Mastering Customer Excellence
A two-day interactive training program designed for customer-facing teams. This course equips participants with the mindset, tools, and practices to deliver exceptional customer experiences, foster long-term relationships, and drive business growth.
Course Outline
Day 1: Foundations of Customer Excellence
Welcome & Course Objectives
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Set the stage for learning, align expectations, and introduce key themes of customer excellence.
Module 1: The New Era of Customer Excellence
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Explore the evolving customer landscape, why excellence matters and the strategic impact of loyalty and retention.
Module 2: Understanding the Customer Journey
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Learn how to map the customer experience from onboarding through renewal. Identify key moments of truth and opportunities to add value (simulation game).
Module 3: Empathy & Value Discovery
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Practice techniques like Jobs-To-Be-Done and value discovery to uncover true customer needs and success drivers (roleplays).
Module 4: Proactive Communication & Expectation Management
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Build skills to manage relationships with clarity and consistency. Design communication plans that enhance trust and transparency.
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Wrap-Up & Reflection
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Conclude Day 1 with key insights, group sharing, and preparation for practical application on Day 2.
Day 2: Tools, Techniques, and Culture for Sustained Excellence
Recap & Warm-up
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Review Day 1 takeaways and align on goals for Day 2.
Module 5: Driving Retention, Growth & Advocacy
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Identify strategies to increase retention, foster upsell and cross-sell opportunities, and turn customers into brand advocates (roleplays).
Module 6: Handling Escalations & Complaints with Impact
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Learn proven frameworks for turning difficult situations into trust-building moments. Practice de-escalation and recovery techniques (roleplays).
Module 7: Metrics, Feedback, and Continuous Improvement
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Understand how to use metrics like NPS, CSAT, and customer health scores to drive insight and improvement. Design simple feedback loops (simulaiton game).
Module 8: Creating a Culture of Customer Excellence
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Discover how to embed customer focus across teams and roles. Explore cultural levers such as recognition, alignment, and leadership modeling.
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Customer Maturity: Teach teams how to guide clients through stages of value adoption.
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Success Planning : Use OKRs tied to customer outcomes.
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Voice of Customer Systems: Go beyond surveys—teach how to create strategic feedback loops that drive innovation.
Capstone: Customer Excellence Playbook
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Work in teams to build a practical, actionable playbook tailored to your customer environment—ready to implement post-training.
Closing & Next Steps
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Reflect, share commitments, and receive course certification.