40 car dealers, managing directors, service managers and service advisors of a German premium car manufacturer
Our tasks:
Several customers of the brand (particularly in Korea) react quite heavily concerning complaints.
Personal offences (verbal and physical) against the employees in the car dealer become more regular.
A dangerous development at the dealerships: the incidents between the customers and service-employees escalate more and more.
The employees are not fully prepared for such situations professionally. They do not know the necessary attitude, process or communication rules to deal with such challenging situations.
After these conflicts the drivers of this car brand decide for other car dealers or choose even another brand for their next purchase.
Implementation:
Several preliminary interviews with the car manufacturer in Germany
An intensive briefing through the responsible region manager in Taiwan and Korea
Conceptualisation of the program as a two-days-workshop with a highly practical part (role simulation with a video analysis, case study, individual and group assignments as well as group discussion)
Developing individual action plans and checklists
Involving the responsible executives to assure the sustainability of the project
Results:
Clear decline in conflicts
Reduction the stress symptoms of the employees
Development of professional and working communication skills
Good increase of customer satisfaction
Measurable increase of the customer loyalty
Specialities:
Conceptualisation and implementation within 8 weeks
Conceptualisation in English, afterwards translation into Korean /Taiwanese
Two interpreters in the workshop for the translation (English – Korean/ Taiwanese) particularly for the role simulation