Stop the Domino Effect: Expert Insights on Curbing Escalations in Your Call Center de-escalation de-escalation training May 01, 2023

Customer Service Is Hard Work!

With empathy and a smile, customer support teams must give bad news, deal with angry people, and de-escalate intense interactions. Your team - and you- deserve support, and it's my pleasure to serve YOU!

I've designed customer service training for some of the world's...

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Positive Positioning Can Help You De-escalate Intense Interactions with Customers. Here’s how. de-escalation de-escalation training May 01, 2023
 

We took my son’s phone in for repair. After looking at the phone, the employee said. “Liquid has come in contact with this phone. Your warranty doesn’t cover this, but we have several options. We can repair the unit, or we can sell you a refurbished model.”

While I wasn’t happy to learn that we’...

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What to Say When a Customer Cusses at You and Other Tough Situations de-escalation q & a Apr 30, 2023

  

Grab the What to Say When a Customer Cusses at You and 4 Other Tough Situations Worksheet.

Will you help me?

I’m working on a De-escalation project to prepare frontline professionals like you for the COVID-19 Holiday Season.

Help me make this training relevant to you by answering...

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Another Way to Say 'No' to a Customer de-escalation de-escalation training how to say no to a customer Apr 30, 2023

 

In my De-escalation Academy today, I taught how to politely yet firmly say ‘no’ to a customer. I call the method “U S A.” I’m sharing with you the very teaching from today’s workshop.

Try out U S A and let me know how it works. For more ideas like this, check out De-escalation Academy.

Pra...

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2 Minutes to Supreme Self-Confidence de-escalation Apr 29, 2023

The number 1 thing it takes to get customers to accept your word as final and get angry customers to back down is…CONFIDENCE. In this video, you’ll learn a 2-minute exercise that reduces the stress hormone cortisol while boosting the power hormone!

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Watch this before you talk to your next angry customer (3 Keys to De-escalating) de-escalation de-escalation training Apr 25, 2023

Is your team dealing with increased irritability from customers? Do your people struggle to get angry customers to back down? 

If so, have your employees watch this video before they talk to their next angry customer.

Disarming demanding customers takes psychology, and I break it down for your tea...

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Top 3 Ways to Calm Angry Customers de-escalation de-escalation training how to handle difficult customers Apr 25, 2023

I had an inspiring video meeting with a long-term client I started working with in 2018. My client is now at a new company, and she reached out for de-escalation training. It turns out I’m already working with her new company for de-escalation train-the-trainer.

My client, thrilled that...

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How to Use Psychology to Get Angry Customers to Back Down de-escalation q & a Apr 25, 2023
 

Learn how to guide challenging customers to the next steps using Psychological Priming! Pour up a cup of coffee and watch the replay of my live Q & A!!

If you need help getting angry customers to back down, check out my De-escalation Academ...

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This is How You Reduce Escalations to Supervisors de-escalation Apr 22, 2023

As I prepare for a workshop for a new client in Upstate New York, let me give you three things you can do to help your team get angry customers to back down, techniques right out of my De-escalation Training.

One. Coach Your Team to Acknowledge Customer Concern

When staff acknowledges how hard thi...

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The Psychology of the Word "Because" to Get Customers to Accept Your Word as Final de-escalation how to deliver bad news Apr 22, 2023

Research at Harvard showed us the power of the word “Because.” The experiment had people ask to cut in a line of people waiting to use a copy machine.

Researchers had the peopl...

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The Best De-escalation Technique Ever! de-escalation Apr 20, 2023

 

The De-escalation Technique Executives, Politicians, and Customer Service Leads Use to Stay In Control! (It Worked on My Husband!) The technique is: Here’s what we know, Here’s what we’ve done, Here’s what’s next Grab the worksheet I mention right here.

Note: I caught the typo, too late; that...

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The 3 Reasons Customers Pushback or Ask for a Supervisor, and What to Do About It de-escalation de-escalation training Apr 20, 2023

If a customer gives you pushback, argues, or asks for a supervisor, one of the three things is going on:

The customer doesn’t trust you
The customer fears something
The customer sees you as a threat to getting what they want

Watch my video to get two powerful techniques you can use to preempt an esc...

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