SkillSharpener, December 2025
Discussion topics and activities for the December 2025 issue of Customer Communicator.
Discussion topics and activities for the December 2025 issue of Customer Communicator.
Spread the joy of the season.
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• The fine art of clarifying questions
• Surviving the holidays
• Open vs. closed questions, timing is important
• Service News: A monthly roundup ...
• How can I recover from a mistake?
• Handling the abusive caller
• When you can’t do what the customer wants
• Syncing up with customers
Discussion topics and activities for the November 2025 issue of Customer Communicator.
Spread the joy of the season
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• Great customer service: It’s all in the details
• Pay it forward
• Feeling tired? Stressed? One of these habits may be to blame
• Service News:A monthly roundup . . .
• What can I do when a customer upsets a coworker?
• The Golden Rule or the Grandma Rule?
• Using verbal softeners
Discussion topics and activities for the October 2025 issue of Customer Communicator.
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• How to manage customer expectations
• Battling the bug
• Under promise and over deliver, Age-old advice really is true
• Service News: A monthly roundup . . .
• Should we be offering compensation?
• Can’t reach a resolution? Try this
• Use your superhero pose
• Appearances count even when customers can’t see you
• Qualities of a top performer
Discussion topics and activities for the September 2025 issue of Customer Communicator.
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• Overcoming language barriers to improve service
• Manage long conversations
• When writing to non-native English speakers
• Service News: A monthly roundup . . .
• What are today’s most valued soft skills?
• Don’t grill customers
• There’s no such thing as a dumb question
• When you make a mistake
• From the customer’s point of view
• What’s done is done