Sales training for on-site and virtual consults, follow up and more
Meeting and greeting the patient is easy, the painful piece is often the "money" conversation - let's help your team gain that inner confidence to "win the start".
Be the practice that encourages generational and community relationships with its patients - as each generation grows, they continue to bring their kids, and when they grow up they bring their kids and regularly refer you to their friends! Long-term loyalty is built with great customer service and my training will give you reassurance that your team is delivering time and again.
Learn to close the sale and increase conversion rates
Master how to respond to different personalities
Become comfortable and fluid with rebuttals
Get the patient's buy-in at every step of the process to reduce the number of failed conversions
Learn to be their mentor and guide them with confidence
Sometimes we are so focused on getting a new patient to sign the contract that we can forget and bypass the natural milestones that need to occur during the exam process.
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.
Is there an impact of stress on performance? Yes; of course. You may think it is always a negative impact but that is not always the case. We actually need some stress in order to reach our ideal performance.
The stress we are talking about today is when it is too high and for too long. In that scenario, performance falls off.
How do we minimize the impact of too much pressure? First, we need to understand the correlation of stress to performance.
The Yerkes-Dodson Law correlates the impact of stress on performance. It illustrates there is an ideal amount of stress where the best output is achieved.
Without enough stress, boredom sets in and output is low. Conversely, with too much stress, anxiety sets in, and performance again is low.
Here is a fascinating thing, the inverted u-curve is not static. It is dynamic. We can help shift the curve for our teams with continued practice and mastery of skills.
What this means for us and our teams is that we can handle more stress before performance degrades. That is great news!
Another benefit of skill mastery is it provides margin for any “shrinkage” of performance. Let’s face it, sometimes we are in survival mode and barely keeping our head above water.
If we have expanded our skills and habits then should we have a temporary slip, there is margin to absorb it without negative impact on the customer experience.
So how do you know if your team has been in survival mode too long? Watch your metrics and perk up your observation skills for the following warning indicators:
Increase in longer calls
More calls beginning with an immediate hold
Customers expressing increased frustration
Politeness and courteous tone dropping off
Finally, do something! Ignoring the issue doesn’t make it go away. Some action steps you may need to take include:
Hire additional help
Incorporate more practice to master skills
Teach stress management skills
Your team, customers, and your business will thank you!
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