Myra Golden

JUNE 8, 2018

Customer service employees struggle with call control for a variety of reasons, including they don’t want to be rude to the customer, they aren’t sure how to move to closure or because the customer is rambling or angry. 4 ways to politely bring the call to closure after you have met all of the customer’s needs.

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Myra Golden

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

I’m giving you the actual exercise I gave to the employees in the customer service training I delivered this morning, along with the discussion questions I used. If you’d like an excellent training activity that helps employees convey empathy , print off this exercise and facilitate a short discussion with your team.

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Myra Golden

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Let me give your people the tactics, skills, and inspiration they need so they can deliver experiences that make you feel proud. I try to make my training easy – for you, your employees, and even for me, by offering it online. I still do onsite training, of course, but online training saves time and money.

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Myra Golden

MARCH 18, 2020

If you and your customer service employees are stuck at home like most of us, it can be a fantastic time to jump into the professional development training you’ve been putting off. We have some free and low-cost ways to improve the sound, flow, and feel of your customer interactions. Customer Service, SCORM 1.2-Compliant

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ShepHyken

JULY 6, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The most important customer service qualities in the next normal: Expertise, empathy, and speed by Vala Afshar. Expertise, empathy, and speed are the top three most important customer service qualities.

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Myra Golden

DECEMBER 9, 2016

A free module from my customer service online training. I began thinking about and conceptualizing this training during a drive home from Arkansas where I had just delivered a presentation to a group of 60 new managers in a corporate mentoring program for the world headquarters of Sam’s Club.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Three Unique Professional Development Events for Customer Service Professionals. How to Handle Difficult Customers Using Verbal Aikido. 5 Aikido Principles for Creating Calm, Defusing Anger and Moving to Closure with Difficult Customers. Creating calm with difficult customers is not a matter of using aggressive tactics.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Three Unique Professional Development Events for Customer Service Professionals. How to Handle Difficult Customers Using Verbal Aikido. 5 Aikido Principles for Creating Calm, Defusing Anger and Moving to Closure with Difficult Customers. Creating calm with difficult customers is not a matter of using aggressive tactics.

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Myra Golden

DECEMBER 9, 2016

A free module from my customer service online training. I began thinking about and conceptualizing this training during a drive home from Arkansas where I had just delivered a presentation to a group of 60 new managers in a corporate mentoring program for the world headquarters of Sam’s Club.

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Michelli Experience

JANUARY 4, 2017

Every time I develop a customized customer service training tool for a client of mine, I caution that the tool is a “guidebook” for customer service behavior and that no tool can fit every application. As such, a customer service toolkit is only as good as the judgment and skill of the person using it.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Inconsistent information: When a customer gets two or more different answers to the same question, what pain do you cause their brain? Poorly trained employees: It can tie into inconsistent information, but it’s more than that. Employees that demonstrate a lack of knowledge or competency frustrates customers. Then don’t be late!

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I wanted to treat my small team today for working so hard over the weekend and yesterday into the evening on the big project of moving our entire eLearning roster and training modules to a new hosting site. These employees could be your employees after my soft skills training on empathy, friendliness and de-escalation. Welcome to __.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

It’s part of a full 16-module customer service training. This video is about giving customers an experience that makes them feel good and maintains their esteem. I recorded this video last week for a client. As a special treat for you, I’m sharing one module from my client’s course.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I wanted to treat my small team today for working so hard over the weekend and yesterday into the evening on the big project of moving our entire eLearning roster and training modules to a new hosting site. These employees could be your employees after my soft skills training on empathy, friendliness and de-escalation. Welcome to __.

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Myra Golden

DECEMBER 19, 2017

But, sometimes, personalization can get in the way of serving the customer and moving things forward. Last week I delivered a customer service training session where part of our focus was moving employees out of an attitude of personalization to an emphasis on finding a win-win solutions for problems. Caitlin Singer.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Myra Golden Customer Service Training Highlight. Verbal Aikido: A non-agressive, highly effective strategy for handling difficult customers. Thanks to the Internet and social media, customers are more savvy now than ever before. This means the customer service professional must develop a response plan.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 2, 2016

Myra Golden Customer Service Training Highlight. Verbal Aikido: A non-agressive, highly effective strategy for handling difficult customers. Thanks to the Internet and social media, customers are more savvy now than ever before. This means the customer service professional must develop a response plan.

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Myra Golden

JUNE 1, 2018

In this video, taken from my online customer service training suite, I answer the questions I’m asked most often about what’s appropriate for business texting. Watch the short video, and use it in your own customer service training. Was This Helpful?

