Soft Skills
Internal Communication & Tools
Intercom Best Practices
100

This soft skill should is utilized when an Admin says this: “I need to change the account email to another email. The account holder passed away, sadly.”

What is Empathy

100

This tool is used for quick team communication, updates, and questions throughout the day.  

What is Slack?

100

These are pre-written responses used to reply to common customer questions quickly and consistently

What is a Macro? 

200

This soft skill is utilized when using a Intercom macro to avoid repeatedly instructing how customers can reset their password.

What is Time Management?

200

These are options a CS coach can use if they don't know the answer to a customer's question.

What is using your internal resources or asking a teammate?

200

Before sending a macro, always do this to ensure it's relevant to the ticket.

What is read the full message and confirm context?

300

These actions reassure an Admin that is panicked about missing a registration deadline.

What is acknowledging their feelings and offering support?

300

These 3 internal resources are utilized before posting in #cs-bridge.

What are Help Articles, Searching in Slack, and Searching in Intercom?

300

This proactive step is taken to ensure the customer's issue is fully resolved.

What is Following Up?

400

This action involves allowing the customer to fully explain their dilemma, and understanding what the customer's problem and potential solutions.

What is Active Listening?

400

If a customer issue needs more technical help, use this internal step to involve the right team.

What is escalation?

400

This action is performed each time a ticket is closed to ensure accurate tracking and reporting.

What is assign the correct tag?

500

This is the act of discovering a creative solution to a customer's problem or request.

What is Problem Solving?

500

This tool is built into all SportsEngine sites to provide customers and internal employees with immediate access to help content, tech tutorials, and other resources.

What is the Need Help tab, and Academy?

500

This is a polite way to ask for time to investigate an issue mid-conversation. Please provide your response to the customer as the answer.

"Thanks for your patience. I'd like to take a few minutes to look into this thoroughly. Do you mind holding on while I investigate?"

"Let me take a closer look into this for you. It'll just take a few minutes. Thank you for your patience"

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