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Is Your Website a Call Center Tool? Millennial Myths & The Call Center, News, Views and “How to’s”

In This Issue Is Your Website is a Call Center Tool? Millennial Myths & the Call Center By Colin Taylor Coming Events Call Center Wishes Can Come True…No Genie Required Trends for 2012 from Snapshotz & [...]

The True Costs of Turnover

The following statistics are food for thought when we consider the real costs of turnover in our organization.

Halogen Software shared the following information “The cost of losing good talent is particularly acute and one of the most direct calculations that demonstrates the impact of poor talent management. • HCI research shows that at a [...]

Millennial Myths & the Call Center

By Colin Taylor

I read an interesting article by Jennifer J Deal at strategy+business looking at five myths we hold about Millennials. For the past number of years we have all heard horror stories about organizations that gave away iPads, spot bonuses, socially conscious and social responsible activities, but still had staff leave for [...]

Closing the Revolving Door – Part 2

Closing the Revolving Door – Part 2 By: Colin Taylor So how do we build an enduring structure in our call center that will support engagement, motivation and allow us to deploy aligned reward/recognition programs that succeed in meeting the objectives of the center and the business? But what happens if we can design an [...]

Closing the Revolving Door – Part1

Closing the Revolving Door – Part1 By: Colin Taylor

Staff and Agent retention was a ‘hot’ button topic in the call center industry 20 years ago and still is one now. So how is it that the same issue that ‘dogged’ call centers two decades ago is still a ‘front burner’ issue today? I think [...]

Shoulder Massages to Boost Morale

Here is an interesting story of using massages, dinners and beverages to boost morale and keep call center agents engaged.

Stressed Christchurch staff get shoulder massages Hard worked Christchurch City Council customer service staff are receiving free shoulder massages every 10 days to boost morale. Call volume at the council’s contact centre has doubled since [...]