From a customer’s perspective, there are two basic types of queues. (And I don’t mean long ones and short ones.) Queues are either visible or invisible. Visible queues refer to any situation where customers know where they are in line. With invisible...
How many people do you need to handle the customer workload on a Monday morning at 10:00 am? How about a Thursday afternoon at 2:00 pm? In this video from my LinkedIn Learning course “Managing a Customer Contact Center,” I introduce the methods used to...
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 in the restaurant. The ski lift line, parking spots, checkout lanes are all finite. So what can you do? ...
Queues are something we would all rather avoid. Yet, as customers, there we are standing in line at the grocery store, in the airport, getting coffee, on the phone with customer support. Queues are everywhere. If you’re responsible for customer service, managing them...
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 uncomfortable or require some courage? In this video from my recent LinkedIn Learning course “Contact Center...
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 is juggling customer workload across channels—phone, chat, social media, et al.—and it feels a bit like...