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Customer Deescalation & Conflict Resolution

Practice empathizing with customers using advocacy, confidence, and ownership across a number of challenging interactions.

A woman in business professional attire standing in a live action VR bank environment next to a textbox overlay displaying the word "empathy".
Customer Deescalation & Conflict Resolution

Module overview

Strivr’s Customer Deescalation & Conflict Resolution module empowers client-facing financial service employees with skills, strategies, and hands-on experience for navigating difficult conversations and challenging interactions with customers.

This VR training module emphasizes personalized and attentive customer service, offering practical tools for managing and resolving problems with empathy and professionalism. Learners will gain hands-on experience in demonstrating advocacy, confidence, and ownership to address client concerns related to deposit holds, disputes over potential fraud, and navigating delicate conversations with family members of a deceased client. Through each scenario, learners must apply active listening, emotional regulation, and conflict resolution strategies to empathize with clients and propose appropriate solutions to their frustrations.

Target learners

Financial services employees

target Industry

Retail banking, Financial services

SKILLS covered

  • Active listening
  • Conflict resolution
  • Customer deescalation
  • Customer service
  • Empathy
  • Emotional regulation
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Professional conduct
  • Verbal communication

Duration

30 minutes

VR Content modality

Hybrid (live action & computer generated)

Learning objectives

  • Apply active listening and emotional regulation strategies to navigate difficult conversations with clients.
  • Practice authentically acknowledging, empathizing with, and responding to clients’ needs, concerns, and emotions.
  • Demonstrate the principles of advocacy, confidence, and ownership to understand clients’ issues, set appropriate expectations, and propose an appropriate solution.

Module breakdown

Part 1

Deposit Hold

Set in fictional financial center, your virtual coach will guide you through the three principles of Client Care where you’ll learn how to demonstrate advocacy, confidence, and wwnership to effectively express empathy towards a client’s concerns.

Later, you’ll observe a retail banking associate demonstrate the principles of Client Care during an interaction with a customer regarding a deposit hold on her account. This experience allows you to gain practical insights into handling similar situations with empathy and professionalism.

10 minutes
A male financial advisor seated at his desk, engaged in conversation with a female client regarding a deposit hold placed on her account.
Part 2

Fraudulent Activity

In this customer service VR training experience, you’ll observe an interaction between a retail banking associate and a visibly frustrated client who has recently discovered fraudulent activity on his account. Frazzled and overwhelmed, the associate struggles to adequately demonstrate Client Care, requiring you to step in.

This scenario emphasizes the importance of advocacy, confidence, and emotional regulation as you step in to deescalate the situation, provide support, set appropriate expectations, and find a solution.

10 minutes
A woman financial service associate in a black business suit confidently stands in front of a reception desk, ready to greet customers.
Part 3

Deceased Client

In this customer service VR training experience, you’ll be tasked with navigating a difficult conversation with a client whose father has recently passed away, requiring you to apply the principles of Client Care with the utmost sensitivity and compassion.

You must demonstrate empathy and advocacy as you walk the client through the steps required to transition to the Estate Unit, ensuring that she feels supported and cared for along the way. This experience will help you refine your ability to handle delicate conversations with grace and professionalism.

10 minutes
360 degree view of a man in business professional attire standing in the center of a bank lobby with a textbox overlay instructing viewers to "Hear Your Client, Empathize, Appreciate, and Take Ownership"

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