Professional Telephone Skills

Learn how to communicate more professionally on the telephone, manage difficult customers, improve your listening skills and much more with our 1-day PD Training Professional Telephone Skills Course in Singapore. This course was developed to help your staff conduct better, business-related phone conversations and provide excellent service and support via the telephone.

You will learn skills like improving your phone "voice", what words should never be used, how to use effective questioning techniques, dealing with angry customers, what to say when leaving voicemails, staying in control of the call and much more.

This Professional Telephone Skills training course can be delivered at your premises anywhere in Singapore by one of our expert local or international trainers.

Contact us today for a group quote.

Your Learning Outcomes

After completing this course participants will have learned to:

  • Learn how to provide effective client service over the phone
  • Project a professional image over the phone
  • Master a professional, effective & reassuring telephone voice
  • Gain client's trust using proven communication techniques
  • Learn to question effectively over the phone
  • Master proven techniques to manage irate customers professionally
  • Learn tips for handling a busy reception
  • Phrase more effectively for positive and clearer communication
  • Establish the right words for unambiguous, positive & productive communication
Duration: 1.0 day course Live Online Experts



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Professional Telephone Skills Reviews:

"Jack is a very accommodating trainer whom takes in last minute requests and feedback on the course modules. He is also able to give examples and share experiences with participants for relating to their work."

Pan Pacific Marketing Services Pte Ltd

 

"The most useful part of the course is, presenting a professional image, both in person and on the phone, is very important in the office skills profession. Taking care of our guests over the phone and making them feel well informed and appreciated is essential."

Pan Pacific Marketing Services Pte Ltd

 

"I recommend the course to my other colleagues. Learnt lot of techniques how to handle the difficult & angry customers."

SJI International

 

"Shana was really engaging and her teaching methods combined with her personal encounters gave us a lot of insight and perspectives on how a call centre should work for newbies like us."

Gardens by the Bay

 

"Good that there is tea & meals as well as refreshments provided easily. Wifi is provided. Course content serves as a good reminder on our soft skills and everyday mannerism."

CKR CONTRACT SERVICES PTE LTD

 

"Course was nicely done up."

Individual Course Participant

 

Singapore Power logo
Trainer was very engaging.
Singapore Power Services Ltd
Budenheim logo
Trainer is very engaging and able to create an proactive learning environment.
Budenheim Singapore Pte Ltd
Hitachi logo
Thank you very much. I enjoyed a course, and it was quite helpful.
Hitachi Singapore
Visa logo
Jack was a fanstastic facilitator and was able to engage the participants throughout the two days.
Visa Inc
Singapore Centre for Chinese Language logo
I am happy I joined this course as Trainer Shana is very knowledgeable as she can analyse different situations that might happened for us. Thanks for her hard work.
Singapore Centre for Chinese Language
Pacific-Tec logo
Interesting trainer with in-depth knowledge. Case study and sharing sessions were good.
Pacific-Tec Scientific Pte Ltd
NTUC Health logo
Trainer, Jack, was very professional and delivered the course content in an excellent manner.
NTUC HEALTH CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED
Phillip Securities logo
Jack definitely has the right indepth knowlerdge. This was apparent, when away from the agenda/content he digressed intelligently to share more insights in a higly practical way. Competence and confidence are displayed.
Phillip Securities

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Download Course Outline (PDF)

The telephone is considered as the most convenient and quickest instrument to establish contact with their clients by the majority of companies in Singapore. In fact, call centers are the leading operational departments of many organizations. So, it is fundamental that employees assigned to take or make phone calls from clients should possess superior telephone etiquette. These employees must display good communication skills, willingness, courtesy and the ability to efficiently assist clients.

This Telephone Skills Training course will provide your staff with the awareness and skills they need to handle phone calls professionally.  This will ensure that the positive image of your organization is reinforced and strengthened with every conversation.

In today's business environment, telephone etiquette displayed in organizations is indicative of its willingness and ability to efficiently assist customers, both internal and external. The skills and the attitude projected over the telephone form a lasting impression in the minds of customers, making it a critical customer 'touch point'.

Today virtual teams are the norm rather than the exception, and one of their primary channels of communication is the telephone. Hence, it is imperative for employees to have a good understanding of business telephone etiquette in order to aid efficient information exchange.

This Professional Telephone Skills Training Program aims at helping employees create a lasting impression in their customers' minds - one that shows the Singaporean organization reflected in the best light possible. It focuses on developing telephone etiquette and skills to deal with customers assertively, empathetically, with a sense of care and a positive attitude.

