Managing Difficult CustomersThursday 12 and Friday 13 November 2026

I’ve attended a lot of CX and Customer Service Training throughout my career and I can say hands-down that Daniel is an exceptional facilitator. He has a natural ability to draw insights and experiences out of participants rather than simply presenting content. This approach creates genuine buy-in and ensures the discussions are relevant to our contact centre and the challenges our teams face every day.

He consistently reinforces the importance of maintaining a positive mindset and not being drawn into a customer’s negativity, while still demonstrating empathy and professionalism. These messages were woven naturally throughout the course and resonated strongly with the team.

Despite delivering the training online, Daniel kept participants highly engaged throughout. His energy, authenticity, and interactive facilitation style made it easy for everyone to contribute, which is no small achievement in a virtual environment.

Daniel is approachable, knowledgeable, and an excellent communicator. He creates a psychologically safe learning environment where people feel comfortable asking questions, sharing experiences, and challenging their own thinking. He also takes time to praise the conversations taking place and notes when people are hitting the mark which creates enthusiasm and excitement in his participants. He adapts seamlessly to the needs of the group, provides practical and relevant examples, and strikes the perfect balance between theory and real-world application.

I would highly recommend Daniel to any organisation looking to build customer service capability through engaging, practical, and memorable training.

In a world where customer service increasingly handles complex and often frustrating issues left behind by automated systems, Daniel and his team provide a wide range of practical tools that bring a much-needed human touch to customer interactions.

Daniel was fantastic! The course gave me a fresh perspective of how to deal with difficult interactions with customers as well as different techniques when having those tough conversations. I highly recommend this course!

Daniel did an excellent job sharing tips and tricks for handling conversations with difficult customers. I will definitely use the tools he provided! Thank you Daniel & Marcus

Daniel’s course was a very pleasant experience. His friendly and open approach creates wholesome environments where all participants can engage and ask questions. His course material is also easy to understand, easy to remember, insightful and helpful.

You can really see how applicable his course material is to your work and how teaching this course has evolved based on the feedback he has received while teaching it.

My Team Leads and I got so much practical knowledge out of this course that we can take back to our team.

It really made us rethink the way in which we communicate with our customers and how we can make some small adjustments that can make a big difference.

The course is very interactive and engaging – Daniel is a great trainer and I loved his energy.

Thank you Daniel for an incredible course. The content was fantastic and really informative.

I got so much value from everything you spoke about and the techniques we can all use to enhance the customer’s experience.

I loved how engaging you were and it made the two days of training fun and enlightening.

I know my team and I will be able to utilise much of the learning you provided to ensure our team manages our interactions in a better way!

I recently had the privilege of attending Daniel Ord’s workshop on “Managing Difficult Situations”, and it was nothing short of outstanding. Daniel’s expertise and passion for the subject matter truly shine through in his teaching style, making it a transformative experience for all participants.

From the moment the workshop began, Daniel’s enthusiasm was infectious. He has an exceptional ability to convey complex concepts in an understandable and relatable way. I left the workshop with a profound understanding of how to navigate challenging scenarios, both in my professional and personal life.

What truly sets Daniel apart is his commitment to engagement. Throughout the session, he encouraged active participation and created an inclusive atmosphere where questions and discussions were not just welcome but encouraged. It’s evident that he genuinely cares about each participant’s learning journey.

The real-world examples and practical strategies shared during the workshop were invaluable. Daniel’s ability to connect theory to practical application made the content highly relevant and actionable.

The workshop was impeccably organized, and Daniel’s presentation skills were top-notch. He kept the audience engaged and motivated throughout, making the entire experience enjoyable and enlightening.

In conclusion, I cannot recommend Daniel Ord’s workshops enough. If you’re looking to enhance your skills in managing difficult situations, he is the go-to expert. Thank you, Daniel, for an enriching and eye-opening workshop. I eagerly look forward to attending more of your sessions in the future.

If you’re considering attending one of Daniel’s workshops, don’t hesitate – you won’t be disappointed!

Daniel is an excellent trainer, the training was engaging, informative and provided practical skills to put into place. The course was run at a great pace and for the first time, I did not feel brain drained at the end of the training (like has been my experience with other organisations). It wasn’t information overload, it was thought provoking, practical and down to earth.

