A Customer Access Strategy is a well-documented, overall plan that guides your contact center. It helps to think of it as a blueprint for your...
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Acting on Feedback: 8 Criteria to Determine What Actions to Take
When talking about their feedback system, Emily Weiss, founder and CEO of the fast-growing beauty company,...
Read More >>>How Generative AI Will Transform Contact Centers and Shape Your Career
The following are excerpts from the transcript of Brad’s recent keynote address to Contact Center...
Read More >>>From Troubadour to Catalyst: How Stories Drive Change in Customer Experience
In the Middle Ages, storytellers, often called troubadours, were honored members of royal courts. They...
Read More >>>The Power of Meaningful Work in Customer Service
For years, a well-known company had high turnover in their customer service department. Customer ratings were low and employees jumped at any chance to move to other jobs. This...
Read More >>>7 Characteristics of Customer Advocacy: A Self-Assessment
When it comes to customer advocacy, there are important aspects of equipping your organization to act within and across functions. The following is a self-assessment....
Read More >>>Managing Perceptions When Capacity Is Limited
What do you do if customer demand outstrips supply? What if there are more customers than the capacity that you have? After all, you can’t add more seats...
Read More >>>Four Words That Changed My Views
It was a privilege to speak at a recent Tugboat Institute conference, where I shared the story of meeting W. Edwards Deming early in my career. Dr....
Read More >>>Evaluating CX Improvement Initiatives
How should you assess potential projects? Perhaps there are new technologies that can help you deliver services more efficiently or sorely needed process-improvement efforts. Or maybe there is...
Read More >>>What Do Customer Service Leaders Need to Know About Customer Queues?
Queues are something we would all rather avoid. Yet, as customers, there we are standing...
Read More >>>Be Bold in Doing What’s Right
When you think about innovation and growth in the future, what’s your role as a leader? Are there steps you need to take that are a little bit...
Read More >>>Can agents get work done between customer contacts?
I know, I know. It’s busy out there. The demand for agent-assisted service is relentless (wasn’t that AI-driven chatbot going to reduce workload?). Your team...
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