Adaptability: The Skill to Thrive in Changing Times
First in a three-part series on adaptability and adaptive leadership. (Part 1 of 3)
The world is changing at a very rapid pace. Societal demands,...
2022 Challenges and Priorities Survey: A Triple Whammy of Challenges!
Welcome to the seventh annual challenges and priorities survey results. Last year was “a year like no other;” we couldn’t envision the next 12...
Is Your Contact Center Thriving in the “New Normal”?
It seems evident that many of the recent changes we’ve seen in the contact center over the last two years are very likely to...
Four Reasons Why Training Today Is Failing Employees
Today’s model for training, educating, and preparing our workforce is broken. The rapid acceleration of technology and changing workforce calls for something new. Workers...
The New Resource for Contact Center Staffing
Contact center labor markets are tight. Employees are re-imagining and re-engineering their lifestyles, their perspectives, and their prospects for shaping their careers. It’s a...
Having That DE&I Conversation…
I feel like I talk about the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) more than I care to. Not because it’s not an...
Making the Most Out of Your CCaaS Investment
The demand for digital transformation is driving new investments and strategies aimed at modernizing today’s contact center, namely shifting functionalities to the cloud and...
Why Your Customer Service S***S: And Solutions
Today’s businesses are dealing with many post-COVID-19 pandemic challenges that are impacting customer experience (CX). Like the global supply chain, which is a mess...
Contact Center Pipeline Magazine: Inside Our May 2022 Issue
Know what I love best about the contact center industry? It is as relevant and as important today as ever. We are continuously challenged...
Top 5 Posts in April
Our top blog posts in April share a common theme with those from March. Our readers continue to focus on how to move forward...
Managing Modern Customer Expectations with AI
Modern consumers crave immediacy and the global pandemic, and acceleration of technology it delivered, has only enhanced this demand.
With technology such as artificial...
The New Normal: Navigating Change, Disruption
The events of 2020 have shown us how everything can change practically overnight. Most people are now accepting that change will continue to happen....
Writing Well When Your Attention is Divided
Your heart is in the right place. You intend to focus on the important writing tasks on your to-do list: that detailed response to...
Executive Interview with LumenVox Founder & CEO Edward Miller
What exciting times for our industry. Voice technology has come such a long way and according to my interview with Edward Miller, the Founder...
Getting Buy-In for Change
Often it can be quite challenging getting buy-in from your team when you need to introduce new coaching methods, processes, and call guides. Or...
The Fine Art of Contact Center Management
The earliest definition of contact center management that I know of came from Gordon MacPherson, founder of the Incoming Calls Management Institute (ICMI) in...
How to Make Gradual Changes
During my time within the call/contact center industry I’ve had the opportunity to work on quite a few call center projects.
I’ve noticed that some...
What Call Center Managers Need to Know About AI Text Analytics
Text analytics has already expedited delivery of excellent customer service in innovative ways for call centers. But what if you could analyze both sides...