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The Essential Role of Today’s Front Line Managers
Rewind the clock about ten years, and you’d find top level managers in many organizations, along with most industry pundits, predicting that front line managers (a.k.a. supervisors) would become less important in contact centers, and that their numbers would begin to...
Boosting the Strategic Value of Your Customer Service Operation
The Single Customer View – Myth or Reality
“Is the Single Customer View a realistic ambition or just a pipe dream talked about at conferences?” That’s the question asked in the latest CCE Board of Experts “ask the experts” article by Hannah Brewer. Note: This article is no longer available. You can find...
The Best Managed Contact Centers: #10 – They Build an Effective Organization
Successful contact center leaders design an organizational structure that facilitates collaboration among and across job roles and business units. They tap into the principles of good organizational design and revisit their structure often. They continually work on...
The Influencers Customer Service Report
Recently, I was reminded about a report that OneReach put together in October. They asked 63 customer service influencers to answer the question “What’s the best way to improve customer service?” The resulting report provides food for thought from multiple...
Staffing for Weekends
Here’s an idea: If you’re a consumer-facing service operation and want to stand out from the crowd, be there for your customers on weekends. That’s when many are checking accounts, kicking around options for the renovation, paying utility bills, and booking that trip...
The Problem with Daily Averages (and the Solution)
The Best Managed Contact Centers: #9 – They Get the Budget and Support They Need
Far too many contact centers are operating under the auspices of, "OK, here are the resources we're willing to give you, and here's what we want you to achieve ..." That is the proverbial cart before the horse. Consider an analogy. Airlines couldn't possibly operate a...
The Measures Every Contact Center Should Have
Establishing the right measures and objectives is one of the most important responsibilities in leading and managing a contact center successfully. But there’s a significant inherent challenge, which has only become more difficult with the introduction of new channels...
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