Call Center Management

Posted on April 12, 2017 in Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Call Center Tools • CSAT • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • Technology • TRG • Turnover

Tags: #cctr• #contactcenter• #custserv• #finserv

An interview by Colin Taylor with Eddie Woodruff I recently sat down with Eddie, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Forcht Group, of Kentucky Forcht Bank, in Lexington Kentucky. For the past six years,Eddie has been overseeing the development and direction of the bank’s Contact Center. Here is a transcript of that interview, with great […]

Posted on January 24, 2017 in Agent Experience • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Contact Center • Customer Experience • Employee Experience • Hiring a call center consultant • People management

Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #contactcenter• #custexp• Call Center Consulting• Customer Experience

By: Bruce Lebowitz Executives often judge a contact center by traditional metrics.  These might include low abandonment rates, an extremely quick speed to answer and meeting handling time goals.  When proud of a contact center, executives often point to its technology too.  The fact that the contact center never goes down, has instant screen pops […]

Posted on December 12, 2016 in Call Center Management • Contact Center • Customer Experience

Tags: #callcenter• #contactcenter• #custexp• #custserv• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Customer Experience• Operational Management

By: Colin Taylor There are a few that really grate on me, fingernails scraping a blackboard, chewing on tin foil and voice mail in a contact center. There is little I can do about the first two on my list other than avoiding blackboards and tin foil, but I can make an impassioned plea to […]

Posted on October 06, 2016 in Call Center Assessment • Call Center Audit • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Call centre consulting • Contact center consulting • Customer Experience • Customer Experience • Customer Experience Management • Customer Experience Metrics

Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #cctr• #contactcenter• #contactcentre• #custexp• #custserv• #Cx• Call Center Assessment• Call Center Consulting• Contact Center Strategy• CSAT• Customer Experience• Customer Service Consulting

By: Colin Taylor Well it has been a busy month for Taylor Reach and for our Senior Consultant, Peter Elliot leading our UK team. Not only have we launched our Contact Centre, Call Centre and Customer Experience consulting services, but Peter is also relocating and changing his home address. Should you wish to reach Peter […]

Posted on August 24, 2016 in Agent Experience • Call Center Assessment • Call Center Audit • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Call Center Tools • Customer Experience Management • Customer Experience Metrics • Facts and Figures • Metrics • Opportunity • People management • Service Level • Strategy • Technology • The Taylor Reach Group

Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #cctr• #contactcenter• #contactcentre• #custserv• #Cx• Call Center Audit• Call Center Consulting

Snapshotz™ Call Center and Contact Center Customer Service Auditing Operational Efficiency, Excellence and Best Practice improvements can only be achieved once the opportunities have been identified. The reality is however, that due to the ever changing world of technology, communications and the customers themselves, the metrics that reveal the opportunities are constantly changing and adapting to new […]

Posted on August 24, 2016 in Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Call centre consulting • Contact center consulting • Customer Experience • Customer Reach • Hiring a call center consultant • News • Strategy • Technology • The Taylor Reach Group

Expanding Their Reach of Consulting Services Through the Addition of a New Expert Consultant Taylor Reach Group Expands to Quebec Toronto, ON. Mr. Colin Taylor, The CEO and Chief Chaos Officer of The Taylor Reach Group, Inc. announced today that Alton Harewood has joined the customer experience and contact center consulting firm effective immediately.   […]

Posted on August 10, 2016 in Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Contact center consulting • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • Employee Engagement • Metrics • Net Promoter • The Taylor Reach Group

Tags: #callcenter• #cctr• #contactcenter• #custexp• #custserv• #Cx• Call Center Consulting• Contact Center Consulting• CSAT• Customer Experience• Customer Service Consulting• Operational Management• Taylor Reach Group

By: Turaj Seyrafiaan There have always been a number of contact center efficiency and effectiveness indicators. While each has a certain and important role, it should always be emphasized that we cannot analyze these indicators in solitude and need to view them as part of a larger holistic picture. From time to time, however, I […]

Posted on July 26, 2016 in Agent Experience • Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Employee Engagement • retention • WFM

Tags: #callcenter• #cctr• #contactcenter• #custexp• #custserv• #pokemon• #shrinkage• customer service• WFM

By Colin Taylor It has just been a few weeks since Pokemon Go has unleashed mobs of zombies walking in search of new Pokemon to capture, and other players to battle. The game quickly eclipsed Twitters total number of users and at more than 21 million players it shows no signs that the growth is […]

Posted on July 11, 2016 in Call Center Management • Contact Center • Facts and Figures • Uncategorized

Profit Centre vs. Cost Centre By: Turaj Seyrafiann  July 11th 2016,  Traditionally, call centers were managed in order to minimize the costs. The reason for that seemed simple and obvious; taking the calls and providing service on the phone appeared to be of no additional value to the organizations. The call centre activities were concentrated […]

Posted on July 11, 2016 in Call Center Consulting • Call Center DIY • Call Center Management • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • New Call Center • Site Selection • Technology • Turnover

Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #cctr• #custserv• #Cx• Building a call center• Building a contact center• Call Center Consulting• New call center• new contact center• Operational Management• starting a call center

5 Reasons New Call Centers Fail By: Colin Taylor There can be many reasons for an organization to decide it is time to create a call center or contact center. Perhaps organic growth, a new product, service or acquisition is resulting in calls swamping the switchboard, or customers are tracking down the administrative offices to […]