Thriving in the Midst of Change: A Practical Guide for Contact Center Leaders
What standout cultural trait do you see in the most effective contact centers? It’s a question I’m often asked. But before I throw my thoughts into the ring… what would you say? An engaged workforce? A customer-first focus? A strategic mindset? These are...
Knowing Your Customers
How do you know what a customer needs? There are many sources of customer information and each has an important story to tell. To learn more about how service interactions, operational data, customer surveys, customer and professional reviews, online forums, focus...
Empowering Employees as Customer Advocates: Overcoming Barriers
The idea of empowering employees to be customer advocates sounds great to many leaders—in concept. But doing so is easier said than done if barriers are in place. These can include lack of training, misguided performance targets, limited decision-making authority and...Using AI in Customer Service: Steps for Seamless Integration
As customers, we’ve all experienced technologies that aren’t helpful or that create even higher levels of frustration. They offer many options, just none that we need. They force us to enter account numbers or other information that’s not passed...