CX Global Media

JANUARY 15, 2019

And in contact centers they all need to be managed for success. What I have witnessed, is that managing all of the complexity has more than quadrupled in the last 10 years. When I was managing in contact centers, we only had three channels to deal with – voice, email, and fax. Coaching Remote Workers Tip Sheet.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 25, 2022

As a result, their team was always pressured to streamline staffing, coached to be as efficient as possible with multiple priorities, and designed to generate the least amount of cost. The Financial Times selected Beyond Philosophy as one of the best management consultancies for the last four years in a row. Are You Prepared?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 3, 2014

He believes that his job is to direct, lead, coach, drive the breakdown truck and then coach again. Downie has high expectations of his team, from managers on down. He expects his managers to work extremely hard to make sure that the systems and procedures are in place to enable the experience to be excellent.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 28, 2015

Be sure to ask your manager how you are doing and what you can improve at each month’s end. I tried to coach her on saying no in a positive way, but she couldn’t adjust her ways. Ask your manager how long your lunch break is. Do things to help your colleagues; don’t try and score points off them. Request feedback.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 21, 2017

So, some years ago, as a new senior manager, I asked my boss to explain what my responsibilities would be after a company reorganization. We see it every day in our customer experience consultancy. I recently re-read an article by life coach Melanie Allen that explains ambiguity in business well. Manage stress.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 9, 2017

Moreover, it sped up service and freed his staff up to focus on other tasks rather than managing cash. Bekerman said his managers feel they have more time to coach employees; a task Bekerman described as “more meaningful” than counting paper. Cash Isn’t King with Many Retailers These Days. The post Why Cash Is No Longer King!

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Myra Golden Media

MAY 6, 2019

Back in my call center days, I paid a consultant a wad to tell me to, “Give your employees time after each call to debrief with their co-workers, and create a culture where they can turn to each other for advice and guidance for how to navigate a tough call.” I took the consultant’s advice, and here’s what happened.

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Callminer

MARCH 6, 2020

Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day. Meet Our Panel of HR Professionals & Hiring Managers: · Maksym Babych. Pratibha Vuppuluri. Alexander M.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 6, 2019

Leaders need to start managing product teams differently, putting the focus on the customer rather than on products and deadlines. About : Jeff Gothelf works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker. If you build a customer-centric product, it will help you attract the best people and have the biggest impact on customers. “The

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CX Accelerator

JUNE 8, 2020

These could be strategic calls to key customers to ask them about their experience. ,, Murphy Fraser , Client Success Manager at Skillshare, also recommends investigating customer activity on your website as a means of “interviewing” them. There are a variety of ways to conduct customer interviews. Listen to customer complaints.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Coping with unanticipated upticks in demand, staff turnover, and other common call center challenges only further complicate matters for managers working to create an efficient, productive, and effective team. Vincent Nero is the VP General Manager of Successories. Source: Human Resource Management; Issue: 51(4); 2012; Pages 535-548.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

By coaching to handle every situation amazingly well, you can improve reputation and get more sales/. Allow employees to have some room for creative solutions without consulting the leader or manual on everything. It can turn into hundreds of negative reviews and bad word of mouth, which spreads quicker than a wildfire.

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SharpenCX

JANUARY 23, 2020

Only one in four employees think that their managers deliver meaningful feedback, or that the feedback they get helps them work better. What’s worse, a slim 21% of employees think their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do outstanding work. Contact center managers struggle to coach for better performance.

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Callminer

MARCH 6, 2020

Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day. Meet Our Panel of HR Professionals & Hiring Managers: · Maksym Babych. Pratibha Vuppuluri. Alexander M.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

More effectively identifying and managing customer vulnerability isn’t just a benefit for consumers, companies that can successfully support vulnerable customers deliver better customer service and improve customer retention and loyalty. Adrian Travis is the Founder and President of Trindent Consulting. Adrian Travis. Carol Tompkins.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

At Miele, Eric is also accountable for the management of escalation departments, offline processes, e-care solutions, national call center consolidation, multi-product services, upselling / cross selling and re-defining the consumer experience. Paul Husar, Senior Call Center Manager at LG Electronics. Follow on LinkedIn.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 28, 2021

How Leaders, Managers, and Staff Can Stay Effective During Unpleasant Conversations. Shep Hyken interviews Rebecca Morgan, an international speaker, management consultant, and bestselling author. They discuss what leaders and managers can do to help customer service staff manage upset customers and avoid issues in the future.

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Steve DiGioia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Today’s guest post is by Ben Motteram , the Principal at CXpert, a customer experience consulting company. A great example of this is Little Real Estate, Australia’s largest independently owned real estate agency with over 23,000 properties under management and 23 offices nationally. Thanks Ben! Click to find out how.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Key Takeaways AI Transforms Call Centers: AI automates quality management, analyzing all interactions and improving service. Many call centers are still stuck using outdated quality management methods. Flag policy violations Identify coaching opportunities based on AI-driven insights.

