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Leadership

Developing Customer-Focused Organizations

Achieving Excellence in Customer Service

Overview

This seminar is critical if customer service is important to your agency. One of the most dramatic impacts of Government reform has been agency movement toward greater responsiveness to customer needs, and your agency’s success and viability are based in large part on customer satisfaction.

This seminar will provide you with the special knowledge and skills you need to provide services to your customers more efficiently, inspire customer-responsive behavior throughout your organization, and create a culture of organizational change that results in excellent customer service. You will leave with a roadmap for improving your organization’s systems and customer service skills.

How Will You Benefit
  • Learn how to develop and lead a customer driven organization
  • Develop plans to improve your customer service skills and support systems
  • Learn to manage customer expectations, balancing competing or conflicting customer needs
  • Acquire techniques to track performance and improve service
  • Learn ways to create a culture of organizational change that results in customer service excellence
Who Should Attend

Managers, project leaders, and others who are accountable for achieving excellence in customer service

Schedule
  • Sep 22 - 26, ‘08 @ EMDC - Shepherdstown, WV Register
    $3,250.00
    Starts 10:00 am on first day ends 1:00 pm on last
  • Nov 3 - 7, ‘08 @ EMDC - Shepherdstown, WV Register
    $3,400.00
    Starts 10:00 am on first day ends 1:00 pm on last
  • May 18 - 22, ‘09 @ EMDC - Shepherdstown, WV Register
    $3,400.00
    Starts 10:00 am on first day ends 1:00 pm on last
  • Jul 20 - 24, ‘09 @ EMDC - Shepherdstown, WV Register
    $3,400.00
    Starts 10:00 am on first day ends 1:00 pm on last
Note
Tuition includes materials, meals and lodging
Competencies Emphasized
  • Customer Service
  • External Awareness
  • Influencing/Negotiating
  • Problem Solving
  • Public Service Motivation
Length

5 days.

Locations
  • EMDC - Shepherdstown, WV,
College Credits

N/A