Customer service
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Communicating with older people
As people age, their sight and hearing can deteriorate, resulting in isolation, frustration and confusion. Simple changes we can make, in terms of communication and how we present information, can help alleviate some of the issues.
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Complaints: A practical, interactive workshop on effective complaints management – half-day course
Complaints are not only costly in time and resource but can cause significant reputational damage. The higher they escalate, the bigger the impact on resources especially once they reach the Ombudsman or social media.
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Complaints: Effective complaint handling
There’s no place to hide. Organisational reputation is of increasing importance in the era of Glassdoor, TrustPilot, TripAdvisor and other crowd-sourced open contribution sites. The ways in which organisations respond to those individuals and groups who are dissatisfied with their product or service goes a long way to restoring faith and trust. This workshop helps organisations to examine issues surrounding this area.
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Complaints - High quality written responses to complaints - values into action
When people complain they want to be heard, understood and dealt with fairly. Responding to complaints is an important task often carried out by people who are not communication specialists.
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Customer journey mapping – An introduction – half-day course
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be one of your customers or service users? It's fundamental to the Social Housing White Paper.
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Customer service – making a difference
Social housing is a sector where our main customers (our tenants) can’t always choose their provider and success is not always measured in profits.
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Customer service – making the most of your telephone and digital interactions
Covid-19 has made us all rely far more on telephone and digital interactions than ever before – it's time to brush up on our skills.
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Mystery shopping – Becoming a mystery shopper - training for service users, tenants residents and customers
Mystery shopping is a valuable tool within the customer insight collection toolkit. It’s a brilliant way to gather high quality objective data relating to customer service and it requires a number of people who are ready, willing and able to shop.
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Mystery shopping – designing a programme
Do you need an effective tool to gain insight into your customer needs? Do you want to improve customer service? Would you like to seek out good practice and check that your employees are delivering the right messages? Welcome to mystery shopping!