This was the most valuable training I have ever done. I have 31 years in customer service and was not sure how much value I would get out of the course. From the first session the information was powerful, thought provoking and It created a huge paradigm shift in how I view ‘abusive customers’.

While a lot of the skills I already have gained over the years, I have still walked away with some new, some refined skills.

Would highly recommend this to anyone dealing with customers or considering a career in customer service.

Thank you so much.

Dan was so friendly, informative, knowledgeable and engaging as an instructor and very funny to boot. He made a scary and daunting part of my role at work interesting & funny.

I’m excited to put his suggested approaches into action and see what kind of results I get with customers. And I have a heightened enthusiasm for trying to help our customers as best I can.

Very appreciative that my employer enrolled me in the course and would love the opportunity to do another and maybe even get to meet Dan in person!

Cannot recommend this course any more highly for any professionals who deal with customers.

In all my years of customer service, and we are now in the 4th decade of customer service, I have never done a course that answered so many questions I didn’t know I even needed an answer to.

Without a shadow of doubt, hands down, dead set – this was the BEST course I have ever taken about how to do my job. EVER.

Meeting Daniel and drinking up his enthusiasm for his work has re-sparked my desire for my job. I now have the tools and the understanding that I never had before, or if I had been given the tools, they were not explained very well, because now I get it. I get it, I never did before.

The TED talk, which I watched a couple of times over already, was perfection and I think everyone should watch it. Brilliant. I could go on.

The four of us from Dulux think this was amazing and to quote one of us, “Daniel is in the right profession.” Thank you.

The course is a great overview in managing difficult situations/customers. Daniel is highly engaging and passionate in delivering the content and he provides great examples and effectively guides/demonstrates these for participants, ensuring they are taking on each topic.

The team have really obtained great knowledge to put to action in their day to day roles. In addition, the techniques are very simple and realistic which will enable a quick refresh for teams down the track with the content provided.

The course itself was broken down into three sections, with each section covering what you would experience daily working within customer service, then it was further broken down and explained in more depth. Within each section, I took away multiple points that I would find myself using each day. One extremely interesting key point I took away from the ‘Difficult Situations’ section was how customers react and respond to each situation.

Dan (the instructor) broke this down into 3 states of response, ‘The Parent’ ‘The Adult’ and ‘The Child’, depending on the situation you are faced depends how a customer will choose their response. My job in this is to ensure I remain on the ‘Adult’ response, no matter how a customer reacts, whether it be a childish manner or a parental and controlling matter. Although it is quite hard to put a finger on one key point as I have 4 pages worth of notes and will most definitely be referring to the course guide!

The whole course resonated with me but something I found stood out was the ‘How to Say No and the Six Solution Types’ section. This was my main reason for participating in the course and I found it challenging but useful. They covered both how to say no but also how to say yes after saying a no, all to ensure the customer leaves feeling satisfied even if they didn’t get the answer they initially desired. We touched on a few topics within this section but the psychology behind it was fascinating and learning how to restructure your sentences and wording to create a scenario where the customer feels satisfied will be something I will apply a lot more to my work.

Although I only touched on a few topics that resonated with me, I can confirm that it was well worth it and an experience like no other course. Dan was intriguing and kept everyone engaged by using multiple learning types and you could see everyone enjoyed themselves. He had my full attention, and I was more than happy to participate in the activities and give my opinion/point of view.

I think this course was unique and the way it was structured was amazing, I think we would benefit from keeping the CX Courses on speed dial anytime we need to upskill as it was engaging and easy to follow, and even though it was in a group setting I felt I experienced it individually and learnt a lot of valuable information.

Thank you to Daniel, Marcus and Justin for this presentation, though we think we know a fair amount of “what customers want” and “how customers like to be treated” and “how to speak in an email or over the phone”, it’s always a good lesson to hear how others would present and solve a customer complaint.

The presentation was extremely valuable and gets the juices flowing and really makes you think before responding to emails.

Justin and the team at CX Skills have gone over and above the call of duty to deliver great Customer Service training to our entire Service Centre team. The Managing Difficult Customers training has been high quality, delivered remotely, and Justin has been extremely flexible with necessary changes to attendees due to operational requirements. I highly recommend CX Skills to assist with your training needs.