How To Attract and Keep Productive Agents
A surprising trend is emerging in the busy world of contact centers, where customer service is a 24/7 operation.
New employees (agents) appear more...
Vision 2025
In December 2024, DMG Consulting conducted our annual global survey of enterprise, customer experience (CX), contact center, and customer service leaders concerning their business...
Moving Forward: What Will 2025 Bring For Contact Centers?
It is always important to remember, as we enter the New Year, to focus on what truly counts and that is people. For contact...
Top 5 Posts in November
Welcome to the Top 5 Blog Posts in November. Topping the list this month, Kathleen warns of the downside to prioritizing cost-cutting measures, such...
Time to Rethink Your Business Strategy
According to research by Gartner, companies focusing on a total experience (TX) strategy will beat their competition by as much as 25% in terms...
Find Success by Enhancing Employee Experience
Many business owners who set out to create long-lasting ventures choose to delve into service-based businesses. These can run the gamut from restaurants to...
Top 5 Posts in June
Mark McKinney starts off the top 5 this month with his article unpacking the FCC's recent rulings. He explains the rulings and how they...
How Best to Invest in Agent Retention
In today’s labor market, retaining agents is more difficult than ever. And it’s likely costing your contact center.
Because agents have so many options, contact...
Behind An Excellent CX is a Happy Contact Center
What comes to mind when you think of fantastic customer experiences (CXs) you’ve had?
If you’re like me, I think of the agent who went...
How to Win Agents’ Minds and Hearts
Simply put employee experience (EX) is what it feels like to be part of something.
Every touchpoint - from the moment someone interviews for...
The Indispensable Role of Accurate Data
In an era characterized by rapid digital transformation and staffing shortages, the importance of data entry and accuracy has become a central pillar in...
Hungry for Praise
I have long admired Rodney Crowell, the songwriter behind “Shame On The Moon,” a classic from 1979. Recorded by Bob Seger in 1982, this...
Reflections From the Front Line
In today’s society, three decades can feel like a lifetime in Corporate America and I have been on the front lines throughout its evolution....
Moving Forward: What Will 2024 Bring For Contact Centers?
Another year, another round of hope and promise that risks being undermined by uncertainty and potential chaos. Is 2024 turning out to be “The...
Contact Center Leadership
Game Plan was a pinball manufacturer that produced pinball tables from 1978 to 1985. It was a subsidiary of AES Technology Systems and was...
The Employee Experience Movement
Today’s customers want more than just products and services. They demand memorable experiences that go beyond simple transactions.
Therefore, to meet increasing customer expectations,...
Disruptive Disruptors Disrupting
I know, I know. Last time you heard from me, in my January 2022 column in this magazine, I told you I was retiring....
Improve CX by Celebrating Front Liners!
We all know that customer experience (CX) is vital to the success of any business. But many leaders don’t realize that the key to...
Enabling Excellent Omnichannel Experiences
Customer service, but particularly support, has grown in importance significantly in today’s online world. Getting such help has also become a lot more convenient...
Taking Service to the Next Level
People tend to focus on the amount of time they spend on hold when they think about what’s wrong with customer service.
But I’m...