From the course: Building Rapport with Customers (2022)
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Maintain rapport when delivering bad news to customers
From the course: Building Rapport with Customers (2022)
Maintain rapport when delivering bad news to customers
- When you can't tell your customer exactly what they want to hear, maintaining a sense of rapport can be challenging, but it's possible to give your customer bad news with empathy and a positive slant. When you have to give a customer bad news, do it using the feel, felt, found method. This approach helps you to foster a sense of connection with customers, even when you can't give them exactly what they want. The basic model for feel, felt, found is relay that you understand how the customer feels. "I understand why you feel that way." Show the customer they aren't alone. "I had another customer who had a similar situation and felt the same way." Tell the customer what you've found to work. "We found that this works best." Let me show you how this looks in action. I'm currently working with a client that sells food products. A question they get from customers is, "What ingredients are in this yogurt?" When a…
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