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  • Overview

    The aim

    To show people how to handle complaints well and help prevent them from recurring in the future.


    About the programme

    Research shows that one in ten transactions ends in a complaint, yet these same complaints happen again and again. This amusing drama with realistic scenarios tackles the link between customer satisfaction and quality, providing people with five distinct learning steps to solving the customer's problem.

    Set within a retail outlet, front-line staff are facing complaints from internal and external customers. The existing solution is a complaints form, but a member of staff soon realises that customers need to let off steam, not fill in forms. Staff learn that they must take complaints seriously and show sympathy, since it is difficult to remain angry with someone who is sympathetic.

    This programme reinforces key customer service training techniques by showing a number of common mistakes – such as failing to ask questions, and failing to check that a suggested solution can actually be carried out. The conclusion is that all staff, whether in the front line or not, should be aware of how to deal with the emotions and practicalities of dealing with complaints.


    The key outcomes

    -Staff in all areas of the business learn to deal with complaints skillfully and with the right attitude
    -Improve customer service


    Training resources include

    Video (24 mins)
    Course leader's guide (PDF)
    Delegate worksheets
    Powerpoint slides
    Self-study workbook


    Information

    A Video Arts production featuring Jane Horrocks, Deborah Norton, Jesse Birdsall and Stephen Tompkinson. Release date: 1994

  • Learning chapters

    1. A customer's complaint http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L01/A-customers-complaint?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L01.jpg
      We meet a very angry customer complaining about the quality of the article she's bought and the problems caused by it.... (read more)
    2. The customer's fears http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L02/The-customers-fears?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L02.jpg
      We meet a very angry customer complaining about the quality of the article she's bought. We to also get an insight into her fears of bringing back the article and the possible reactions of the salesperson.... (read more)
    3. Listening to the customer http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L03/Listening-to-the-customer?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L03.jpg
      We meet a very angry customer complaining about the quality of the article she's bought. We learn that the first step of handling complaints is to listen to the complaint and show that you're taking it seriously.... (read more)
    4. An unsympathetic approach to a complaint http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L04/An-unsympathetic-approach-to-a-complaint?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L04.jpg
      We see how an unsympathetic approach to a customer service complaint doesn't rectify the problem and can make the situation a lot worse.... (read more)
    5. A sympathetic approach to the complaint http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L05/A-sympathetic-approach-to-the-complaint?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L05.jpg
      We see how a more sympathetic approach to a customer service complaint can rectify the problem and can make the situation easier to deal with.... (read more)

    6. Not Identifying the facts http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L06/Not-Identifying-the-facts?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L06.jpg
      We meet a very angry customer complaining about a late delivery. The salesperson has failed to identify the facts and the situation has worsened because of this.... (read more)
    7. Identifying the facts http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L07/Identifying-the-facts?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L07.jpg
      We meet a very angry customer complaining about a late delivery. The salesperson had failed to identify the facts and calls the delivery company, where he learns the facts.... (read more)
    8. Asking the right questions http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L08/Asking-the-right-questions?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L08.jpg
      We are shown how, by asking questions that show we understand the complaint, we can rectify a situation and help and appease a complaining customer.... (read more)
    9. The supplier's complaint http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L09/The-suppliers-complaint?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L09.jpg
      We see a supplier complaining to a company accounts department with very little success because the facts are not clear.... (read more)
    10. Agreeing a course of action http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L10/Agreeing-a-course-of-action?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L10.jpg
      We see a supplier complaining to a company accounts department. The right questions are being asked and a course of action is agreed.... (read more)

    11. Agreeing on terms in which your company can handle http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L11/Agreeing-on-terms-in-which-your-company-can-handle?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L11.jpg
      We see a supplier complaining to a company accounts department. The right questions are being asked and a course of action, which the company can handle, is agreed on.... (read more)
    12. Checking it is carried out http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L12/Checking-it-is-carried-out?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L12.jpg
      We learn that, when a course of action which the company can handle, has been agreed the most important thing is to take responsibility and check that it is carried out.... (read more)
    13. Summary http://pop.videoarts.com/product/BEH6 L13/Summary?ver=NL http://pop.videoarts.com/images/products/BEH6 L13.jpg
      A summary of the lessons on complaints and customer service.... (read more)

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