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Empathy Will Get Those Angry Customers to Back Down In the COVID-19 Era

Myra Golden

COVID-19 makes customers more demanding. And the pandemic impacts customer service representatives, too! Empathy can help you regain control of interactions and get angry customers to calm down and listen to you. But what level of empathy is appropriate for customer service?

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What Customer Service Representatives Can Learn From Doctors About Delivering Bad News

Myra Golden

There’s a lot customer service professionals can learn from doctors when it comes to delivering bad news. Watch this short YouTube video where I explain The 3 Keys Doctors Use to Deliver Bad News. Sign up for my email list and learn specific tips, approaches and phrases to help your employees help your customers.

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The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard For Getting Customer Service Reps to Convey Empathy

Myra Golden

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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Become a better leader by knowing yourself and managing your emotions

Beyond Philosophy

EQ is also a crucial part of your customer experience design and delivery. Today, we are discussing EQ, what it is, and how it helps your customer strategy and leadership. The same goes for customer service representatives. Having a high EQ is vital to customer service. So, what is EQ?

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6 More Ways to Get An Angry Customer to Back Down

Myra Golden

Eleven years ago I published my first YouTube video. I called it Top 6 Ways to Get An Angry Customer to Back Down. That little video has gotten more than 2.9 I have this old-school video at the bottom the page if you’d like to take a look.). ” Responses like these show the customer that you’re on their side.

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The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard For Getting Customer Service Reps to Convey Empathy

Myra Golden

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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Handling Dead-Air Space On a Customer Service Call

Myra Golden

If you’re on a call with a customer, and more than three, or four seconds go by, and you haven’t said a word, that’s called dead air space. But for the customer, dead air space feels awkward. Once, when I was talking to a customer service representative, he used the downtime fantastically. Make small talk.