Organization and Culture - Brad Cleveland

Hot Topic’s “Daily Huddle”

Jun 24, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

A few years back, fashion retailer Hot Topic won first place in an ICMI video contest for a creative portrayal of their “secret to service success,” a daily communications huddle. In it, they compare the daily meeting, which keeps employees up to date, to...

Traits of Engaged Employees

Jun 21, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

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...

Recent Statistics on Employee Engagement

Jun 9, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

Here are some recent statistics that we gathered for the latest issue of The Edge of Service. Compared with disengaged employees, highly engaged employees are more than 4X as likely to recommend the company’s products and services and do something good for the...

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 17: The Stunning Stats Behind Employee Engagement

May 31, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture, Research/Statistics, The Edge of Service

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 17: The Stunning Stats Behind Employee Engagement I believe there are three categories of statistics any leader needs to know about employee engagement: First, employee engagement is strongly tied to customer experience. If...

Connecting Hiring, Training and Coaching

May 24, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Organization and Culture, Quality Management, Videos

The Essential Role of Today’s Front Line Managers

Apr 26, 2016 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture

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...