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Why the Future is Bright for Contact Center Professionals

By: Erica Marois | Published: July 19, 2019

This week during #ICMIchat, we spent some time discussing five-year plans for the contact center. We pondered what's next, how customer service leaders can drive more strategic value for their companies, the... Read More

Article

6 Considerations for Building a Purposeful Quality Scorecard

By: Jeremy Watkin | Published: July 18, 2019

When I took a job where I would direct quality efforts for an organization almost exactly four years ago, I must confess that I knew I had a lot to learn. While... Read More

Webcast

4 Ways to Use Analytics to Achieve CX Excellence

By: NICE-Nexidia | Published: July 17, 2019

Article

Spotlight on Excellence: Meet Ashely Trout, 2019 Best Contact Center Supervisor

By: Erica Marois | Published: July 17, 2019

For nearly a decade, ICMI has recognized outstanding contact center supervisors through the ICMI Global Contact Center Awards program. Candidates in this category must directly supervise frontline customer service agents, and meet... Read More

Article

Empowering Agents with WFO Portals Improves Contact Center Performance

By: Ellen Colavito | Published: July 16, 2019

We’ve all seen it happen in contact centers. New key performance indicators (KPIs) kick-off with conviction but eventually fade into the background as agents’ focus returns to the immediate task of serving... Read More

Article

Five Unique Ways Call Centers Use Automation to Improve the Customer Experience

By: Mary Ann Chandler | Published: July 15, 2019

Keeping the customer experience top of mind with your contact center agents and managers is an ongoing effort. The following examples demonstrate how contact center leaders are using real-time automation to empower... Read More

Research

The Four Best Practices of Highly Effective Quality Programs

By: NICE | Published: July 10, 2019

Article

How to Recruit and Retain Customer-Centric Employees

By: Chris Hanna | Published: July 10, 2019

In many organizations, the teams supporting customers typically recruit more often than any other department. Continually hiring can be challenging. The process of finding the right employees capable of doing the job,... Read More

Whitepaper

Innovative Ways to Address the Top 3 Agent Empowerment Challenges

By: TalkDesk | Published: July 09, 2019

Article

Answers to Two Common Questions on Contact Center Industry Standards

By: Rose Polchin | Published: July 09, 2019

Why I Love and Appreciate Questions from our Community– Part One As we enter the second half of 2019, I want to thank everyone who asked me a question in 2019, 2018... Read More

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