Tag: quality management

I was talking to Jay Minucci, a long-time industry veteran, consultant to the industry, and contributor on these pages. He was telling me about...

Pew Research Center defines millennials as anyone born between the years 1981 and 1996 (ages 22 to 37 in 2018). Today more than...

Improving service quality and performance is a never-ending quest for contact centers. The quality management process, once mostly carried out post-call for management and...

Frigid temperatures contribute to increased indoor activities… like reading contact center blogs! Our top posts in February included a call center and nonprofit partnership...

When it comes to creating an exceptional service culture, nothing is more important than a team’s ability to collaborate well. Both the agent and...

I happen to believe there is danger in the comfort zone… and that danger is complacency! In my dictionary, “complacency” is defined simply as “self-satisfaction.”...

Our Quick Tips posts are just that—brief posts providing advice or actionable items from industry experts. These are tried-and-true practices that have proven successful...

This simple phrase was on a plaque in my home when I was growing up. For the longest time, I just couldn’t make sense...

Vacations are dwindling down. Schools are ramping up. We’re planning our agent celebrations for Customer Service Week next month. It is a busy time...

Customers increasingly turn first to self-service to answer questions or solve problems. When they do, they value quick, easy access to relevant and accurate...

How do your customers really feel about the experience they had with an agent? Incorporating customer feedback into a quality program can help to...

How are leading-edge contact centers transforming their quality management tools to empower agents? Calabrio Innovation Center Manager Brad Snedeker identified the following four key...