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 | Top Priorities for LeadersFor 2010, what do you think will be the top priorities in the contact center industry for: a) Contact Center Directors, b) Company Executives, c) IT Directors and d) Human Resources Directors. We asked industry professionals for their thoughts. | Published: March 12, 2010 |
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| A Word of AdviceSometimes success is based on just one thing, a golden egg. If you had to give just one tip (that you believe is perhaps the most important tip) to another manager in a contact center, what would your tip be? We asked industry professionals for their top pearls of wisdom for success. | Published: March 11, 2010 |
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| Making the Right DecisionSometimes leaders come up with one idea or decision that has such a notable increase in customer service that others wonder how they did it. We asked industry professionals for the one decision they made that had the most dramatic increase in customer service. | Published: March 10, 2010 |
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| Speech Technology Deployment ErrorsIn the high stress, high traffic world of contact center management we sometimes make mistakes in our rush to get things done, including technology deployment. What are some of the biggest mistakes made when choosing or setting up speech technology?
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| Multi-Channel Customer Service Are you finding that a multi-channel approach in the contact center industry is better meeting your customer's various needs? As technology progresses, will the phone be but one of many mediums used? We asked industry professionals for their opinions.
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| Workforce Optimization MythsWhat are some of the biggest misconceptions that stop people from buying workforce optimization solutions? We asked industry professionals who would be knowledgeable in the matter to list the various myths surrounding this technology.
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| Speech Technology ApplicationsWhat are the most common applications for speech technology? As the technology gets more widespread, it is surely taking over some facets of the contact center industry. We asked professionals to find where it is being used the most.
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| Opinions on Service LevelsAre the customer service levels you get these days better or worse than a year ago? We asked that question to industry professionals to find out what their thoughts were since they would be the most knowledgeable on the matter.
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 | Managing Your Team and Becoming a LeaderThe key to good management is good leadership. How often have you stopped and asked yourself if you are leading your people or are you too busy putting out fires? Here are some lessons that really work.
Author: Shivani Verma, Telus | Published: February 22, 2010 |
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| Technology for 20102010 should see some significant leaps in the field of technology and its effects on contact centers. We asked industry professionals what technology they believe will have the biggest impact on contact centers over the next 12 months. | Published: February 19, 2010 |
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| Recovering from MistakesWe all make mistakes, its part of being human. We asked industry professionals what was perhaps their greatest mistakes as leaders in the contact center industry, and how they went about to recover and learn from it. | Published: February 18, 2010 |
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| When Money Grows on TreesIf you had unlimited funds to spend in your center and you had full control of how those funds are dispersed, what would be the No.1 on your list of changes and why? That is the question we asked Industry Professionals to find out what the ideal contact center would have. | Published: February 17, 2010 |
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 | Business Process Optimization for Contact CentersWhile 20 percent of business costs comes from production, the remaining 80 percent is allotted to research, design and customer service. In fact, services have grown to 80 percent of the GDP in the United States, and this trend is increasing.Author: Matthias J. Haupt, ASC | Published: February 15, 2010 |
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| Speech Technology - Some MisconceptionsSpeech analytics and voice biometrics are an exciting technology that will revolutionize the contact center industry. There are, however, many misconceptions about what exactly it will do. We asked industry professionals what these misconceptions were. | Published: February 12, 2010 |
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| Right Decision at the Right TimeWhat is the one decision you have made as a leader that has had the most dramatic reductions in cost? We asked that questions to industry professionals from around the world, and their answers might provide you with the right solution for your center. | Published: February 11, 2010 |
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