathy

 

6.      Self-Management

  

•          Protecting yourself at all times
•          Letting go and not taking it personally
•          Managing stress and remaining effective under pressure
•          Your role in the team

 

7.      Teambuilding and leadership

  

•          How to build and sustain high-performing teams
•          Team roles
•          Leadership (hint you don't have to be a manager to lead)
•          The internal customer

 

8.      Handling Complaints

  

•          Causes of complaints
•          Different communication channels and their potential effects
•          Managing responses
•          Assertiveness and dealing with difficult people
•          Written Complaints
•          Complaints on the phone

 

9.      Ongoing development

  

•          Drawing it all together
•          Developing a customer service charter
•          Personal action plan

 

Other areas of interest

Delegates who have attended this training course have also been interested in the following other areas:

 

Dealing with Difficult Customers                                              Excellence in Customer Service

The Written Skills of Customer Service                                   Customer on the Phone

 

In-Company Training

This public sector customer service training course can be delivered on an in-company basis for up to 12 delegates focusing throughout on your most common customer service scenarios. 

 

To discuss your requirements in more detail please call 0845 130 5714, email info@ga-training.com or use our short online contact form and one of the team will be delighted to take a more detailed brief from you.

 

 

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We are sure that we will have the right customer service training training course to meet your requirements. If the exact solution does not already exist in our portfolio we will design something specifically for you.