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Multiple Workstyles May Signal the Need for New Compensation Plans at Many US Contact Centers

Posted on September 03, 2021 in Agent Experience • Best Practices • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Contact center consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Hiring a call center consultant • People management • Turnover • Virtual Call Center • Vrirtual Contact Center • WFH • WFM

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by JD Fairweather After several months of remote working – a workstyle many contact center leaders would have deemed impossible to implement a year and a half ago – employers are finding it difficult to lure staff back into the office. The Delta variant notwithstanding, it seems that employees are far too settled into the […]

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Gratitude: Now’s the Time to Show It!

Posted on December 21, 2020 in Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Incentives • Leadership • People management • retention • Turnover • WFM

Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #cctr• #contactcenter• #contactcentre• Contact Center Management• Leadership• Operational Management• WFM

By Peg Ayers With the holiday season upon us and New Year’s Day coming up, it’s easy to say, “Let’s just get out of this ridiculous year!  I don’t want to give 2020 another thought!  I’m looking to the future.” Focus on the future is great, but let’s not forget the lessons we’ve learned this […]

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Remember My Name!

Posted on June 12, 2020 in Agent Experience • Best Practices • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Hiring a call center consultant • Leadership • Occupancy • Positions • retention • Success • Training • Turnover • WFM

By Peg Ayers “A person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”  – Dale Carnegie  Of the many skills required of me in more than 25 years of running large contact centers, one of the most critical has been the ability to remember employee names. When I left […]

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Two Surefire Mistakes to Avoid

Posted on January 22, 2020 in Agent Experience • AHT • Call Center Management • Contact center consulting • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • Customer service • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Turnover • WFM

Tags: #callcenter• #cctr• #contactcenter• Call Center Consulting• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Customer Service Consulting• WFM

By Colin Taylor When working to deliver good customer service, there are many tactics you shouldn’t employ even though on the surface they may look like they fit the bill of improving customer service and supporting your limited budgets. Here are two of those tactics you should avoid: Capping handle time for agents. Trying to […]

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Contact Center Retention: Get Ahead of Trouble by Pinpointing Front-Line Staff Concerns

Posted on November 21, 2019 in agent attrition • Agent Experience • Call Center Consulting • Contact center consulting • Customer Experience • Customer Experience Management • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Leadership • Occupancy • retention • Turnover • WFM

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By Peg Ayers   Record low unemployment has created new emphasis on employee retention in contact center operations throughout Canada and the United States.  With payroll as their biggest expense, contact center operators are searching for ways to retain their good employees and save the thousands of dollars it costs them for each one they […]

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Are Your Hours of Operation Appropriate?

Posted on May 07, 2019 in Agent Experience • Best Practices • Call Center Assessment • Call Center Consulting • Call Center DIY • Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Call centre consulting • Contact Center • Contact center consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Employee Engagement • People management • retention • Turnover

Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #contactcenter• #contactcentre• #custexp• #Cx• AHT• Attrition• Call Center Assessment• Call Center Consulting• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Management• Contact Center Strategy• hours of operation• human resources• Leadership• Operational Management• work hours

By Colin Taylor I asked a client recently how they had determined their contact center hours of operation. After a long pause they replied “I don’t know.” Many organizations don’t think too much about their hours of operations, or HOOPs; they are just a fact of life. The contact center is staffed during this window […]

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Costing Attrition

Posted on February 12, 2019 in agent attrition • Contact Center • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Occupancy • retention • Turnover

By John Cockerill In Colin Taylor’s recent article, “Resolving The Riddle Of Retention,” he speaks about the cost of attrition and the many factors that affect it. This article outlines how to do both a simple estimate of that cost and more complex calculations to undertake for a center. First, let’s outline a simple estimate […]

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Calculating Agent Attrition in the Contact Center

Posted on May 02, 2018 in agent attrition • Metrics • Turnover • WFM

By: Peg Ayers & Turaj Seyrafiaan Definition: The percentage of staff who leave the Contact Center, voluntarily or involuntarily, over a period of time. Calculation: (Total number lost/Average total staff) X 100 Example: The total staff at the beginning of the month is 90 and at the end is 110, so the average staff for […]

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Bank Deploys Video in the Contact/Call Center

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 […]

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5 Reasons New Call Centers Fail

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 FailBy: Colin TaylorThere 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 trace an […]

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