Tag: training

Anyone who manages, or has managed, a school or community athletic program no doubt is already aware of Gopher Sport’s products and their reputation...

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...

Hiring and onboarding new employees are processes that no contact center manager takes lightly, especially since high agent turnover remains a top challenge. Compounding...

May has always seemed like a really packed month to me. There is so much going on—graduations, weddings, conferences, Mother’s Day, Cinco de Mayo,...

A crucial part of every company’s sales and service process takes place behind the scenes where a team of talented professionals helps to make...

The end of December is a great time to reflect on the past year. It's also a time when I like to dip into...

Happy Holidays! I am taking some idiom liberties in this last month of 2017. “Joy to the World” isn’t exactly an idiom, but it...

In contact centers, the first 90 days is known as the critical make-or-break period for new agents. New-hires can quickly be overwhelmed with information...

The idiom “fine art” (first half of the 1800s) is defined in the “American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms” as “something requiring highly developed techniques...

Contact center professionals are already gearing up for the holiday season and beyond. One of our five most-read blog posts in September provided timely...

“They are just temps,” said one contact center manager describing his seasonal agents. “They will be gone in a couple of months!” That condescending...

It has often been said that motor oil is the lifeblood of an automobile engine. While professional drivers and automobile enthusiasts know that using...

David Merrill, renowned educator and coauthor of Reclaiming Instructional Design, defines instructional design as a “technology that incorporates known and verified learning strategies into...

Our latest webinar, Bringing Quality Monitoring into the heart of the Contact Center, was packed with an array of knowledge and best practice techniques...

If you’re compiling your summer reading list, think about adding a few industry-related instructional posts to your lineup. Hot topics on the Pipeline blog...