Customer Service + Communication Training and Strategy

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Effective communication is the foundation of excellent customer service.

We’ve created innovative training and tools for customer service teams and frontline staff

Nine colorful outline icons representing different frontline professions: market vendor, hotel concierge, customer service representative, real estate agent, police officer, doctor, IT technician, waiter, and bank teller.

  • Call center agents

  • Customer service representatives

  • Concierges

  • Front desk associates

  • Property managers

  • Leasing specialists

  • Real estate agents

  • Housing inspectors

  • Public safety officers

  • Social workers

  • Healthcare professionals

  • Hospitality workers

  • Your customer service team

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Our programs and techniques draw from 20 years of research and professional experience in customer communication.

I’ve conducted studies, surveys, interviews, and focus groups. Most importantly, I worked with hundreds of frontline employees during my tenure as an in-house consultant.

This combination of research and real-world insight resulted in an innovative, effective, yet simple method for delivering exceptional customer service.

— Beata

Customer Service Pyramid with sections labeled Language, Respect + Appreciation, Empathy, and Communication.

Effective communication is the foundation of exceptional customer service. Throughout their journey, customers constantly interact with your customer service teams and frontline staff — whether in person, over the phone, via email, text, or online chat.

We’ll help you effectively communicate with each and every customer — including persons with disabilities, customers experiencing stress and anxiety, individuals with neurological differences, older adults, and customers who don’t speak English fluently.

Effective empathy is the ability to fully and accurately understand your customer’s experience. This understanding allows you to address their challenges and needs quickly and successfully. Plus, it improves communication and relationships with your customers — while building lasting trust.

Respect and appreciation are what every customer expects. Customers want a balanced, trusting relationship with your team — so that they can work with you to find successful solutions.

Language is a powerful tool that’s often overlooked in customer service. Individual-first language serves multiple purposes:

  • Helps your customers understand what you say or write the first time they hear or read it

  • Conveys respect, appreciation, understanding, and compassion

  • Facilitates problem-solving and collaboration with your customers

How can effective empathy and individual-first language help you deliver exceptional service?

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    • Fully and accurately understand each resident’s unique needs and challenges

    • Match residents to the perfect unit — considering various factors such as size and layout as well as accessibility and location within the building

    • Make the application and move-in process stress-free

    • Ensure timely rent payments

    • Address requests effectively — from repairs to accommodations

    • De-escalate disputes and resolve neighbor issues quickly and successfully

    • Organize enjoyable community events — for each and every resident

    • Create a positive living experience to increase resident retention and boost referrals

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    • Fully and accurately understand each buyer’s housing and financing needs, challenges, and intentions — both present and future

    • Match each buyer to their dream home quickly and successfully — considering various factors such as budget, location, community, size, layout, features, and accessibility

    • Communicate property details and financing options clearly and effectively

    • Make the inspection, repair, and closing processes easy to understand and stress-free

    • Keep clients informed about the status updates and ensure they meet all deadlines — so that they can stay on track and in the loop!

    • Create an exceptional, individualized experience for your buyer, build trust within the community, and boost referrals

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    • Fully and accurately understand each patient's unique experiences, challenges, and needs — including their medical history, symptoms, and lifestyle factors

    • Communicate effectively with your patients and their families — especially those experiencing anxiety and stress

    • Ensure that each patient clearly understands their diagnosis and treatment options — including patients who don’t speak English fluently and neurodivergent individuals

    • Convey respect and compassion and build lasting trust with patients and their families

    • Work together with your patients to achieve their health goals

    • Reduce the cancellation and no-show rates

    • Create an excellent experience to increase patient retention

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    Serving Neurodivergent Customers

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  • Infographic titled "What is Empathy?" with four illustrated points: connecting through emotions, imagining yourself in others' shoes, learning about differences, and listening to understand.

    What is Empathy?

    Connect, Imagine, Learn, Listen, and Understand.

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  • Colorful silhouettes of people with speech and thought bubbles above them.

    What is Individual-First Language?

    How to Effectively Communicate with Each and Every Customer.

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  • A four-image collage of Beata in an orange shirt making various gestures and expressions.

    Facial Expressions and Gestures

    Do They Boost Empathy or Contribute to Misunderstandings?

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    Helping and Serving Others

    From Empathy through Compassion to Altruism.

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