Plan and Measure = Pleasure
Like all humans, contact center leaders are driven by the brain’s insatiable desire to experience PLEASURE and in so doing avoid PAIN! I think I have a PLAN to accomplish this mission. Planning is...
Trends in Healthcare… Some May Surprise You
In June, I attended the Healthcare Call Center Times Conference in Pittsburgh. It is always a well-attended event with great speakers and attendees of the highest caliber. As evidenced by the conference, healthcare is...
Clear Path to Healthcare Access… Four Pillars of Readiness
Access initiatives are taking place in a very high percentage of emerging healthcare “systems.” I don’t know about your neighborhood but where I roam there is rarely an independent hospital or practice to be...
Now What? The Impact of Chaos on Contact Center Operations
We have all at one time or another uttered the phrase, “Now what?” According to TheFreeDictionary.com, this phrase means, “What is going to happen now? What kind of new problem has arisen?” In these...
Garbage In, Garbage Out… Makes Contact Center Managers Want to Shout!
Remember Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street”? For some reason, he was our son Brendan’s favorite character. He even had an Oscar the Grouch Halloween costume! During that period, I would sometimes borrow the...
Differentiator Series, Part 4: Nailing Priorities
We have reached the fourth installment of our five-part series on how the best contact centers differentiate themselves. (Be sure to read the previous posts in this series: Part 1, Balancing the Contact Center...