Call Center - Brad Cleveland

Innovative Hiring Practices

Nov 12, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

Here are samples of things different organizations are doing to find, attract and hire the people they need: Zappos offers new employees payments equivalent to one month’s salary to leave. This helps ensure that those who stay truly want to be there. In...

Recent WebTV Interview on Contact Center Measures

Nov 10, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Workforce Management

I recently appeared on Laura Sikorski’s WebTV show Sikorski’s Think Abouts. In this interview-style 15-minute video, we discuss 7 measures every contact center should use and provide guidance on how to interpret operational reports.

Hiring Statistics

Nov 5, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Research/Statistics

73% of contact centers say the complexity of customer contacts is increasing. (Source: ICMI) 73% of recruiters have hired a candidate through social media. (Source: Jobvite) Job posts get 36% more applications if accompanied by a recruiting video. (Source: Jobcast) A...

New ebook (free), ICMI’s Guide to Contact Center Metrics

Nov 3, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Research/Statistics

I recently co-authored an eBook with Justin Robbins for ICMI and Five9. ICMI’s Guide to Contact Center Metrics provides organizations with actionable insights to deliver improved efficiency and customer satisfaction by aligning strategic goals with...

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 14: Hiring for Service: It’s Time for a Rethink

Oct 29, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Multi-channel Support, Organization and Culture, The Edge of Service

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 14: Hiring for Service: It’s Time for a Rethink Imagine dropping onto Earth from another planet. Your task is to explore our economy—jobs, what we produce, and how we hire and train people for those roles. You’re not...

Building a Customer Service Ecosystem

Oct 20, 2015 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Service, Leadership, Multi-channel Support, Videos

Customer experience is not a program, a department, a contact center, self-service capability, or CRM system—it’s much more. It’s an ecosystem, comprised of many components that must seamlessly work together. It’s the result of a culture and approach that spans the...