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Dealing with Difficult Customers
1-day Training Course


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Recommended for:

All employees who have to face angry or difficult customers or service users.

Course Overview:

The course raises awareness of the background to conflict and the mindset of difficult customers. Participants learn the impact of their own verbal and non-verbal communication style on calming or escalating a situation. By completing the course they will have acquired key skills and confidence to manage the negative behaviour of difficult customers.

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Course Benefits:

By the end of the course participants will be better able to:

  • Recognise different stages of conflict escalation
  • Recognise the signs of conflict
  • Understand how they respond to anger and conflict
  • Better manage their verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Demonstrate skills to manage customer behaviour

Course Content:

The course can be tailored to your organisation. Key content includes:

Background of conflict:
  • Triggers to conflict
  • Stages of conflict escalation
  • Definition and legal aspects of conflict
Recognising rising anger:
  • Reading signs and symptoms of conflict
  • Managing anger 'flashpoints'
Responding to conflict:
  • Our natural response to conflict
  • 'Red Rag' words and phrases
  • Managing our own verbal and non-verbal behaviour
Managing difficult customers:
  • Saying 'No'
  • Managing unpredictability (drugs, alcohol, mental illness, etc.)
  • Managing expectations
  • Controlling 'tipping' points
  • Listening and calming
  • The de-escalation process - 6 steps to conflict resolution.


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and across the UK and Ireland.

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