Operational Management

Posted on October 14, 2022 in Agent Experience • AI • Call Center Consulting • Contact center consulting • Customer Experience • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Leadership • WFH • WFM

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By Colin Taylor We are now into the fourth quarter of the year. Retail and ecommerce firms are gearing up for the holiday season, which means more staff. But where are they going to find more staff? It is hard to find new staff. We can blame the Great Resignation if we like, but where […]

Posted on January 07, 2022 in Agent Experience • Best Practices • Blog • Business continuity • Call Center Consulting • Call Center DIY • Call center Humor • Call Center Management • Call centre consulting • Contact center consulting • Contact Center Industry Statistics • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Experience • Forecasting- WFM • Incentives • Leadership • Opinion • People management • Success • Supervisor • Training • WFH • WFM

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By Peg Ayers As the New Year begins, many of us turn to thoughts of self-improvement, swearing off sweets, resolving to run three miles a day or promising not to spend hours in front of the television every weekend. But how many of us look at our contact centers and think about making this New […]

Posted on December 14, 2021 in Call Center Assessment • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Contact Center • Contact Center Industry Statistics • Contact Centre Ops

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By Simon Elkin (Talkdesk) When I landed in the technology sector 25 years ago, I recall the light-speed innovation launch pace, the enthusiasm, the optimism and how every day seemed to be turning the page on one conventional notion or another. It was a time when Silicon Valley was getting its legs, new technology daily […]

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 […]

Posted on March 08, 2021 in Call Center Assessment • Call Center Audit • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Call centre consulting • Contact center consulting • Strategy

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By Peg Ayers The decision to engage a contact center consultant is not made lightly.  Discussions may take place over weeks, months or even years, identifying problems in need of solutions, perhaps trying ideas that don’t solve those problems, and eventually deciding experts are needed.  Here at The Taylor Reach Group, for example, we are […]

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

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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 […]

Posted on October 14, 2020 in Call Center Assessment • Call Center Audit • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Contact center consulting • Expert round-up • Hiring a call center consultant

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By Colin Taylor In the age of Linked In, everyone claims to be an expert and the challenge for most people is how do you tell the real experts from the self-appointed? I would humbly suggest that there a few factors to consider; What have they done and where (locations and verticals)? In short, what […]

Posted on August 20, 2020 in Agent Experience • Best Practices • Business continuity • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Contact center consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Experience Management • Emergency • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Leadership • Outsourcing • People management • Training • Virtual Call Center • Vrirtual Contact Center • WFH • WFM

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by Patricia Ballantyne When we packed up our offices to work from home in March, many thought it would only last a few months until it was safe to return to an office space. Today, it seems pretty clear that many companies have adopted this new working model for the foreseeable future. Some will allow […]

Posted on June 05, 2020 in Agent Experience • Best Practices • Call Center Management • Contact Center • Contact Centre Ops • Forecasting- WFM • Outsourcing • People management • Research • WFH • WFM

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By Colin Taylor Roughly three months into the COVID-19 shutdown, there has been a lot of discussion around what COVID-19 has done to our society, our economy, our elderly and; if you live in my little corner of the world; our customer experiences and contact centers. Contact centers for many organizations could not stop operating, […]

Posted on May 14, 2020 in Agent Experience • Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Contact center consulting • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Forecasting- WFM • WFM

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‘ By Peg Ayers If you had a way to increase sales by 20%, be 21% more profitable and increase your customer satisfaction scores by 10%, would you do it?  How about improving employee retention by 24-59%, lowering absenteeism by 41% and increasing productivity by 17%?  According to the Gallup Organization, you could do all […]