The 1950 movie “All About Eve” starring Bette Davis is a “backstage” story revolving around an aspiring stage actress named Eve Harrington. Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing and tells a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Margo takes Eve “under her wing,” but it turns out that Eve …
Dear Santa … from the Contact Center
Dear Santa, I have been a very good Contact Center this year, so I am writing to let you know what I want for Christmas. I bet that many other good Contact Centers want the same! First of all, could you bring some nice new chairs for my agents? The frontline folks sit in their chairs throughout their shifts day …
The Journey Is Underway … Step It Up!
Welcome to the next big word in Contact Centers … the “journey.” If you haven’t heard it yet, you will – the customer journey, the technology journey, the change journey. Just fill in whatever business issue you are facing and add the word “journey.” You get the idea. I have no problem with the word “journey.” It is a visually …
Game of Phones…Who Wins?
HBO’s popular Sci-Fi hit “Game of Thrones” is the inspiration behind this edition. Game of Thrones pits several “lands” against one another in an attempt to take over the Iron Throne and rule the country (a very simplistic explanation of a terribly complex plot!). It is this tug between complexity and simplicity that inspires this piece about “phones.” Many would …
What, Me Sell the Add-on Sales Program?
“Hey, get with it! Take it to the limit! Fire up! Feel the heat! Clap your hands to the beat!” These are the types of “cheers” we hear when attending certain sporting events. Remember your high school “pep rallies?” Now let’s consider how the notion of “cheers” and “pep rallies” can factor into the ever-popular “add-on” sales programs found in …
Your Contact Center … The Heart of the Enterprise
February is National Heart Month and February 14th honors St. Valentine and loving hearts everywhere. I would like to expand on the meaning and value of “heart” to include the Contact Center. When properly positioned and provisioned, the well-run Contact Center becomes the very “heart” of the enterprise. Let’s take a quick look at how I have arrived at this …