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Quality
Why Customers Become Difficult…
Tuesday February 22nd 2011 10am
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2 Comments
Customer Service
Management
Quality
If we look at this from the customer’s perspective, they often are calling due to a breach of an implied contract.
Complimentary
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Essential Readings in Quality Monitoring...
Wednesday September 29th 2010 3pm
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Performance
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Call Monitoring
Book Review
Books on Quality Monitoring for your reference library...
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Giving Your Quality Program “Teeth”
Tuesday November 15th 2011 9am
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Measurement
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As call center leaders, we fancy ourselves as both scientists and artists. In a highly complex, people-fueled, and time-intense operating model, the ability to balance intuition and analytics is paramount to our success. Let’s leave the world of art for a moment and focus on science. One of the characteristics of call centers that I am continually drawn to is their innate measurability.
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T. Rowe Price - A Profile in Service
Wednesday October 6th 2010 9am
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1 Comment
Contact
Customer
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Chris Hufman, Vice President at T. Rowe Price Colorado Springs, sat down with CCA for an exclusive two hour interview. Mr. Hufman is responsible for one of three contact centers serving over 3 million customers.
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Change Your Quality Approach, Or Stop Monitoring
Monday March 12th 11am
Rated 1
1 Comment
Customer Advocate
Customer Expectations
Customer Loyalty
Customer Service
Quality
Complimentary
Online Summit
Best Practices in Quality Management
Monday March 12th 11am
Rated 0
1 Comment
Quality
Customer Service
Customer Expectations
Customer Loyalty
Complimentary
Online Summit
Quality Monitoring: Back to Basics
Tuesday August 24th 2010 2pm
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0 Comments
Quality
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Five QM practices that can help you to refocus your program on the fundamental goal: improving agent performance.
Complimentary
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Five Considerations in Building a Quality Assurance Program
Wednesday June 29th 2011 12am
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Quality
Inbound
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. — William A. Foster
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Deloitte Services
Wednesday August 25th 2010 10am
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Breaking the mold: A look at Deloitte Services’ journey to achieving distinctive service.
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Spotlight
CCCon Radio Live - February 22, 2012 with Bob Davis
Wednesday May 9th 12am
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Quality
What is a Quality Conversation? In the contact center it means a genuine interest in the customer, a strong emotional connection, and asking the right questions to transition to a solution.
Podcast
Improving Quality Measurement and the Overall Customer Experience – Means Moving Into the Gray
Tuesday April 3rd 12am
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Customer
Experience
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Today, savvy organizations realize that providing a better customer experience is what is going to set them apart and give them the competitive edge. In order to keep improving this customer experience, it has to be monitored, measured and coached, which is the basis for strong quality management.
Article
How to Stretch Your Dollar: Get the Quality You Want With the Budget You Have
Thursday February 16th 12am
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Budget
Quality
Conference
During the past few years, all of us have been reminded of the age-old fact that resources are limited. With that knowledge, we strive to maximize the value of the resources we do have.
Article
Sales: Technology is the Great Enabler
Thursday August 26th 2010 12pm
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Cross selling
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Technology
Relationship Manangement
ACD
Agent
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Learning
Technology plays a critical role in cross-sell/upsell success. A look at the tools that support every step of the service-sales initiative.
Article
Don’t Let Budget Cuts Damage the Customer Experience
Monday August 23rd 2010 11am
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Quality
Training
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Supervisor
Turnover
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How can you compromise without sacrificing quality? Ideas to ensure that your contact center keeps delivering on the brand promise.
Article
Measuring Customer Handle Time: Introducing ACTI
Monday August 23rd 2010 9am
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Call Handling
Metrics
Measurement
ACD
Customer
Experience
IVR
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Manager
Quality
Contact
People
Introducing ACTI — a new metric that aligns service quality and efficient delivery for a lasting impact on customer loyalty and costs.
Complimentary
Article
Session 502: Does your Check the Box, Double Dinging, Big Brother Quality Monitoring Evaluation Program need a Redesign?
Wednesday April 25th 10am
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Quality
Time to scoot over big brother as there is a new quality monitoring program in town. One that is well thought out, combined and aligned with contact center goals and which transforms your program from one of “catching people doing things wrong” to “coaching and development.” Sound the alarm… The days of checking the boxes are over!
Complimentary
Article
Getting the Most from Your Quality Assurance Efforts
Thursday March 15th 9am
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0 Comments
Quality
Management
Coaching
How many people do you have with the title of "Quality Assurance Specialist"? Regardless of how many people there are, the task of evaluating phone calls is an expensive effort that you allocate valuable resources for. Are you getting your money's worth from all of those calls you monitored and scored this month? Here is a checklist of the top four things to help make these efforts more efficient and provide you with more valuable data that will truly be useful to you and your organization.
Article
Act Smart, Be Profitable: Intelligent Practices for Improved Customer Interactions
Monday March 12th 11am
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0 Comments
Customer Loyalty
Customer Service
Customer Expectations
Quality
Complimentary
Online Summit
Transforming the Customer Experience Through Behavioral Analytics
Monday March 12th 11am
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0 Comments
Customer Expectations
Customer Loyalty
Customer Service
Quality
Complimentary
Online Summit
Improving the Customer Experience
Monday March 12th 11am
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Customer Advocate
Customer Expectations
Customer Loyalty
Customer Service
Quality
Complimentary
Online Summit
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