Customer Service Skills That Really Matter

How do you provide that outstanding service that will set you apart from the fierce competition and help you win over customer loyalty? It’s primarily your service employees who are responsible for your customers’ happiness. Do the members of your customer service team have all it takes to consistently delight your customers? Do they possess all the necessary skills to keep clients satisfied even in the worst possible service scenarios?

When it comes to customer service, listening skills help to build better relationships with customers, avoid misunderstandings, resolve conflicts and solve customer problems faster and more efficiently. Studies show, however, that most of us are rather poor and inefficient listeners as we tend to remember only 25% to 50% of what we hear.

The best way to improve your listening skills is to practice ‘active listening’. It means making a conscious effort to hear not only what is being said, but also, more importantly, pay attention to what is left unsaid in order to understand the complete message being communicated. The skill is especially critical in face-to-face or voice interactions with customers.

How to develop active listening:

How to improve written communication:

How to show empathy to customers:

How to cultivate patience:

Oftentimes service agents encounter customer issues that are not specifically covered in the company’s guidelines. Dealing successfully with different personalities, unexpected problems and handling various communication channels ultimately requires flexibility and adaptability. Being able to easily adjust to various situations and never-before-seen challenges will help you deliver quality customer service each and every time to each and every customer.

How to be more flexible and adaptable:

The mentioned above soft skills are absolutely essential for everyone involved in customer service. Do you agree that mastering them will really make you stand out as an exceptional customer service professional? What other skills that are as just as important could complement the list? Feel free to share your thoughts and experience in the comments.

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