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Myra Golden

AUGUST 25, 2016

Two years ago I was working with a company to help their customer service representatives convey empathy to customers. The intended outcome of the training was for employees to speak to customers with care, concern and compassion. Achieving empathy in the customer experience is a bit like walking a tightrope.

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Myra Golden

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Make sure you’re measuring what really matters to your customers. Fix what frustrates your customers . A company called me to deliver customer service training. After listening to a random sample of phone calls between customer service employees and customers, I realized the problem wasn’t a lack of soft skills.

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Myra Golden

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Make sure you’re measuring what really matters to your customers. Fix what frustrates your customers . A company called me to deliver customer service training. After listening to a random sample of phone calls between customer service employees and customers, I realized the problem wasn’t a lack of soft skills.

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Myra Golden

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For more help in how to talk to customers, check out: Customer Service Onsite Training Workshops – Fully Customized, Engaging, Fun Customer Service Training for your team. Customer Service eLearning – 10 courses to improve the way your employees talk to customers over the phone and email.

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Myra Golden

MARCH 27, 2018

My client’s biggest challenge was how to navigate through complex calls, like situations with ramblers and challenging customers. One of the strategies I prepared for my client’s customized training is 4 Things You Can Do To Help Your Customers Cut to the Point. Online Training Customized For Your Company!

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

One of the goals for my customer service training in Cerritos, California yesterday was to help employees follow-up with colleagues, to close the loop so that everybody was up to date on what’s being done to fix issues for customers. I designed a short lecture and a small group discussion to address this.

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Myra Golden

AUGUST 25, 2016

Two years ago I was working with a company to help their customer service representatives convey empathy to customers. The intended outcome of the training was for employees to speak to customers with care, concern and compassion. Achieving empathy in the customer experience is a bit like walking a tightrope.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Questions are a double-edged sword for customer service professionals. You have to ask questions to get to the root of the problem, log issues, and in general, to help customers. Years ago, when I managed a small call center, I realized that my team had to ask our customers seven questions. Bridge Into Questioning.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 4, 2019

You can also identify how the customer is feeling during that interaction with the employee and how they felt when they leave. In a digital experience, you can record a customer having the existing experience, like booking an appointment online or buying a product to see how they feel throughout.

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Myra Golden

JANUARY 30, 2018

I have a module dedicated to demonstrating the Feel, Felt, Found method in my Empathy Online Course, which is part of my Customer Service eLearning suite. If you or your employees struggle a bit with how to make customers feel empathy , take a look at my Empathy and Customer Service Training.

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Myra Golden

AUGUST 26, 2016

Sign up for my email list and learn specific tips, approaches and phrases to help your employees help your customers. If you’d like to see more videos, most far more modern than this one, check out my library of short YouTube Customer Service Training videos.

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Myra Golden

AUGUST 26, 2016

Sign up for my email list and learn specific tips, approaches and phrases to help your employees help your customers. If you’d like to see more videos, most far more modern than this one, check out my library of short YouTube Customer Service Training videos.

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Myra Golden

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The employee I spoke with made the two biggest mistakes customer service employees can make in the beginning of a call with a patient – or “would-be” patient. You can use this train your staff on speaking in complete sentences. Your videos and training materials have helped me tremendously.

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Myra Golden

MARCH 19, 2017

For more help in how to talk to customers, check out: Customer Service Onsite Training Workshops – Fully Customized, Engaging, Fun Customer Service Training for your team. Customer Service eLearning – 10 courses to improve the way your employees talk to customers over the phone and email.

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Myra Golden

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A corporate trainer in one of my client organizations is gung-ho on the Zappos culture and she is convinced that what her contact center needs is agents trained to make small talk with customers and empowerment so agents can consistently deliver wow experiences – “Just like Zappos does,” she says.

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Myra Golden

JULY 25, 2017

For more help with how to talk to customers, check out: Customer Service Onsite Training Workshops – Fully customized, engaging, fun customer service training for your team. Customer Service eLearning – 10 courses to improve the way your employees talk to customers over the phone and email.

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Myra Golden

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The employee I spoke with made the two biggest mistakes customer service employees can make in the beginning of a call with a patient – or “would-be” patient. In my customer service training workshops, when we focus on telephone soft skills, I tell my clients to always use a lead-in.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Meet the Top 150 Global Customer Experience Thought Leaders and Influencers of 2020. Adam Toporek – Customer Service Expert, Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Strategic Advisor . Annette Franz – Customer Experience Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Author . LinkedIn : [link]. Website : [link].

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Myra Golden

JUNE 12, 2018

So, try to always speak in complete sentences with your customers. This fantastic tip comes directly from my Telephone Skills online training course , which is part of my customer service eLearning catalog. When you speak in complete sentences, you sound friendlier, and the conversation will have a casual, natural flow.

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