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Telephone Skills Training Course

Telephone skills training courses help set the tone for people making or receiving a call. Some workplaces have the call answering/receiving system down pat. Everyone knows what to do. It makes sense to have well-trained phone operators. The most popular question we get asked in the course, “how do you keep a caller calm?”

Telephone vocabulary and phraseology is very important too. One of my pet hates is when I hear “just bear with me.” It just seems to add some drudgery to the telephone communication.

Tailored Telephone Calls Training Courses

In-house telephone training courses are very popular. We can tailor the call scenarios to the context of the calls. So if you have more than 10 people answering phones or making multiple calls during the day, then this is ideal. If your people are mostly taking complaint type calls, then that’s the most popular iteration of the in-house training option. Your people might be dealing with abuse, ultimatums, hoaxes, threats of self harm…

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Key Learning Outcomes

Your tailored Telephone Skills workshop will give participants the skills to:

  • Understand the benefits of “active listening” and “questioning” skills
  • Handle requests that cannot be met, or are outside the scope of your responsibility
  • Turn difficult customers into opportunities for the organisation
  • Create transparency and seamlessness in your telephone etiquette
  • Resolve the caller’s problem by using calming words
  • Punctuate communications correctly with pauses and tonality changes
  • Develop a script as a means of a standard greeting
  • Be prepared to avoid any uncertainty and/or buyer remorse
  • Obtain adequate information during the call
  • Clearly communicate and probe for opportunities
  • Understand the caller’s intentions and needs
  • Uncover the root cause of the problem

Course Description

Our phone etiquette training enables participants to handle a telephone call more professionally. Our phone skills training helps people to understand the needs of customers and use the phone effectively

Ask yourself the following about your telephone skills?

  1. We give 100% attention to all our calls.
  2. We always ask for all the details from the caller before finishing the call.
  3. We are always prepared before answering the phone.
  4. We never rush in to pick up the phone.
  5. We never put the caller on hold for too long, even when we do not have the answer.
  6. We know how to deal with callers who are difficult and uncooperative.
  7. We practice active listening skills and questioning skills.
  8. We have a standard opening greeting for all our calls.
  9. We do not feel helpless when the caller is aggressive.
  10. We always summarise the message of the caller before ending the call.
  11. We wait for the phone to ring 3 times before answering it.
  12. We always change our tone and voice based on the nature of the call and type of caller.
  13. We constantly explore new alternatives to up-sell new products/services.

Telephone Skills In-House Program Details

For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.

  • Ideal group size: 4–12 participants.
  • Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your business premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.
  • Duration: This program can be adapted to meet your requirements.
  • Cost: Price on request.
  • Target Audience: Employees, Supervisors, Team Leaders and Managers.

Looking for telephone training in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth or Tasmania? Improve your telephone skills with our course.

If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.

Telephone Skills Training Course 4.3 out of 5 based on 45 user ratings.

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