Mastering Difficult Customer Interactions: Turning Frustration into Solutions

This course teaches confidence and professionalism in high-pressure customer interactions, focusing on psychology, de-escalation techniques, empathy, and problem-solving. It benefits customer service representatives, managers, and support teams.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
Duration: 60 Minutes
IMG Beverly Hathorn
Id: 90305
Live
Session
$119.00
Single Attendee
$249.00
Group Attendees
Recorded
Session
$159.00
Single Attendee
$359.00
Group Attendees
Combo
Live+Recorded
$249.00
Single Attendee
$549.00
Group Attendees

Overview:

This course focuses on navigating high-pressure customer interactions with confidence and professionalism. You'll learn how to identify the root cause of customer frustrations, apply active listening, and manage conversations toward constructive outcomes. By mastering these skills, you’ll leave each interaction with a satisfied customer and a reinforced company reputation.

Why you should Attend:

Difficult customer interactions are inevitable, but they don’t have to derail your day or impact your team's success. This course equips you with strategies to not only resolve tough situations but also transform them into positive outcomes. Mastering these skills leads to stronger customer relationships, increased loyalty, and greater job satisfaction.

Areas Covered in the Session:

  • The psychology of customer frustration: Why customers react the way they do
  • Techniques for de-escalation: Keeping cool and defusing tension
  • Empathy-driven communication: How to show genuine care and concern
  • Turning problems into opportunities: Moving from frustration to satisfaction
  • Case studies: Real-world examples of difficult customer interactions and how to resolve them effectively

Who Will Benefit:

  • Customer service representatives
  • Team leads and managers in customer-facing roles
  • Sales and account management professionals
  • Support teams looking to refine their problem-solving skills
  • Any professional eager to transform tough situations into positive outcomes

Speaker Profile

Beverly Hathorn is a Certified Project Manager and HR Professional with over 25 years of experience transforming outdated processes and systems into efficient, high-impact solutions for customer success teams. As a seasoned customer service leader, she helps organizations unlock the full potential of their teams by improving productivity, streamlining workflows, and driving measurable customer satisfaction gains.

Beverly specializes in identifying operational bottlenecks and crafting tailored strategies to modernize customer success operations. She’s worked across industries - from banking and corporate sectors to the public domain - giving her a deep understanding of how to align employee engagement and customer satisfaction for lasting success. Her passion lies in empowering customer success leaders to: · Build scalable, efficient systems that support team growth. · Elevate team performance with streamlined, results-driven processes. · Create customer-centric cultures that enhance satisfaction and retention. Whether it’s revamping workflows, implementing team training, or improving customer success strategies, Beverly’s mission is to help organizations lead with clarity, confidence, and impact.