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COPC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This series will cover a variety of topics, including key driver analyses, managing variation, hypothesis testing, and more! Let’s start with a topic that often comes up on my assignments – coaching customer satisfaction (CSAT). It is also the most common coaching example I get when I ask to see how supervisors coach their team.

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CCNG

MAY 11, 2021

A recent CCNG panel webinar, Why Performance-Based Training Requires Automation , featuring Mike Roberts, Technology Leader for Learning at Citibank, who adopted simulations to automate role play and coaching exercises in 2020 and Trey Fischer, an industry-leading consultant, discussed today’s impact of automation on performance-based training.

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CCNG

APRIL 19, 2023

They are a careless and lackluster team with a sarcastic coach who grows frustrated with the responsibility to produce a respectable team. This approach will allow supervisors to effectively and efficiently manage their teams. The team will have confidence their supervisor is managing with integrity and fairness.

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CCNG

MARCH 30, 2022

Over the last couple of years, I have noticed the word “cadence” come up frequently within the work-at-home leadership vocabulary as part of how to manage front-line agents. However, using the word “cadence” as a management tool to lead people in the work-at-home space puts a manager’s skills and ability to achieve top performance into a box.

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ShepHyken

APRIL 3, 2018

The manager – He or she is given access to the best experts in his or her given field. The manager is not bound by one location to find the best team members. Knowledge management. About: Peter Ivanov is an internationally sought-after keynote speaker, business consultant, executive coach, and author. Recognition.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 15, 2019

Defining and managing your customer service culture is a significant issue for many organizations. We spoke with Marilyn Suttle, a conference speaker, and three-time best-selling author and coach, on a recent podcast. When consulting employees about what you expect, Suttle says to explain why.

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Steve DiGioia

DECEMBER 5, 2016

an independent research and publishing firm focused on customer-centric business management, and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of CustomerThink.com, the world’s largest community dedicated to customer-centric business. If you don’t focus on the function, it might not reach your goal. Bob Thompson. Bob Thompson is CEO of CustomerThink Corp.,

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As a leader in financial services, Principal wanted to make sure all data and responses adhered to strict risk management and responsible AI guidelines. This allowed fine-tuned management of user access to content and systems. It empowers employees to be more creative, data-driven, efficient, prepared, and productive.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 29, 2019

I managed to get up to a senior position. In light of this fact, we decided managing company politics would be an excellent subject of conversation for a recent podcast. Why Office Politics are Worth Managing. You also need to be skilled in managing office politics. I used to work in corporate life.

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Taylor Reach Group

APRIL 23, 2021

When your contact center manager leaves, or you create a new management position, you should always look for a long-term replacement, right? While a long-term replacement is often the right move, sometimes it’s better to transition with an interim manager. Why not simply hire the long-term manager right away?

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 20, 2016

Colin Shaw is the founder and CEO of Beyond Philosophy , one of the world’s leading Customer experience consultancy & training organizations. Maybe Woody Allen Was Right — 80% of Success Is Just Showing Up ” — Whitney Johnson , thinker, author, speaker, advisor, coach. “ ‘Top 50 Marketing Thought Leader’ Reveals Latest Trend.

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CX Global Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The people on both lists include: Lynn Hunsaker : Lynn led customer experience improvement for many years in Strategic Information Manager, Customer Satisfaction Improvement Manager, and Head of Corporate Quality roles. Brad Cleveland : Brad is an author, speaker, and consultant known globally for his contributions to customer service.

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OctopusTech

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

If your law firm struggles to handle calls from potential and existing clients requesting consultations, submitting critical information, booking appointments, and asking urgent questions, you may need to consider outsourcing the services of a call center agency. Here are the 15 key features that you should look for: 1.

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Outsource Consultants

APRIL 30, 2025

(*This post was written by Outsource Consultants’ CX Advisor, Rick Monro ) If you lead a distributed CX or support team, the 2025 Work From Home Alliance Leadership Exchange isnt just another industry eventits one of the few places where you can swap real ideas with people who do what you do. ” And thats rare.

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Call Design

JANUARY 21, 2021

While AI won’t replace the human element of your contact centre, it can be used to gather data and information that can help your management team improve daily operations and coach agents on their performance. With our consultative approach, we develop a deeper understanding of your business goals and challenges.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

As a business owner, operations manager or stakeholder, it is common to invest time, effort and money into building a customer-centric human workforce to help execute a business strategy. – If it is apparent that the current customer experience isn’t ideal, intervene and provide coaching. Guess what? Demonstrate it.

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TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

Adrian Swinscoe, Customer experience advisor, author, speaker Adrian is a huge fan of organizations that do great things for their customers and has been helping many achieve their own level of greatness for over 25 years via consulting, writing, speaking workshops, and advisory work.

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Customer Guru

APRIL 10, 2018

Continuing with our initiative of sharing experiences of top-notch CX experts, we have another gem of an interview with Mr. Gangadhar Krishna, an independent author, coach, trainer and consultant in customer service and excellence. Managing to open doors, I launched my personal portal www.delightingcustomers.com with much fervor.

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