February 9, 2012

4 Temptations To Avoid As A Leader Or Manager

4 Temptations To Avoid As A Leader Or Manager

By Duncan Brodie
When you secure a leadership or management role, it is a good feeling. In some ways it is recognition by others of what you have achieved and the potential that you offer in the future.
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Call Center Managers: Don’t Stop The Small Stuff

Call Center Managers: Don’t Stop The Small Stuff

By Gail Yahner

In regards to Call Center Agent Morale- if you stop doing the small stuff and you may end up Dealing With the Big Stuff!

Over the years in working in customer care Call Centers I have found that it is very easy to let things slide. When things are going well you may think you can cut back on the little things.

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Benefits of Call Center Software Solutions

Benefits of Call Center Software Solutions
By Chase Lane
The call centers are very crucial for any business success, that is why the automation with the help of call center software solutions is consider so very important by companies these days. From convincing customers from the calls made by a call center agent to the post sales services provided, the call center are important throughout the business cycle.

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Tips to Emerge Successful in a Call Center Interview

Tips to Emerge Successful in a Call Center Interview
By James Thomas Mcguire
Call centers are rage nowadays. They offer lots of professional and lucrative opportunities which are too hard to resist. However, the candidates have to go through a rigorous screening and personal interview.

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Call Center Training: The Principles Behind It

Call Center Training: The Principles Behind It
By Lucile Taylor
As much as the establishment of call centers and the number of call center agents increase, the need for call center trainings for better customer service and for better image of the company is the primary concern of most of the call centers elsewhere. As we all know, for a person to perform his tasks successfully, he must undergo trainings for the enhancement of his skills and abilities.
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Reinforce Your Call Center Culture With Six Tips


Reinforce Your Call Center Culture With Six Tips
By Ella Greens
Call center management has always been worried about developing a motivating and strong work culture within the premises. Call center professionals have been consciously trying to shift the focus to culture along with existing problems like retention, quality and grueling schedules.

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Call Center Budget Cuts

Call Center Budget Cuts
By Ivana Lewis

The budget of a call center is often cut down because of additional expenditures that the project may have encountered on the way. Call centers have to work out their expenditures according to the money designated for a campaign. Because of rising inflation, the cost of production in outsourcing call centers shoots up.

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How to Manage Your Call Center Using the PEST Analysis?

How to Manage Your Call Center Using the PEST Analysis?
By Hani Masgidi

PEST analysis means strictly the Political, Economics, Social, and Technical analysis, which can be applied perfectly at any time. The following paragraphs will explain this analysis.

Political Issue

During the operation of managing your Call Center, you can apply the political issue in most of your unique programs.

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Call Center Management Strategies

Call Center Management Strategies

By Hazel Rabor

Recruiting people who have both skill and motivation is important. Often times, what shines more are the skills an applicant has and more often than not, the motivation factor is neglected. This is rather sad because finding a person who values his work means he will have dedication and commitment in performing his duties. Furthermore, skills can be acquired while motivation is inherent.

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Three Call Center Management Mistakes

Three Call Center Management Mistakes

By Jeremy P Stanfords

The latest generation of call center software can easily generate page after page of analytical reports. Armed with these call center reports, managers set out to turn their departments into lean, efficient operations. Unfortunately three common reactions to these reports can devastate operations, making things worse rather than better.

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How to Run Inbound and Outbound Call Centers Successfully


How to Run Inbound and Outbound Call Centers Successfully

By Cally Parkar
 

Call centers have become one stop source and solutions for all the business needs of companies. Companies seeking excellent customer services are hiring inbound contact centers to offer customer centric services such as answering calls, resolution of the queries and to provide technical assistance.

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Call Center Consulting

Call Center Consulting

By Navdeep Chandel

So you want to improve your call center's key performance indicators (KPI): first call resolution (FCR), customer satisfaction (Csat) and employee satisfaction (Esat).

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