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Professional Phone Skills

Turn every call into a confident, professional interaction.

Professional Phone Skills

Course Overview

This course will provide the skills for handling phone calls in a professional manner. You will discover strategies for phone etiquette, including effective listening and questioning, tone of voice, how to build trust and deal with difficult callers. The practical techniques presented can be implemented within any industry.

What You'll Learn
  • The value of strong organisational skills
  • Using voice, tone, and language to create impact
  • Developing effective listening skills
  • Structuring and confidently managing a call
  • Identifying and responding to the caller’s needs
  • Opening and closing calls in a professional manner
  • Staying focused and composed under pressure
  • Presenting solutions in a clear and positive manner
  • Tailoring your communication to each caller
  • Handling challenging conversations with confidence
What's Covered
  • Pre call planning and effective structure
  • Techniques for opening conversations
  • Phone etiquette and building rapport
  • Managing holds, transfers, and message taking
  • Talking less - keys to effective listening
  • Asking clear, purposeful questions
  • Communicating to build strong relationships
  • Using positive language and an effective tone of voice
  • Avoiding defensive, blaming, or deflating language
  • Demonstrating assertiveness when appropriate
  • Handling difficult callers with confidence
  • Staying objective throughout the call
  • Closing calls and following up if needed
  • Skills practice, key takeaways and action plan
Format & Inclusions

Our training programs are engaging and reflective of current best practice in the subject matter delivered. All of our sessions are practical with lots of individual and group activities, skills practice, role plays and a personal action plan.

We have activities and small group work throughout the session so participants are actively engaged which makes the learning transfer easier. Participants also receive individual attention from our expert facilitator who will gauge the pre-knowledge of the group, so they are able to target the content to their needs.

In addition to the workshop, participants undertake a pre-course survey (to determine individual needs), receive a Certificate of Attendance, free access to our online toolkit and follow-up email boosters.

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