
Live online public course with Daniel Ord
Mastering Great Phone ConversationsTuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 February 2027
Phone skills training that gives you a clear structure for every customer call, from the first hello to the solution, while sounding natural, professional and human.
Two 4-hour sessions with global expert Daniel Ord. Book one ticket or several for your team.
- Led by global expert Daniel Ord
- Live online: join from anywhere
- Certificate included
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What’s in it for you
Want every call to sound confident, from hello to solution?
On the phone, the conversation is the product. Customers can’t see you, so they judge your confidence, expertise and willingness to help by how you listen, speak and guide the call.
This course gives you a proven pattern for every call, so you stay in control, help customers more effectively and still sound like yourself.
- More confident calls from beginning to end
- Clearer solutions customers understand
- More natural, human conversations

Structure every call
Greet, Listen, Control and Solve: a pattern that takes any call from start to finish.
Sound confident and interested
Use your tone of voice to show confidence, professionalism and genuine interest.
Listen, then reconfirm
Listen without interrupting, then reconfirm the enquiry to clarify and reassure.
Respond to emotion
Recognise how the customer feels and respond with the right human touch.
Guide without controlling
Ask smart questions that establish needs and keep the call on track.
Present solutions clearly
Explain the solution with confidence and add value for the customer.
The course
One proven pattern for every phone conversation
Mastering Great Phone Conversations is one complete course, built on a proven 4-step pattern (Greet, Listen, Control and Solve) and taught over two live 4-hour sessions.
You practise every step through exercises, call evaluations and role plays, so the techniques feel natural by the time you’re back on the phones.
It suits people new to phone service and experienced staff alike, and it’s the same format whether you book one ticket or train your whole team privately.
- 2 × 4 hoursTwo live sessions on separate days
- Live onlineVia Zoom, join from anywhere
- Public or privateOne ticket or your whole team
- CertificateFor everyone who completes
What’s covered: the 4-step pattern
Each step has its own behaviours. You learn them, practise them, then use them across different types of enquiries.
Greet
Open the call in a way that sounds confident, professional and genuinely interested.
- Tone of voice that conveys confidence
- Showing genuine interest from the start
- Personalisation that sounds natural
Listen
Understand what the customer needs, and show them you’ve understood.
- Listening without interrupting
- Enquiry Reconfirmation
- Human Touch: responding to emotion
Control
Guide the conversation so it stays focused, without sounding controlling.
- Smart questions that establish needs
- Guiding the call with confidence
- Positive language that keeps it human
Solve
Present the solution clearly and confidently, and add value for the customer.
- Presenting solutions with confidence
- Basic, product and service enquiries
- Problem solving and follow-up calls
Training a whole team? Talk to us about a private course
Who it’s for
Is Mastering Great Phone Conversations right for you?
It’s for anyone who looks after customers on the phone, whether you’re new to the role or experienced and want to sharpen your conversations.
Contact centre advisors
Handling customer calls throughout the day.
Customer service teams
Answering enquiries and resolving issues by phone.
Help desk and support
Supporting customers or colleagues over the phone.
Other frontline roles
Anyone whose job includes talking to customers by phone.
New to the role
A clear structure to build confidence on every call.
Experienced staff
A fresh way to strengthen the conversations you have.
Looking for the full range of phone training? See all phone customer service courses
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What participants say about Daniel
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Pricing
Pricing and payment options
Eight hours of live training with a global expert, for $550 per person ex GST. Book one ticket or your whole team, and pay by card or invoice at checkout.
Places are limited to keep the sessions interactive, so book early to secure your place.
- Save 15% when you book 3 or more tickets in one transaction
- ACXPA members pay $412.50 per person, a 25% saving (see below)
- Card or invoice: choose how to pay at checkout
- Training a whole team? Private courses run for groups of 5 or more

Official ACXPA training partner
Want to save $137.50 on this course? ACXPA members pay $412.50, not $550, plus a year of self-paced courses, tools and live expert support
- 50+hours of live expert access a year
- 65+tools, templates and resources
- 18calculators
- 25%off CX Skills live public courses
ACXPA members save 25% on this course and every CX Skills live public course.
ACXPA membership is a practitioner-built toolkit for anyone who looks after customers on the phone: self-paced phone skills courses, a complaints framework and live expert access every fortnight, for a full year.
What your phone team gets, all year round
- Self-paced courses on phone skills, service excellence, difficult customers and complaints, each with a workbook, quiz and certificate, plus one-minute refreshers for team huddles
- The Complaints Handling Hub: a 7-step framework, staff cheat sheets and logging tools
- The Customer Service Health Check: see where your service stands across 17 dimensions, with a full diagnostic and action plan
- Live expert access: monthly Roundtables and a fortnightly Open Mic with ACXPA’s founder
FAQs
Mastering Great Phone Conversations FAQs
Delivery, pricing, content and who the course suits.
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An ACXPA membership is another option: members save 25% on live public courses and get 12 months of tools, templates and live sessions.
How do I book?
Talk to us
Questions about training your team?
Book a call to talk it through, or send us a message and we’ll get back to you.
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Prefer the phone? Call +61 3 9008 7287 (Mon–Fri, 8:30–17:30 Melbourne time) or email hello@cxskills.com.au.
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Secure your tickets for 16 and 17 February, or talk to us about a private course for your team.





