Course Outline for Professional Telephone Skills

See the Live Online tab for the course outline for the live online course

Topic 1
Providing Effective Client Service
  • Welcome
  • The Ten Commandments of Good Business
  • What Makes An Effective Client Communicator?
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Service
  • Reflection
Topic 2
Your Personality/Your Telephone Voice
  • REACH Review – Communication Evolution Tool
  • The Communication Model
  • The ABCDE (Five Qualities) of a Good Telephone Voice
  • Your Welcome – Should HAIL
  • Voice Modulation – The 6 P’s to Para verbal Communication
  • Reflection
Topic 3
Gaining Your Client’s Trust
  • You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a Good First Impression
  • Create a Positive First Impression:
  • 4 Key Parts to Your Phone Greeting
  • Put Your Clients at Ease with Positive Language
  • Show Urgency
  • Getting to the Point Quickly - Saying Too Much
  • Ending a Call Politely and Professionally
  • Put It Into Practice
  • Reflection
Topic 4
Handling Barriers Over The Phone
  • Managing the 5 Barriers
  • Words That Must Never Be Used
  • Reflection
Topic 5
Effective Questioning
  • WIIFM
  • Good Questioning Techniques
  • Ask Yourself the Following 5
  • Open and Closed Questions
  • Clarifying Questions
  • Seek Satisfaction/Understanding
  • Questions to Keep Control of the Call
  • Arrange When You Will Call Them Back
  • Reflection
Topic 6
Irate Clients
  • How to Deal with Angry Clients
  • The Challenge of Angry Clients
  • Do Not Allow Negative Emotions to Affect You
  • High Emotion – Low Intelligence
  • Use the HEAT to Defuse an Irate Client
  • Reflection
Topic 7
Prepare Yourself
  • Planning Phone Calls
  • Check Your Ringtone
  • Transferring Calls
  • Asking a Client to Hold
  • Taking Messages
  • Reflection
Topic 8
Reception Tips
  • Serving Clients at the Reception: The Dos
  • Serving Clients at the Reception: The Don’ts
  • Reflection
Topic 9
Professional Voicemail Messages
  • What to Include in a Voicemail Message?
  • Customised Messages for Different Callers
  • Closed Greeting
  • Internal Greeting
  • Practice, Practice, Practice
  • Reflection
Topic 10
Reflections
  • Create an Action Plan
  • Accountability = Action

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Face-to-Face, Live Online, or Hybrid Class Tailored to Your Needs

When you want a tailored learning experience targeting exactly what you want without bringing everyone physically together, the best choice is a Live Online Class run by PDT.

We tailor the content and activities to be specific to your current needs and the needs of the people and run the course in our usual activity-based workshop style training, however, the participants can all be offsite, or some can be in the room with others offsite.

Unless you have a preferred tools we use 'Zoom for Education' that includes enhanced collaboration features such as One-click content sharing, real-time co-annotation (people can work together in activity files), and digital whiteboarding, we also include things like live polls and group chats so you virtually have the same collaborative learning experience of attending a course in a room with other people.

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We have delivered these 100's (if not 1000's) of times, and get great outcomes. We achieve great outcomes because we keep our learner centric approach - just because it’s delivered through a screen to some or all participants doesn’t mean it needs to be less tailored or less personalised.

You still have an expert trainer who talks to you prior to the session and tailors the delivery to use your terminology, ensure activities are relevant and directly applicable and ensures an engaging learning experience that provide people with skills and techniques they can apply the very next day.

A hybrid class is with some people connecting online, and some people physically together in the same room.

Live Online Participant Feedback:

90% Overall Trainer Rating

88% Delivery was Adapted to me Personally

75% I Would Recommend this Course to Someone Else

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Course Outline for Professional Telephone Skills - Online Instructor-led 3hours

Topic 1
Your Personality/Your Telephone Voice
  • REACH Review – Communication Evolution Tool
  • The Communication Model
  • The ABCDE (Five Qualities) of a Good Telephone Voice
  • Your Welcome – Should HAIL
  • Voice Modulation – The 6 P’s to Para verbal Communication
  • Reflection
Topic 2
Gaining Your Client’s Trust
  • You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a Good First Impression
  • Create a Positive First Impression:
  • 4 Key Parts to Your Phone Greeting
  • Put Your Clients at Ease with Positive Language
  • Show Urgency
  • Getting to the Point Quickly - Saying Too Much
  • Ending a Call Politely and Professionally
  • Put It Into Practice
  • Reflection
Topic 3
Handling Barriers Over The Phone
  • Managing the 5 Barriers
  • Words That Must Never Be Used
  • Reflection
Topic 4
Effective Questioning
  • WIIFM
  • Good Questioning Techniques
  • Ask Yourself the Following 5
  • Open and Closed Questions
  • Clarifying Questions
  • Seek Satisfaction/Understanding
  • Questions to Keep Control of the Call
  • Arrange When You Will Call Them Back
  • Reflection
Topic 5
Irate Clients
  • How to Deal with Angry Clients
  • The Challenge of Angry Clients
  • Do Not Allow Negative Emotions to Affect You
  • High Emotion – Low Intelligence
  • Use the HEAT to Defuse an Irate Client
  • Reflection
 

Details:

  • Small classes, average 5 people, max 16
  • Certificate of Completion (always available in the App)
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  • Live online interactive session with an expert trainer

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If an unforseen event prevents public class attendance, no problem. Transfer to new person, course, date or city.

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In-House and Public Class participants are welcome to join a public class in the same topic for 12 months.

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