Customer Service - Brad Cleveland

Three Questions that Help Define Contact Center Workload

Jul 23, 2014 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Workforce Management

One of the tenants of running an effective contact center is that you forecast and manage the totality of the center’s workload. Even in organizations that do a good job of handling primary contact channels, we too often find subsets of work that are unexpected,...

Making Good Decisions

Jul 17, 2014 | Customer Service, Leadership, Organization and Culture, Research/Statistics

One thing we all have in common as leaders and managers is the challenge of making good decisions. And (probably no surprise), there’s a strong correlation between decision effectiveness and business performance, as illustrated by research referenced in this...

Retaining the ‘Right’ Customers

Jul 9, 2014 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, Videos

The Edge of Service®, Issue 9: How "Waiting in Line" Is Changing

Jul 2, 2014 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Service, The Edge of Service, Uncategorized, Workforce Management

The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 9: How “Waiting in Line” Is Changing If you care about delivering effective service—whether you head a multinational, direct a division, or are simply intent on meeting commitments as an individual—there are three...

Want to Deliver Consistent Service? Build a Customer Access Strategy

Jun 25, 2014 | Call Center, Contact Center, Customer Access Strategy, Customer Service, Videos