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Motivation and Engagement: Your Leadership Matters
Tighten Up Your AHT Projections
Average handling time, like the volume of contacts, must be incorporated into planning by the half hour. Assuming the same average handling time all day for forecasting purposes will not reflect the environment accurately. Some relatively simple analysis can go a...
Common Pitfalls in Service Metrics
"Not everything that counts can be counted," and "not everything that can be counted counts." This quotation is sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein and though the source is not entirely clear, the message is. And it's fair warning. We've got to be mindful about...
Traits of Engaged Employees
The National Business Research Institute (NRBI) identifies six traits engaged employees have in common, including: They believe in their organization. They have the desire to work to make things better. They understand the business context and big picture. They are...
Interpreting Benchmarks
Putting Abandonment in Perspective
In many contact centers, abandonment rate is viewed as a key measure of how adequately the center is staffed. I often get questions like, what is an acceptable rate of abandonment? What is abandonment in such and such an industry? Are there any studies on how long...
Bring Quality Standards to Life with Calibration and Coaching
Quality standards come to life when they guide behavior and enable us to deliver consistent high-quality service. Calibration is an important tool for ensuring consistency in interpreting performance. It also makes coaching far easier. It allows the coaching process...
Strengthen Ties Across the Organization
Effective communication across an organization is essential to sharing and using voice of the customer. And there are plenty of additional reasons to strengthen ties. Opportunities for ongoing product and service improvements and innovations almost always involve...
Boosting the Strategic Value of Your Customer Service Operation
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