give them the training to fully embrace their role as the face of your practice
give them the training to fully embrace their role as the face of your practice
Empower the role that has the most frequent interactions with your patients and parents. They set the tone - let's make sure it's a great one.
Being on the front desk is more than reading scripts or hiding behind the "do not disturb" - let's help your team create that perfect first impression.
Are you looking to train your team to build better relationships with patients? Our customer service training will give your team the tools they need to provide excellent customer experiences.
A scheduling coordinator is more than just an appointment setter - they truly are the face of the practice and help your patients to fulfill their orthodontic dreams.
Empower them - sign up for my coaching!
A scheduling coordinator is more than just an appointment setter - they truly are the face of the practice and help your patients to fulfill their orthodontic dreams.
Empower them - sign up for my coaching!
Master the first and last impression
Learn how to offer appointments to your schedule
Know how to prevent escalations
Master the initial inquiry call to prevent no-shows
Mousy to marvelous or edgy to polished
Trapezio has launched The Academy of Front Desk Coordinators which is the perfect foundational training to creating a confident front desk team.
It happens. People get frustrated. Sometimes they vent at us simply because we're the ones on the other end of the phone, regardless of whether we have had a part to play in the situation.
I always remember "Event + Reaction = Outcome". You can control your reaction, not the event, and it still affects the Outcome.
because all your customer relationships are real connections, right from the start.
because you're no longer inadvertently upsetting your valued customers.
because you've built trust with your customers from the beginning, so your win ratio is much higher.
Telephone skills training for efficient and impactful first impressions with your receptionist and front office team.
Treatment Coordinator communication training for consultations to adapt, read the room, and win the start.
Book me for your team or appreciation event you are running to provide customer experience training.
Have you ever wondered why your patients and customers just don’t “get it”? You are explaining the obvious. Why don’t they get it!?! Could something else be in play? There is. You are victim to the “Curse of Knowledge”. (A great book about this is Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath.) Let me explain.
To you, it is obvious because it is such common knowledge and you use it multiple times every working day. But to your patients, it is brand new and unfamiliar. I don’t want you “dumbing it down”, rather you need to explain it with universal language and examples that make sense to them.
Let’s start with pokes.
Pokes happen. Use the winding rope example. Let the client know that this is not unusual, and it’s temporary. Remind the client that as the wire moves the uneven teeth into place, it might poke out of the back of the braces. You will provide wax for comfort and we can see them and clip a wire if it’s uncomfortable.
Sometimes, as we are moving teeth in the mouth, they do not all move at the same time as a unit. And, that can create spaces and gaps between some teeth. Use the cars at a stoplight example to illustrate the phenomenon. Remind them that this is a temporary and common situation. The teeth are not going to stay that way. It is all part of the process to a beautiful smile.
Our final example is about bites. When explaining buildups to a parent you can use the sticky-candy-in-molars example. This is annoying but serves a vital function. The changes in the bite will occur. Once the purpose of the buildup is complete they will be removed.
All in all, remember that what is obvious to you is new to them. Explain, explain, and explain again. Use concrete everyday life examples to illustrate what is going on to alleviate concerns and frustrations. All this will lead to fewer panicked calls to the practice and calmer and more satisfied patients and families.
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