Docking Contact Centers in Turbulent Seas
Deciding how and where to locate contact centers in today’s climate is like attempting to dock a ship in rough waters. Such conditions including...
Gazing at the Staffing Crystal Ball
When there are critical matters at hand - in this case ensuring the right numbers of quality contact center agents in order to retain...
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...
New Year, Evolved Challenges, Compelling Priorities
For seven years, we worked with Contact Center Pipeline to conduct an annual Challenges and Priorities survey. We loved exploring the results, and our...
Meeting Today’s Coaching, Training Challenges
The key to contact center success is having a highly qualified, motivated, committed, and well-trained and coached workforce. But that is not always and...
Reinventing Workplace Connections
In today’s workforce, as remote work becomes increasingly common in contact centers, we are confronted with the absence of once-familiar workplace relationships and the...
Top 5 Posts in October
To kick us off this month, Barry details how AI can help organizations manage and navigate the complexities of today's customer interactions.
Next, John updates...
Recruitment, Attrition, and COVID-19
Contact centers have long faced challenges in attracting and retaining staff to ensure quality (and productive) customer service. But these were made much more...
Managing to Adapt
Four years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic struck with a deadly ferocity and impact that had not been experienced since the 1918 influenza outbreak at...
Where to Call and Contact?
When contact centers seek to source their employees, once they have decided which, if any, of their agents will be outsourced, the choices have...
Strategies for Managing Remote Call Center Teams – Part 2
As the world has shed its embrace from the global COVID-19 pandemic, call and contact center leaders find themselves in a classroom of adaptability....
Strategies for Managing Remote Call Center Teams – Part 1
As the world has shed its embrace from the global COVID-19 pandemic, call and contact center leaders find themselves in a classroom of adaptability....
Top 5 Posts in September
This month, Michelle kicks off our top 5 with a math equation to take our CX to the next level: CX + EX +...
Connecting With Remote Colleagues: In Writing
Remote work isn’t new anymore, but we can still get better at it. We can have more productive virtual meetings. We can build personal...
Overcoming the Workforce Challenges
Contact center professionals are, in today’s New Normal, facing multiple challenges. Chief of which is ensuring they have the right, qualified people in the...
Yes, There’s an App For Mobile WFM
Creating a connected team has become more important recently for workforce management (WFM) professionals. With many companies shifting away from the traditional office environment,...
Top 5 Posts in August
Are you ready for a digital transformation in your center? If so, check out Daniel's article in this month's top 5 blog posts. He...
Top 5 Posts in July
Throughout July, our readers have been deep-diving into WFM solutions with Brendan's 3-part Vendor Roundtable. Part 1 covers key trends and issues, including an...
Top 5 Posts in April
Starting off our Top 5 Blog Posts in April, in honor of CCP's 15th Anniversary, Verint reflects on the evolution in customer interaction over...
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...